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HIMSS cancels 2020 conference due to coronavirus

By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society announced March 5 that it has canceled its 2020 global health conference, which was scheduled to begin March 8 in Orlando, Fla. HIMSS cited concerns over the potential spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Additionally, as a significant percentage…

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Dolbey Ranked No. 1 by KLAS Research for Computer-Assisted Coding for Four Years Straight

CONCORD, Ohio, March 3, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Dolbey is a leading provider of medical coding and billing software that drives greater accuracy and higher productivity in medical coding by using artificial intelligence and machine learning. KLAS Research announced that Dolbey was awarded the 2020 Category Leader designation for Computer-Assisted Coding for the fourth year in…

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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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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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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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6 revenue cycle tips for ASCs

By Rachel Popa for Becker’s ASC Review Six key revenue cycle from ASC experts: 1. Find causes of denials. Surgery centers can improve claims denial management by adopting proactive strategies, including identifying the root causes of denials, according to Mnet Health, a financial technology firm specializing in healthcare. Root causes may include flawed internal processes…

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The Future Of Work Now—Medical Coding With AI

Tom Davenport for Forbes Thomas H. Davenport and Steven Miller The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous classification code was difficult even in simpler times. Now, however, hospitals and health insurance companies…

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5 states with the highest, lowest percentage of active female physicians in 2018

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Massachusetts had the highest number of active female physicians in 2018, according to the 2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report. The report — published by the Association of American Medical Colleges — showed 35.8 percent of the nation’s active physicians in 2018 were female. Among states, Massachusetts had…

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Inaccuracies found in physician residents’ EHR documentation

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 Open tasked 12 observers with following nine physician residents as they documented patient encounters into…

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