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Hospitals are learning from industry how to cut medical errors
By the Economist AFTER a brain aneurysm in 2004, Mary McClinton was admitted to Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle. Preparing for an x-ray, the 69-year-old was injected not, as she should have been, with...
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How AI & natural language processing technologies can improve outcomes: Q&A with RCCH HealthCare Partners CMIO Dr. Vishal Bhatia
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Vishal Bhatia, MD, chief medical information officer at RCCH HealthCare Partners in Brentwood, Tenn., discusses the evolution of his role as CMIO and how artificial intelligence, natural language processing...
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Nurses, surgeons among jobs with widest gender pay gaps
By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review Registered nurses and physicians/surgeons were listed among occupations with the biggest gender pay gaps, according to a report from the American Association of University Women. The report authors compiled...
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CMS bid to overhaul E/M codes leaves few happy
With its proposed changes to payments and documentation for office visits, the agency is effectively forcing providers to reckon with a longstanding, oft-disputed problem. By Tony Abraham for Healthcare Dive Most healthcare players agree the...
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Police use woman’s Fitbit data to arrest suspect in her murder
By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review The San Jose (Calif.) Police Department used heart rate data from a murder victim’s Fitbit to determine when she died and ultimately capture the man charged with killing...
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Getting Specific With Unlisted CPT Codes
By Karla VonEschen, CPC for For the Record Correct use of unlisted CPT codes is one of the more confusing aspects of CPT coding for both coders and physicians alike. Although unlisted codes are used...
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