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5 revenue cycle leaders weigh in on staffing challenges

By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review Staffing is one of the biggest challenges facing revenue cycle leaders today. Here are what five leaders recently told Becker’s about that issue. James O’Connell. Director of revenue cycle at Inspira Health (Vineland, N.J.): Currently, I believe the greatest challenge to most hospitals is maintaining staff in the revenue cycle. Filling open positions in…

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Where great healthcare IT teams are focused next

By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review The next generation of effective CIOs will be focused on strategic leadership, effective communication and team builders. Four CIOs from across the U.S. share how their role and IT teams are changing. Craig Richardville. Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer (Salt Lake City): When the CIO…

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10 procedures CMS proposes moving off the inpatient-only list in 2023

By Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review Medicare is recommending removing 10 procedures from the inpatient-only list in 2023, according to its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rule, released July 15. Here are the 10 CPT codes and their descriptions: 16036: Escharotomy; each additional incision (list separately in addition…

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Virtual reality transports hospice patients to other side of the world

By BBC A hospice is using virtual reality (VR) to help patients relax and transport them away from their beds. St Giles Hospice, which has bases in Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield, said the headsets allowed patients “to escape the realities of their present situation”. “I’ve never experienced anything quite like it in my life –…

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St. Luke’s University Health proves telehealth is as good as in-person care

By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News St. Luke’s University Health Network realized it needed technology that could help expand care across its 14 hospitals throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey spanning both urban and rural areas. THE PROBLEM The organization was looking for a way not only to expand network coverage but also…

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Mayo Clinic’s EHR training increased clinicians’ EHR proficiency

By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s EHR training program increased user confidence and proficiency in the EHR, according to a July 7 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The program, dubbed reBoot Camp, was offered from April 2018 through June 2020. The program was designed to…

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AI, radiologists working together more accurately detect breast cancer: Study

By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review Radiologists working in tandem with artificial intelligence more accurately detect breast cancer than either of them analyzing the images alone, a July study in The Lancet Digital Health found. The study used a dataset of 1.2 million mammograms taken between 2007 and 2020 and was led by researchers from Vara, a German…

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No. 1 challenge for CIOs: Tight tech labor market forces ‘a salary reckoning’

By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review IT staffing remains a major challenge for hospital systems, as they compete with tech companies for skilled employees in the midst of a tight labor market, several CIOs told Becker’s. Workforce was identified as the No. 1 health IT issue, according to a recent poll of hospital tech executives by Becker’s. Ed Kopetsky,…

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America’s 25 healthiest communities, per US News

By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review A New Mexico county for the third consecutive year took the top spot in U.S. News & World Report and CVS Health’s 2022 “Healthiest Communities Rankings.” This marks the fifth annual edition of the rankings. The rankings are based on an analysis of nearly 3,000 U.S. communities. Communities are scored…

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