April 2020

13 thoughts on staying personally, professionally motivated through the pandemic

Scott Becker for Becker’s Hospital Review During a recent webinar, five panelists shared their strategies for staying motivated during the pandemic. The panelist were Samiksha Gupta, incoming management consultant for KPMG; Lourdes Paredes, managing director and wealth management chief anti-money laundering officer, Americas, for UBS; Justin Breen, founder and CEO of BrEpic Communications; Will Conaway,…

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Northwell ‘Hope Tracker’ at Madison Square Garden displays COVID-19 recoveries

By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Northwell Health unveiled a mega board “Hope Tracker” outside Madison Square Garden in New York City this week to display the increasing number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus. The digital mega board will show the number of COVID-19 patients who have been discharged from the New…

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Guest post: Coding and documentation challenges related to syncope

By Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC for ACDIS CDI Blog Codes for symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions from Chapter 18 of the ICD-10-CM coding manual cannot be used as principal diagnosis or reasons for outpatient encounters when related diagnosis has been established, they may be assigned as an additional diagnosis. Examples…

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More Americans are breaking stay-at-home orders, researchers find

By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Some health experts are concerned “quarantine fatigue” is setting in for Americans, as cellphone data shows more people are traveling for the first time since shelter-in-place orders took effect in mid-March, reports The Washington Post. Researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park have been tracking data from more than…

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Patient engagement tech helps one provider slash no-show rate, save $1.8 million

By Bill Siwicki for HealthcareIT News Staffed with more than 40 providers and serving more than 700 patients daily, the Houston ENT & Allergy Clinic is one of the country’s top ear, nose and throat clinics. The main goal of the clinic ever since it opened its doors more than 110 years ago is to…

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CMS relaxes more rules around telehealth, allowing care across state lines

By Mike Miliard for HealthcareIT News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The CMS changes reduce certification requirements for clinicians, with the aim of expanding workforce flexibilities and enabling practitioners to be…

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Dolbey Fusion Narrate Now Integrated With XIFIN LIS

With integrated voice dictation and voice navigation, physicians can now review slides and input diagnoses into XIFIN LIS hands free, as well as navigate within the system via voice command. The preferred partner arrangement brings together Black Book awardees Dolbey and XIFIN to streamline diagnostic processes, improve billing and reimbursement efforts, and increase physician satisfaction.…

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Billionaire James Dyson Confirms His Company Will Make An Initial Order Of 10,000 Ventilators In The U.K.

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…

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