Article Archive for September 2017
EHRs Found Beneficial to Specialities
Some new research shows increasing ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) use with facilities which already have near universal EHR adoption at hospital-owned practices. EHR Intelligence brought this news to our attention in their article, “EHR Use …
Fraud Knows No Boundaries
The operator of a Houston home health agency has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for a $13 million Medicare fraud scheme. The Standard Republic brought this news to us in their article, “Texas home …
Technology in the Exam Room
Technology in the form of diagnostic software can help identify the source of a patient’s suffering, therefore revealing the path to treatment. Sometimes a diagnosis isn’t originally considered by a physician, but a software program …
Training for Life
Elsevier and the American Medical Association (AMA) are developing eLearning course content for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), the most widely accepted nomenclature in the U.S. to report outpatient and office medical procedures and services. PRNewswire brought this …
EHR Director Needed
We are always excited to share news with our readers about career opportunities stemming from digitization, coding, electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare information sciences, and the like. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, …
The Future of Health Information
The first ever National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has a uniquely well-rounded perspective on digital health. Dr. David Brailer will be sharing that perspective and his road map for its future, in his keynote presentation at …
Watching for Fraud
The Department of Justice has involved itself in a second whistleblower lawsuit that alleges that UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance and services company in the country, has defrauded the Medicare Advantage insurance program by exaggerating people’s …
Managing for Quality
A nationwide initiative to lower the frequency of tests ordered in hospitals has recently proven to cut costs and reduce instances of patient harm through simple modifications to physician electronic health record (EHR) use. This interesting …
Health and Technology
Technology in healthcare continues to grow and improve, from electronic health records (EHRs) to telemedicine to robots in surgery. As science and technology continue to evolve, many areas of patient care will see changes. However, …
Building Your Own EHR
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have limits and it is exactly those that pushed Dr. Steven Spedale to develop his own EMR for neonatal intensive care units. This exciting news came to us from The Advocate in …
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