KevinMD
AUGUST 11, 2019
Artificial intelligence (#AI) seems to be all the rage these days, as it should be, given its potential to revolutionize medicine in many ways. #AI is actually already an integral part of many of our lives on Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other sites. Siri and Alexa use #AI too, so we can’t easily escape it. […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 29, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Yaroslav Kuflinski. As AI, or artificial intelligence, gets more traction across the healthcare realm, it practically becomes the center of innovation in the industry. Vendors and clinical stakeholders base their solutions around AI to optimize numerous care and administrative processes, including workflow assistance, diagnosis facilitation, and clinical […].
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2019
Industry players warn that while voice technology has the ability to reach a larger audience, it must be implemented with privacy as a top priority.
Optimum Healthcare IT
AUGUST 14, 2019
If healthcare organizations are not engaging with the community they serve on social media platform; then they will inevitably fall behind. The post Why Social Media in Healthcare is Important appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
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Christina's Considerations
AUGUST 9, 2019
Earlier this year I wrote an article for healthcare professionals on safety leadership. The idea is that scientific methods, standardization and reliability are not enough to reduce error and failure. Sometimes human performance in the actual environment of care is.
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KevinMD
AUGUST 29, 2019
It's always kind of a surprise when you read a patient's chart, and you see an examination of a body part they just don't have. Just the other day, I was reading a consult note on a patient of mine who had been seen by a subspecialist for evaluation of a serious issue, and I […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.
CE App
AUGUST 13, 2019
Having more than 2,500-year history, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is still questioned from time to time. There are various treatments in TCM; some of the wildly-used ones are acupuncture, Chinese herbs, qigong, and tui na massage. They might sound not that familiar to you, and you may ask — do they really work? This article is aiming to give you a bit more information on Chinese Medicine and dispel the many misconceptions surrounding TCM.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 26, 2019
Normally $2,000, the devices were free for the 104 newly-minted members of the class of 2023.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
AUGUST 2, 2019
Goal is to provide quicker, more thorough analysis of patient safety reporting system
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Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 8, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By George Mathew, chief medical officer, North America, DXC Technology Connected consumers, and their data, will play a critical role in transforming the next era of healthcare. In fact, global industry analyst IDC predicts that by the end of 2020, 25 percent of the data used in medical care will be collected and shared with […].
Health Populi
AUGUST 9, 2019
August 8 is National CBD Day. Who knew? Well, now you do, and I’m going to explain how this three-letter-acronym is rolling into the retail health landscape, opportunities, risks, and other issues I like to cover when forecasting the future of a new-new thing in health/care. “CBD” stands for cannabidiol, which is a derivative of cannabis, marijuana and hemp plants.
KevinMD
AUGUST 5, 2019
I have penned several posts on the pitfalls of the electronic medical record (EMR) system that we physicians must use. Indeed, I challenge you to find a doctor who extols the EMR platform without qualification. Sure, there are tremendous advantages, and the ease of use has improved substantially since it first came onto the scene. But, keep in […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 12, 2019
Magellan Health, a healthcare payer organization in Scottsdale, Arizona, needed to address adherence to oral medication therapy. THE PROBLEM. Non-adherence is one of the factors contributing to non-optimized medication use – the latter a term that describes all the reasons an individual doesn’t take medications including costs, lack of ability to pick up the prescription and many others.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 21, 2019
The novel approach seeks to sidestep the need for bulky batteries, allowing health wearables and sensors to become smaller and less restrictive for the wearer.
CE App
AUGUST 13, 2019
Continuing education (CE) is often associated with medical professionals, but there is a whole array of licensed professionals that have to complete CE on a yearly basis. From engineers to cosmetologists to lawyers, they all have to renew their licenses to practice regularly. This article will discuss some CE principles for lawyers specifically. Just like continuing medical education (CME), every state has a different amount of required education hours and credits.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 26, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jeff Solis, senior product marketing manager, eFax Corporate. The survival of highly regulated industries such as healthcare depend on secure information exchange. Healthcare organizations, or “covered entities,” as they’re known, exchange large volumes of sensitive data daily: billing and medical records, prescriptions and refill requests, lab requisitions, clinical field trial results, patien
Health Populi
AUGUST 11, 2019
“In an extreme example of angst over expensive medical bills , an elderly Washington couple who lived near the U.S.-Canadian border died in a murder-suicide this week after leaving notes that detailed concerns about paying for medical care,” USA Today reported on August 10, 2019. Five years ago, financial toxicity as a side-effect was noted by two Sloan Kettering Medical Center in a landmark report on 60 Minutes in October 2014.
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KevinMD
AUGUST 10, 2019
Hippocrates didn't have a server. In 2012 our practice invested $300,000 into building computer infrastructure and the purchase of a brand-spanking-new electronic health record, commonly referred to as an EHR. The mandate for this purchase was brought forth from the federal government with the intent to improve overall health care communication. Since this expenditure, terms […].
Morning eHealth
AUGUST 7, 2019
Mobile telehealth urged for military — Breaches set to hit new record
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 12, 2019
Dr. Yaa Kumah, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discussed the opportunities and hurdles for voice technology in provider organizations last week at Harvard Medical School.
CE App
AUGUST 13, 2019
The nursing field is composed of three general categories: certified nursing assistants (CNAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs). Many are familiar with the CNA’s grit, as well as the esteem of the registered nurse. However, positioned between the two is the LPN (or licensed vocational nurse in California and Texas) which acts as an intermediary between the two joint positions.
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Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 23, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shawn Mike, content creator, Dynamologic Solutions. In the age of internet and online shopping, striving to make it into the future by relying on traditional or outdated practices will get you nowhere! Thanks to the younger generations, various private and public departments are favoring online presence more now and we think, healthcare department should […].
Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019. Better understanding this group of people will be critical to helping manage a fast-growing health care bill, and growing burden of chronic disease, for America.
KevinMD
AUGUST 1, 2019
The EMR has become a focal point in the physician burnout discussion. Although I believe EMRs are a necessary evil, current iterations of them are just not good. Each click on a mouse is a prick on the many good souls that figuratively bleed until they are physically and mentally burned out. Scribes are not […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
Clocktree
AUGUST 7, 2019
Clocktree offers a HIPAA compliant, secure place for a practice to add notes to a client’s profile. There is a free-form notes field on every client profile, with the ability to assign different access levels for each note. These profile notes are different than adding a note in the chat session of a video appointment, which are always visible to the client and can be accessed via the appointment history.
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Considering the growth of your clinic? It’s difficult to advance any business today without using technology — but what will truly enhance your daily operations? How successful are other urgent care centers with these solutions? This article offers a glimpse into real-world technology experiences from urgent care centers like yours. Discover how various solutions can boost your growth potential and see firsthand how effective they are.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 23, 2019
If the recent trend of IPOs keeps up, more and more digital companies will have their revenue numbers out in the open. But in the meantime, for private companies, we have to take those numbers where we can find them, which is why each year MobiHealthNews parses Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing companies in America, calling out the digital health and health tech companies that made the list.
CE App
AUGUST 7, 2019
Situated between the rank of a registered nurse (RN) and a doctor lies the nurse practitioner (NP), whose duties go beyond those of a typical nurse. He or she has more authority over patient care, which includes prescribing medication, conducting physical appointments, ordering diagnostic tests such as x-rays, and other tasks similar to those of a primary care physician.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 27, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rick Sheff, MD, chief medical officer, The Greeley Company Physician burnout is an epidemic, and like most epidemics, there isn’t one simple solution. Hospitals, healthcare systems, and physician groups must invest in addressing burnout in order to sustain high-quality patient care.
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