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By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News With the huge initial swell in the use of virtual care in the rearview mirror, many industry experts – from health plans to big tech and practicing clinicians – are considering whether a doubling down on telehealth is just what the doctor ordered for the future of patient care.…
By Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News The American Medical Informatics Association this week announced next steps for AMIA 25×5, its multi-stakeholder effort to alleviate documentation burden for U.S. clinicians. WHY IT MATTERS Funded by the National Library of Medicine, the 25×5 Symposium to Reduce Documentation Burden on U.S. Clinicians by 75% by 2025 was…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Critical care physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all physician specialties, according to a new survey from Medscape. For the report, Medscape surveyed 12,339 physicians in more than 29 specialties from Aug. 30 to Nov. 5, 2020. Across all specialties, 42 percent of physicians reported burnout, the same…
By Hailey Mensick for Healthcare Dive Health systems, facing steep shortfalls after their most lucrative business lines ground to a halt in March when the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in the U.S., are turning to the task of convincing patients it’s safe to come back. Surveys show people are not in a hurry to return. The…
By Mark Wilson for Fast Company As the U.S. healthcare system has been battling shortages of surgical masks, N95 respirators, and face shields, one lingering question has remained: Does all this PPE actually prevent someone from contracting COVID-19? Especially someone who is tasked with caring for COVID-19 patients day after day during long shifts in…
David Dawkins from Forbes The race to deliver much-needed ventilators to hospitals fighting coronavirus received welcome news today from British entrepreneur Sir James Dyson. A spokesman for Dyson confirmed to Forbes that an initial order of 10,000 units from the U.K. government has been placed, and work will begin immediately at the historic airforce base…
Renee Cocchi for Healthcare and Business for Technology Hospital architecture and designs have transformed over time, from the once sterile white walls and stark decor to vibrant colors and eye-catching materials on the interior and exterior. The elements in today’s best designs have been proven to improve patient care. Depending on the type of building,…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will add a new diagnosis code for vaping-related illnesses to ICD-10 on April 1, reports AHA News. CMS updated its software for inpatient prospective payment system claims to accommodate the new code, U07.0. The CDC is rolling out the new diagnosis…
Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Female physicians often hide unique characteristics that distinguish them from male colleagues, conforming to “an antiquated stereotype of what it means to be a physician,” Nisha Mehta, MD, a radiologist in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in an op-ed for Medscape. Dr. Mehta outlined numerous examples of what this looks like…
By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review Visits to the pediatrician have dropped among U.S. children with commercial insurance, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers studied insurance claims data from 2008 through 2016 for children, 17 years and younger. They examined more than 71 million pediatric primary care visits. They found primary care…