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By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review The 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases was presented at the World Health Assembly in May and is slated to take effect in January 2022. To prepare for the transition from ICD-10 to ICD-11, softwareadvice.com recommended that healthcare providers: Become familiar with new ICD-11 codes and chapters,…
By Ben Harder for U.S. News U.S. News ranks the top hospitals in the nation, plus the best hospitals in each state and metro area. Somewhere in America, at a pace of about once per second, a patient checks into a hospital. With more than 33 million hospitalizations a year and so many patients on…
By Emma Newburger for CNBC If you’re job hunting in certain high-growth fields, you’re not just in luck — you’re in demand. A shortage of skilled workers in some fields is leading to stiff competition as companies hunt for talent. To help workers understand what they’re worth, staffing firm Randstad US recently compiled a special…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association and UnitedHealthcare said they are collaborating to support 20 new ICD-10 codes related to social determinants of health. The codes aim to more effectively address nonmedical issues, such as food, housing, transportation and the ability to afford medicine, utilities and other services. The proposal…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Many facilities seem unable to adjust expenses to coincide with declining volume, posing a fundamental risk to hospitals and health systems. June was a less-than-stellar month in terms of hospital profitability. In fact, profits declined for the first time this year, and while the difference from the same month…
By Jessica Schmidt for Fox 19 WARREN COUNTY, OH (FOX19) – A local teenager is recovering from what medical records show was diagnosed as a flesh-eating bacteria after the teen canoed on the Little Miami River. Kayley Coletta, 16, said she and her boyfriend spent time on the Little Miami River in June. At the time, Kayley…
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…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Pay is rising for chief information officers and other high-level health IT executives, according to a College of Healthcare Information Management Executives survey. Top IT executives drew on average a base salary of almost $235,806 in 2018, up 13% increase from 2012’s average of $208,417. Female CIOs made…
By John Commins for Health Leaders KEY TAKEAWAYS Diagnostic errors that led to death or permanent disability were linked with misdiagnosed cancers (37.8%), vascular events (22.8%) and infections (13.5%) — which led the researchers to refer to them as the ‘big three.’ Half of the most-severe harm cases ended in patient death and the other…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Routine medical practices are not always supported by sound research, according to the New York Times. NYT outlined 10 common medical myths researchers disproved in a recent published in eLife. Researchers looked at more than 3,000 peer-reviewed studies published between 2003 and 2017. They found more than 1…