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Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review EHR implementation and upgrades continue to play a big role in the CIO’s responsibilities. However, CIOs are now more cognizant of the challenges for physicians and clinicians during new technology roll-out. During the Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle event in Chicago on Oct. 10,…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Emergency department residents do what all physicians do: They document patient encounters into an electronic health record. But the information they’re entering may not be all that accurate. A study published in JAMA Network Open tasked 12 observers with following nine physician residents as they documented patient encounters into…
By Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News SANTA CLARA – At Health 2.0 on Monday, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Don Rucker listed a litany of challenges faced daily by physicians and nurses, and contributing to the ongoing scourge of clinician burnout: onerous documentation requirements, boilerplate electronic health records and the “monster burdens” of…
By Jacqueline Thelian, CPC, CPC-I, CHCA, CPMA for For the Record Many health care organizations can relate to the following scenario: An insurance carrier, Medicare, or a Medicaid HMO requests medical records for the purpose of an audit. The provider believes it has forwarded all the necessary supporting documentation, but the results indicate a 90%…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review To alleviate EHR-induced burnout, clinicians should allot time when not seeing patients to learn system efficiencies to “tame the electronic beast,” according to family medicine physician R. Zorba Paster, MD, of SSM Health Dean Medical Group in Madison, Wis. In an op-ed column for the Wisconsin State Journal, Dr.…
By Shannon Wiggins for HIT Consultant In April, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2020 inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule notably includes approximately 1,500 complications or comorbidities (CC)/major complications or comorbidities (MCC) designation changes and 324 changes to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-CM codes, along…
Harlan Krumholz from NPR At a time when many insurers and health information technology companies are busily assembling databases of hundreds of millions of medical records, Americans find it difficult to get access to their own. If you try to get yours, be prepared for confusing policies, ill-informed staff, wasted time and high costs. Even…
Scott Becker and Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Artificial intelligence is making big waves across many industries, and healthcare organizations are exploring ways to harness AI’s transformative power. Many hospitals and health systems are already leveraging AI to improve care, support clinical decisions and boost clinician satisfaction. However, the role of AI in healthcare…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review CMS has provided ICD-10 Procedure Coding System updates for fiscal year 2020 that include 734 additions. Here are 20 of the added codes: 3E0M30Y Introduction of hyperthermic antineoplastic into peritoneal cavity, percutaneous approach 3E1U48X Irrigation of joints using irrigating substance, percutaneous endoscopic approach, diagnostic 3E1U48Z Irrigation of joints using irrigating…
By Sharon Hoffman for Philly Voice A career as a physician has traditionally been considered to be among the best vocations that talented students can pursue. That may no longer be the case. All too many doctors report that they are unhappy, frustrated and even prepared to leave the profession. That should worry all of…