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SDOH Data: Use Cases, Maintaining Privacy, and Health Data Ecosystems

Ciox

By identifying patients with complex needs or those at risk for re-admission, healthcare providers can focus their efforts on high-risk patients, improving care coordination and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. Predictive analytics can also be used to optimize care management and resource allocation.

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Where Do Medical Assistants Work? Exploring Diverse Opportunities in Healthcare

Southern Careers Institute

They greet patients, record medical histories, take vital signs, and prepare patients for examinations. They also assist with minor surgical procedures, administer medications, and manage medical records. In these settings, medical assistants serve as the right hand of healthcare providers.

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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

Health Unit Coordinators perform crucial administrative functions in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities, freeing up medical staff to spend more time with patients. Common tasks include: Managing patient records. Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Answering telephones and taking messages.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

Individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder (SUD) must also be able to get the treatment they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has meant changes needed to be made to 42 CFR Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (Part 2) regulations. How much disruption might the new HIPAA regulations create?

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