The Joint Survey of Physician Digital Behavior found that 84% of doctors who participated in the survey, across a variety of specialties, would prefer continuing medical education training to be conducted online rather than in person, although only 6.4% actually participate in any type of virtual event very often currently.
Benefits of being able to attend more conferences and other events virtually include viewing “on-demand”
By Lawrence G | April 24, 2012 | Healthcare IT |
Because many medical practices have been slow to transition information from hard-to-manipulate paper documents into electronic medical records software, those that are pioneering technology are at a unique advantage.
By Lawrence G | April 24, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News |
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a revised draft of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination last week. The plan posits an increasing role for healthcare IT in the monitoring, prevention, and eventual elimination of HAIs.
Patients get healthcare-associated infections while being treated for medical or surgical conditions and can occur in any care setting,
By Lawrence G | April 23, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Laws and Regulations |
With major advances in medical technology such as electronic medical, electronic billing and esprescribing software, facility managers today are in the unique position to utilize huge, awkward data sets being generated across an organization for competitive edge.
By Lawrence G | April 23, 2012 | Healthcare IT |
Two more data breaches were revealed this week, one in South Carolina and one in Georgia, with the latter involving patients’ protected health information (PHI). Well over a million records have been exposed in several security breaches over the past month.
The South Carolina Health and Human Services Department announced the improper transfer of more than 200,000 Medicaid beneficiaries’
By Lawrence G | April 20, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare Laws and Regulations, Medical Billing Software |
With many citizens of the country likely engaged in medical assistance and consultation that they do not want publicized, organizations like HHS step in to present sanctions when this basic right to privacy is violated.
By Lawrence G | April 20, 2012 | Healthcare Laws and Regulations |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that Arizona-based Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C. has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement and implement corrective actions to protect patient information.
An extensive investigation by the HHS Office for Civil Rights was launched because the practice was reportedly posting patients’
By Lawrence G | April 19, 2012 | Healthcare Laws and Regulations, Medical Billing Software |
Many medical industry experts are recommending that facility managers be more strategic in the initiatives their practice pursues.
By Lawrence G | April 19, 2012 | Healthcare IT |
The Top 100 Hospitals according to Thomson Reuters have been found to be more fully utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, as determined by HIMSS Analytics.
There is a higher percentage of the hospitals in question (including Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ, Baystate Medical Center in Springfield,
By Lawrence G | April 18, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Laws and Regulations |
It is reported that more than $2 billion is wasted when physicians prescribe high-cost medication even though the same therapeutic value could be achieved through less expensive alternatives.
By Lawrence G | April 18, 2012 | Healthcare IT |
