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By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. Dr. Josh Emdur is chief medical officer at SteadyMD, a virtual primary care…
By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review Selected from a pool of 10,000 nominees, these four women are among the most inspiring, innovative and bold leaders nationwide, according to a recent Forbes ranking. Four women to know: Katalin Kariko, PhD. Age 66. Biochemist and Senior Vice President of BioNTech. Dr. Kariko came to the U.S. from Hungary…
For Healthcare IT News Leaders from Europe and the US convened to explore exciting leaps forward of AI in oncology at the HIMSS21 & Health 2.0 European Health Conference, though the panel highlighted key barriers to greater acceptance and adoption of AI into mainstream care. The ‘New Frontiers of AI and Data Analytics in Oncology’ session, moderated by Professor Karol…
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog One rarely thinks of CDI as having a moral dimension. But when we do think about it, we consider ourselves doing the “right thing” for patients to have their complexity of illness fully documented within the medical record. If we divorce ourselves from the financial…
By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review Missouri has the highest seven-day COVID-19 case rates per 100,000 people as of June 22, according to the CDC. Below are five states with the highest and lowest seven-day case rates in the U.S., as of June 22. Five states with highest case rates Missouri: 78.1 cases per 100,000 people…
By Kathryn Fallah from ACDIS CDI Blog According to the World Health Organization , pneumonia is a form of an acute respiratory infection that inflames the lungs. When CDI professionals review the record and ensure that the documentation of pneumonia is accurate and complete, they can impact reimbursement, risk of mortality scores, and risk adjustment. There are…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review U.S. employers can legally require employees physically entering the workplace to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. An employer would not violate EEOC laws by implementing a mandate, if it complies with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the Americans with…
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News The root causes of nursing burnout are varied – as are potential solutions for it. However, given that nurses are frequently responsible for clinical documentation, it’s perhaps not surprising that reducing documentation burden is frequently cited as a key strategy for fighting burnout. Whether it’s through more in-depth electronic health record…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review The cost of treating patients will rise 6.5 percent above 2021 next year, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute. Fifteen percent of Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance said they deferred medical care between March and September 2020, according to the PwC survey. The report…
By Ron Shinkman for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: A new study in Health Affairs found a correlation between lack of burnout and the overall cultural health and resiliency of medical practices. Researchers surveyed 715 medical practices in 12 states. Burnout was gauged by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a tool that measures emotional exhaustion of…