Healthcare

How many jobs have hospitals added in 2018? A breakdown by month

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals have continued to see job growth in 2018, although that growth slowed in certain months. So far this year, hospitals added the most jobs in January and the least in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A breakdown of jobs added by month: January — 12,700…

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New research suggests it’s time to teach baby boomers about patient portals

By Jeff Legasse for Healthcare Finance News These days, Americans can manage many facets of their lives through the internet. But a new poll suggests many older adults still aren’t using online systems to communicate with doctors and other healthcare providers, despite the widespread availability of such systems. As patients age and have more complex…

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5 Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Won’t Replace Physicians

By The Medical Futurist Team for The Medical Futurist The medical community should not fall for the fearmongering around A.I. At the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, automation and digitization are turning the job market upside down. Many fear that robots, A.I., and automation, in general, will take their jobs without alternatives. The same…

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CDI Can Help Reduce Medical Errors

By Glenn Krauss, RHIA, BBA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, CCDS, C-CDI, PCS, FCS, C-CDAM for ICD10 Monitor CDI, when properly performed, supports the ancient physician oath, “First, do no harm.”  Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists(CDISs) play a vital role in the overall scheme of healthcare delivery through affecting measurable meaningful improvement in the quality, completeness, and accuracy…

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Auditing Issues Uncovered in Physician Documentation: Part III

By Terry Fletcher BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMCSC, CMCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA for ICD10 Monitor Is your Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system helping you pass an audit or hurting you? Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in a four-part series that examines physician documentation issues as seen by an auditor. Click here…

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Doctors’ EHR frustration can influence patient satisfaction, study finds

By Meg Bryant for Healthcare Dive Brief: Physicians unhappy with an EHR system could pass that sentiment on to their patients — in the form of lower patient satisfaction scores. That’s according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The researchers looked at how the installation of an ambulatory…

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Healthcare sector jobs projected to increase 18.1% by 2026: 5 takeaways

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare jobs are expected to grow significantly faster than the rest of the economy over the next decade, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. For the analysis, researchers with the Center for Health Workforce Studies — a part of the School of Public Health…

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Auditing Issues Uncovered in Physician Documentation: Part II

By Terry Fletcher BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMCSC, CMCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA for ICD10 Monitor Physician documentation issues during an audit go beyond CDI. The issues are the chief complaint and HPI. Editor’s Note: This is the second piece in a four-part series that examines physician documentation issues as seen by an auditor. Click here…

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