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Financial issues that fall directly under the purview of patient access departments are among the areas most frequently overlooked in pandemic planning, suggests Valerie Sellers, MHA, CHE, vice president of health planning for the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA).
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Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) is using palm scan technology originally developed for the Japanese banking industry to ensure accurate patient identification at its five hospitals in the Charlotte, NC, metropolitan area.
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Study: Providers face disincentives to share data
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The defining protocol at a hospital transfer center is clear: If a patient urgently needs care, and your facility is the best place for him or her to receive that care, you bring the person in, provide the care, and talk later about how it's going to be funded.
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Physicians "will never have to come to the health information management [HIM] department again" with the implementation of new electronic health record technology at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, KA, says Judy Hintzman, the facility's director of HIM.
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The Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond has ruled that a physician foundation tied to the University of Virginia Medical School in Richmond and its doctors are not immune from malpractice suits because of the foundation's charitable work.
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Just 35% of heart attack survivors reported receiving outpatient cardiac rehabilitation services when surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Patients with limited arthritis in their knees typically had to live with pain and discomfort or wait until deterioration reached a point at which they could undergo a total knee replacement, but new technology gives patients a third option that allows them to return to normal activity without pain earlier in their lives.