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2019 MACRA Final Rule Overview
The following is a guest blog post by Joy Rios, Health IT Consultant at Chirpy Bird. It happened right on time this year. The 2019 MACRA Final Rule was released on Thursday, Nov. 1, the weekend of...
View ArticleProblematic Medical Bills Drive Consumers To Cut Back On Care
As we all know, patients and families are taking over responsibility for a steadily greater percentage of their healthcare costs over time. Not surprisingly, this can affect their medical decisions in...
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Is EHR Use Causing Physician Burnout?
The following is a guest blog post by Wayne Crandall, President & CEO of NoteSwift. Over the past decade, numerous studies have been published with the same concerning conclusion – physicians are...
View ArticleCan AI Inspire Medical Creativity?
As the capabilities of healthcare AI tools grow, vendors continue to insist that as with previous generations of technology, AI will simply do the grunt work and free doctors’ minds up for higher uses....
View ArticleProgram Gets Rid Of EHR “Stupid Stuff” Flagged By Users
Physicians at Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health were optimistic that they could eliminate at least some of the documentation tasks they performed when using their EHR, which had been in place for...
View ArticleThree Ways AI Can Improve Physicians’ Workflow
For far too many physicians, EHRs and other important health IT seem to get in the way of getting the job done. But according to one pair of physician-authors, emerging AI technology has the potential...
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Doctors Work 2 Hours on EHR Tasks For Every 1 Hour of Time With Patients –...
The following is a guest blog post by Wayne Crandall, President & CEO of NoteSwift. At NoteSwift, we’re passionate about providing clinicians with the tools and workflow support they need so they...
View ArticlePhysician Group Cited For Sharing Patient Data Without Business Associate...
A group providing hospitalist physicians on contract has learned the hard way that sharing PHI with vendors is a no-no unless the vendor has signed a business associate agreement. The group, Advanced...
View ArticleFixing Medical Record Errors Should Be Easier In Age of EHRs
Wouldn’t it be nice if the advent of EHRs made it more likely that information in medical records was accurate? Sadly, that’s hardly the case. In fact, patient matching issues actually seem to make it...
View ArticlePatient Engagement Goals Not A Good Fit With Tech Investment Ideas
A new survey has found that while most healthcare organizations take patient engagement seriously, few are satisfied with the state of their efforts. On top of that, the results suggest that their...
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