2020

An AI algorithm detected the coronavirus outbreak a week before the CDC

By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Six days before the CDC’s Jan. 6 alert of a flulike outbreak in China, and nine days before the World Health Organization’s Jan. 9 notice, an artificial intelligence-powered platform had already detected and sent warning of the coronavirus outbreak, Wired reports. BlueDot, a global health monitoring platform based in Canada,…

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Viewpoint: Female physicians, it’s OK to act differently than men

Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Female physicians often hide unique characteristics that distinguish them from male colleagues, conforming to “an antiquated stereotype of what it means to be a physician,” Nisha Mehta, MD, a radiologist in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in an op-ed for Medscape. Dr. Mehta outlined numerous examples of what this looks like…

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Codes for social determinants rarely used, analysis finds

By Shannon Muchmore for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: In the first two years diagnostic codes specific to social determinants of health were available in Medicare fee-for-service claims, they were used for only 1.4% of the total beneficiary population, according to a new report from CMS. Use of the Z codes, first implemented for Medicare FFS…

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Pediatrician visits declining in the US, study finds

By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review Visits to the pediatrician have dropped among U.S. children with commercial insurance, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers studied insurance claims data from 2008 through 2016 for children, 17 years and younger. They examined more than 71 million pediatric primary care visits. They found primary care…

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Physicians spend 16 minutes per patient encounter using EHRs, Cerner study finds: 3 notes

Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Each patient encounter requires an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds in EHR use for physicians, including time spent outside of normal working hours, according to a study of data from Cerner’s analytics platform, the Lights On Network. Here are three key takeaways from the study, which analyzed…

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10 states with the most affordable healthcare

By Eric Oliver for Becker’s ASC Review Research organization Altarum released its Healthcare Affordability State Policy Scorecard to rank the states that provide the most affordable healthcare options. Altarum used a custom data set to determine affordability. The company based its ranking on four metrics: How states extended affordable coverage to all residents How states…

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Nurses and doctors are flocking to TikTok to crack jokes and lip sync. But are they eroding patients’ trust?

By Scottie Andrew for CNN Scroll past the teens who film themselves flossing (that’s the dance, not the act of dental hygiene) and the young activists satirizing the issues of the day, and you might find a board-certified physician thrusting furiously to a Ciara song, extolling the virtues of complex carbohydrates. That may sound like…

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Healthcare predictions for 2020: Health systems will get bigger, demand for physicians will grow

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review There are seven healthcare industry sectors ripe for growth, consolidation and investment in 2020, according to a report from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors. Based on their experience advising clients in the healthcare industry, the attorneys and advisors who authored the report predict the aging baby boomer…

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Chicken soup for the healthcare CIO: tough questions about AI that have fairly simple answers

In collaboration with Ankur Teredesai, Co-founder & CTO, KenSci for Becker’s Hospital Review Chicken soup for the healthcare CIO: tough questions about AI that have fairly simple answers Tumultuous… the word that best describes the hope, expectations and trepidations regarding artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare CIOs across the globe today. Traditionally in healthcare, CIOs have…

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