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Data breaches cost health care organizations more than $6 billion annually, and 71% of the respondents to a study released by the Ponemon Institute say they do not have enough resources to prevent or to quickly detect a loss of patient data.
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Calling to remind patients of their appointments, instructions on how to prepare the night before a procedure, or to see if patients have questions prior to surgery are important ways to keep your outpatient surgery or diagnostic testing departments' schedules on track.
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If you find yourself struggling to hold on to your best employees, compensation is probably an issue.
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The patient access world is seeing nothing less than a sea change in its roles and responsibilities, according to Pam Carlisle, CHAM, corporate director of patient access services at OhioHealth in Dublin.
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Years ago, when patients came in with Medicare coverage, registration staff were "ecstatic," recalls Robin Teneyck, director of patient access for Sound Shore Health System in New Rochelle, NY.
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When a claim denial occurs, the underlying cause is not necessarily the payer's requirements, says Silva Gramlich, director of registration services in the finance department at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH.
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Patient access staff are encountering patients under financial stress, and the same is true for employers, notes Brett Taylor, director of payer relations for Nationwide Children's in Columbus, OH.
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A landmark study conducted by the Poneman Institute Reference shows that 70% of hospitals say that protecting patient data is not a top priority and 67% have less than two staff members dedicated to protection management.
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In October 2010, The Joint Commission told Hospital Peer Review it was going to change the way core, or ORYX, measure data was used to accredit hospitals.
