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By Selena Chavis for For the Record On what side of the clinical validation argument do HIM professionals fall? Are seasoned coding professionals competent or trained well enough to interpret clinical terms and concepts from the medical record? This question…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare is projected to add about 1.9 million new jobs and see employment in industry professions grow 14 percent between 2018 and 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review The CDC reported 219 new cases of vaping-related illnesses this week, bringing the national case count to 1,299 as of Oct. 8. Five updates: Vaping-related illnesses have occurred in every state but Alaska.…
Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Artificial intelligence can detect diseases from medical imaging with the same accuracy as healthcare professionals, according to a systematic review of 82 articles published in The Lancet Digital Health journal Tuesday. However, AI didn’t…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Amazon has launched a virtual care clinic as a pilot for its Seattle employees called Amazon Care, including in-person followup doctor visits at an employee’s home or office, along with at-home prescription…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review In fiscal year 2020, CMS will penalize 2,583 hospitals for having too many Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days, according to federal data released Sept. 30 cited in a Kaiser Health News report.…
By Melissa Malamut for NY Post When Danielle Brooks, 23, was diagnosed with narcolepsy at age 15, her peers taunted her with the nickname Bobblehead — how she looked nodding off. But since receiving her service dog, Rollo, in 2014,…
By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Though artificial intelligence algorithms require as much objective patient data as possible to be effective tools for healthcare delivery, it is equally important that they are trained on anecdotal patient evidence, according to…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Emergency department residents do what all physicians do: They document patient encounters into an electronic health record. But the information they’re entering may not be all that accurate. A study published in JAMA Network…
By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review compiled 40 large health systems by number of hospitals and 60 large hospitals by bed count. This list was developed based on information as of July 2019. Largest Health Systems…