Accepted Blog

MAY 3, 2023

After asking admissions officers in 2021 to rank the relative importance of the various data they use to evaluate applicants, the Association of American Medical Colleges found that “community service and volunteer work—in both medical and nonmedical settings—were given the highest weight of any experiences.” What if you change jobs?

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

According to the 2021 Internet of Healthcare Report , 90% of healthcare executives said their organization relies on multiple systems for at least one process, including claims processing and clinical documentation. Automating your processes can also help you reduce staff burnout, improve interoperability, and effectively contain costs.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2021

healthcare system — overused, over-stressed, under-paid, detailed n How Health Systems Can Care for Caregivers , published in the NEJM Catalyst July 2021 issue. Nirav Shah (of Stanford University), we know that caregivers are among the most over-utilized resources in the U.S.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 8, 2024

This post will guide you through the dental school admissions process and offer tips on how to get accepted. Dental admissions test (DAT) After you complete the prerequisite coursework, you can take the DAT. The exam costs $495 (2021). science GPA to a 3.75 cumulative GPA. In general, a 3.5 Do you have any questions for us?

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

Show Summary In this episode, Linda Abraham interviews Christian Essman, Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Show Notes Thanks for tuning into the 571st episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s med school admissions quiz can give you a quick reality check.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham interviews Dr. Jeffrey SooHoo, Assistant Dean for Admissions at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. SooHoo emphasizes the competitive nature of medical school admissions and the holistic review process used to evaluate applicants.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

The concerning learning here is that the self-rationing, or postponing, health care behaviors of millions of patients dealing with chronic conditions can exacerbate those issues, from foot health to vision health, delayed diagnoses for acute conditions, or un-managed care that will occasion an inpatient admission later in 2020.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Cynthia Boyd, Associate Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at Rush Medical College, discusses the distinctive elements of the Rush Medical College program, including its focus on developing critical thinkers and providing excellent clinical care. Thanks for joining me for the 551st episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Welcome back. [1:55]

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

million from March 2020 to February 2021. Immediate Access to Clinical Support Virtual nurses regularly assist with tasks that do not require physical proximity to the patient, such as patient-family education, completing admission and discharge tasks, and participating in two-person verification processes. Numbers skyrocketed from 2.1

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Michael Ellison, Associate Dean for Admissions at Chicago Medical School at the Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Ellison shares his insights on what makes Chicago Medical School unique, how to impress its admissions committee, and what all this information means for you as an applicant. What’s new since we last spoke in 2021?

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. Coders are having difficulty coding all of the aspects of the admission that they really should,” said Bowman. Many providers were noncompliant with 2021 E/M coding documentation guidelines.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. Coders are having difficulty coding all of the aspects of the admission that they really should,” said Bowman. Many providers were noncompliant with 2021 E/M coding documentation guidelines.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

According to the 2021 Internet of Healthcare Report , 90% of healthcare executives said their organization relies on multiple systems for at least one process, including claims processing and clinical documentation. Automating your processes can also help you reduce staff burnout, improve interoperability, and effectively contain costs.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In June 2021, Montefiore was evaluating performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient experiences and alleviate flow challenges and decided to open a discharge lounge. The idea of a discharge lounge isn’t new, but being assisted by the clinician with whom patients just bonded is.

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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Most states’ retrieval rates of the 2021 home health agencies PEPPER stood at 40% to 59%. Admission source. For instance, the retrieval rates for the Q4FY21 PEPPER for skilled nursing facilities in almost half of the country (23 states) were 20% to 39%. In 18 states, retrieval rates were 40% to 59%. Average case mix.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If you want to know how much of BU medical school’s recent $100 million gift it intends to use for scholarships, or what happens to applications to ensure a genuinely holistic process, or what its associate dean of admissions wants to see in students read on! Welcome to the 541st episode of Admissions Straight Talk.

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Setting Sights

MAY 2, 2022

The start of 2021 saw me seeing through my birthday, too poorly to care, and unable to see my own family whom I’d been unable to see or hug for many months. I was supposed to qualify as a Doctor in the summer of 2021. My dreams and hard work were supposed to pay off, in the summer of 2021.

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Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

What I am sharing in this blog takes on an alternative approach to my usual form of writing, for this is a particularly raw, personal account and summary of what I have experienced in the last fourteen months of my hospital admission, and more specifically, how it has largely impacted my mental health.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

Therefore, accurate assessment on admission is crucial. Editor’s note: This post was originally published in January 2021 and updated. Knowing how to correctly document wound care assessments and actions taken will protect the clinician and the organization.

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Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

For those eight weeks, I witnessed more patients slip away right beside me than I’ve ever seen in all my admissions collectively – lying next to a stale blue curtain that was closed around a still body was an uncomfortable thought and presence. The year-long hospital admission following numerous abdominal surgeries was hard.

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Arkenea

JULY 2, 2024

One of the uses of FHIR: In 2021, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center inducted FHIR to increase interoperability across the organization, with an aim to connect hospital-based EHR with ambulatory EHR systems. It also speeds up the data-sharing process.

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

billion in 2021 at a 16.3 It supports inpatient care needs such as real-time tracking of patient information, patient admission and discharge, and management of complex medical data. It can be achieved via the Internet, and a small tech team in case there’s trouble. Currently, the cloud-computing market is expected to reach $947.3

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has posted the latest standards for e-prescribing which are as follows: In 2020, the CMS published the 2021 PFS (Physician Fee Schedule) final rule which requires prescribers to use the NCPDP SCRIPT standard version 2017071 for EPCS (Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Drugs) transactions.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.

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Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. Patients’ names also wouldn’t be disclosed to the state.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

The overall finding that emerges out of patients’ own observations: that one’s race, age, insurance status, admission diagnosis, and living situation were all associated with completion of physician follow-up — or lack of follow-up.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) public rule on price transparency requirements for hospitals came into effect on January 1, 2021. An executive order passed in 2019 directed the Department of Health and Human Services to create new guidelines to help reduce healthcare costs.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 15, 2025

JMM Like many in February 2021, I had listened for months to public health authorities and followed the recommendations to “flatten the curve” of Covid-19. We had also spent roughly $15,000 out-of-pocket since February 2021, mostly in medical costs, but also in additional child care and my family’s expenses in Seattle.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A key factor in the wave of denials was the increased centrality of hospital emergency admissions as the main gateway to complex and expensive inpatient care. In a stunning rapid fire $20 billion acquisition spree from 2019 to 2021, UnitedHealth Group bought Equian, Change Healthcare and naviHealth.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

New HIPAA Regulations in 2021. While there have not been changes to HIPAA regulations in 2021, new legislation has been introduced that is related to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, in terms of cybersecurity, patient access to healthcare data, and HIPAA enforcement. 2021 HIPAA Safe Harbor Law.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 18, 2025

Dr. Folmsbee returns to Sensible Medicine today to discuss a 2021 study which has had little impact. The Influenza Vaccination After Myocardial Infarction (IAMI Study) , published in Circulation in 2021, sought to determine if there is a benefit to giving the influenza vaccine within 3 days of a cardiac event.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2024

In business it sells sham and frustration as luxury and satisfaction” —Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America In December 2021, I found myself working in the ICU for the first time as a family medicine intern. ” In 2021, we had decent data to support vaccination at that precise moment.

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