Practice Index

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told practices he is “aware” of the problem, but following last week’s budget, ministers said practices or the NHS would have to cover the increase. Alarm at latest tech outage Practices have called for more choice in IT following the latest problems with the EMIS systems. Practices were awarded 4.4%

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Insurance 52

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She meets her existing patients and picks up a new one, Bill. They found a medication that made it harder to induce VT and sent him up to the medical floor for admission and monitoring with instructions to initiate that medication. After a mean follow-up of 10 months, 8.3% Bill is 35 and has a severe cardiomyopathy.

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Billing Admissions Follow-Up Medication 332

Scrubs

JULY 29, 2023

Here are some snippets: “After five minutes of talking to you in pre-op, I wanted to punch you in the face and man you up a little bit.” Followed by “It’s probably tuberculosis in the penis, so you’ll be all right.” Needless to say, the comments were less than flattering. Said the anesthesiologist to the patient.) What do you think?

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Huddles/Rounds Medical Assistant Follow-Up Medication 201

CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The truth is that the road conventional health insurance follows in processing claims is needlessly complicated, leaving room for many unwanted errors and frustrated providers. Process a bulk submission of claims, significantly speeding up the process and improving revenue cycles. Easy, right? Not if you ask billing managers.

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Medication Billing Patient Satisfaction Best Practices 97

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. However, Dr P, who had an extremely high caseload at the medical center, failed to follow up on this finding. Some follow up on results.

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Follow-Up Tests Medication Appointments 52

Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. I came to her room for rounds in the morning. ” Seizing the interruption before I turned this into a full-blown therapy session, I got up and brought the tray over to her desk.

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Discharges Hospital Follow-Up Admissions 231

CollaborateMD

MARCH 20, 2025

Other pro tips to follow: Send all credentialing information in one packet to avoid delays and confusion. Step 4: Follow Up with Payers Depending on the complexity, insurance credentialing can take several weeks to a few months. Some require renewals every 12 months, others up to every 3 years. What does this mean?

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Insurance Medication Follow-Up Documentation 52

Practice Index

APRIL 11, 2024

It follows the national drive to diversify primary care teams, introducing a range of professions to support GPs. Boost for MMR catch-up campaign Parents have responded overwhelmingly to the campaign to revive MMR vaccination and halt the spread of measles, flocking to practices to protect their children.

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Medication 52

Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

According to the IGPM, the Department of Health should follow suit. Over the 14 years that led up to 2019, the number of appointments per patient remained much the same, but the length of time per consultation increased by nearly half. The proposal comes after the Government decision to end one-word Ofsted gradings for schools.

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Medication 52

Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Patients’ concerns of COVID-19 risks have led them to self-ration care in the following ways: 41% have delayed health care services. Health Populi’s Hot Points: It’s interesting to note that one of the investors in this round of Amwell financing was Takeda, the biopharmaceutical company.

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Insurance Tests Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds 161

Practice Index

JUNE 13, 2024

The region was the latest to be hit by IT problems following the cyber-attack in London. It has told practices: “Following a recent challenge to the new DP framework, legal action is ongoing and progress has been delayed.” The post Primary care news round-up (6th June to 12th June 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Patient Records 52

Practice Index

JULY 25, 2024

CrowdStrike crisis highlights concerns about IT backups The NHS needs to find an improved way of backing up its IT systems following the havoc caused by the CrowdStrike failure last week, a senior GP has said. The NAO says that the new local integrated care systems have developed partnerships and drawn up plans to prevent ill health.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The following list is not exhaustive, but it provides a place to begin when taking a good, hard look at your situation. Are there grand rounds and other ways to learn? It All Comes Down to You In the final analysis, whether you stay or go is up to you. So, how do you decide? What about your job contributes to your growth?

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Teamwork Follow-Up Transfers Huddles/Rounds 52

Relias

JUNE 6, 2024

Key competencies and attributes of nurse leaders include the following: Understands the correlation between a strong team and high levels of patient quality and safety. Maintains a physical presence through onsite visits, rounding, or huddles to provide direct support and appreciation.

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Unit Organization and Environment Huddles/Rounds Patient Safety Patient Care 98

Practice Index

AUGUST 1, 2024

CQC shake-up pledge Practices have welcomed plans for a shake-up of the CQC after a review found major failings. Hope for end to trainee doctor strikes GP trainee strikes are expected to end following a deal between the medical unions and the Government.

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Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Appointments Hospital 52

Practice Index

MARCH 14, 2024

Practices urged to sign up as veteran friendly A drive has been launched to encourage practices to become “veterans friendly”. They say it’s likely this is because the problems resolved following the visit, but warn it could also indicate that a minority are not getting the help they need.

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up 52

Practice Index

JUNE 27, 2024

The call has come from the Royal College of GPs following a consultation which involved 5,000 doctors. The college says it now wants to draw up new and detailed guidance on induction, supervision and scope of practice. He added: “If one part of the NHS crumbles, the rest will follow.

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Huddles/Rounds Triage Follow-Up Appointments 52

Practice Index

MAY 16, 2024

Practices will get support for periods of up to six months. It plans to deploy “experienced and skilled” facilitators to practices and set up group-based learning sessions to ensure experience sharing across practices. It followed the pausing of the GP Sustainability Loan Scheme.

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Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Admissions Hospital 52

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The practice serves 16,000 people and the latest project followed their installation of new phone systems. It follows the decision to enable pharmacies to advise patients on treatments for sinusitis, sore throat, earache, infected insect bites, impetigo, shingles and uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

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Huddles/Rounds Triage Appointments Follow-Up 52

Practice Index

APRIL 18, 2024

GPs go into contract dispute after rejection Last night, GP leaders declared a formal dispute over this year’s contract settlement following the overwhelming vote of doctors to reject it, warning of the threat of industrial action or other sanctions.

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Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Patient Safety 52

Practice Index

JUNE 20, 2024

The campaign was launched following a survey of practices undertaken in December. Royal College of GPs Chair, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, said: “As always, the devil will be in the detail and it is essential that these plans are backed up by sufficient funding for primary and community care.”

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

economic outlook following today’s news that the U.S. Key financial priorities in 2021 will be paying off debt, building up emergency savings, and paying for day-to-day living expenses. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While the 2007-8 Great Recession was considered more of a “He-Cession,” this round of U.S.

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Huddles/Rounds Medical Assistant Follow-Up Medication 133

Northwest Suburban College

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When patients come to pick up their prescriptions, you’re there to help them understand the importance of adhering to their medication regimens. By grasping the complexities of medication types and advanced pharmacy technologies, you become a well-rounded pharmacy technician. You also learn how they are used and why.

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Customer Service Communication Follow-Up Medication 52

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 12, 2025

What Investors Look for in Early and Late-Stage Funding Rounds and How Regulatory Compliance Impacts Valuation For early-stage life sciences and health tech companies, raising capital is about more than demonstrating scientific promise. Unstructured financing rounds leading to cap table mismanagement.

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Huddles/Rounds Diagnostics Documentation HIPAA 59

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

“The NP workforce is in a constant state of growth to keep up with the rising demands of the healthcare system,” says Paula Tucker, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAANP Clinical Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. ” she says.

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Follow-Up Patient Advocacy Teamwork Patient Care 111

Health Populi

JULY 11, 2019

The press release suggests that ocular diseases will be the first therapeutic area addressed, to be followed by other condition categories that impact people as they age. The objective of this investment round is to further scale GNS solutions that personalize medicines to individual patients.

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Huddles/Rounds Insurance Collaboration Follow-Up 91

CollaborateMD

MARCH 7, 2025

Automation tools like RPA in healthcare can handle repetitive tasks like data entry and insurance claim processing to free up valuable time and reduce administrative burden. Improved Efficiency and Accuracy The American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that up to 12% of medical claims are submitted with inaccurate codes.

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Billing Appointments Patient Satisfaction Patient Care 52

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

The problem is that the last round in 2021 was at a $6bn+ ZIRP era valuation with Tiger & Coatue paying the idiot price because Teladoc was trading at $15bn market cap then (albeit down from $30bn a year before that!). In other words it was a level above me following along to an exercise on Youtube. Then my knee slowly got worse.

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Billing Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds Medication 61

19 Labs

AUGUST 6, 2024

Continuity of Care: GALE eClinics help maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not feasible. Their efforts are a testament to the power of innovation in transforming patient care and addressing healthcare disparities.

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Physical Exams Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Patient Care 86

Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

How do you keep up with changes in healthcare when you’re a busy clinician? Email newsletters for primary care physicians The following three newsletters are free and curated for primary care doctors. AMA Morning Rounds AMA Morning Rounds delivers daily healthcare news straight to your inbox.

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Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up HIPAA Best Practices 52

Northwest Suburban College

JUNE 14, 2024

Medical Assistants also play a significant role in preventive medicine, assisting with screenings, patient education, and follow-up care. Patient Education and Follow-up Care Medical Assistants play a crucial role in patient education and follow-up care.

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Medical Assistant Medication Follow-Up Appointments 52

Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I want to understand the needs of different nursing populations and bring a well-rounded global perspective to meeting the needs of our nurses and caregivers. Being a healthcare leader means listening closely to understand the intricacies of a challenge, thinking up out-of-the-box solutions, and asking for the expert advice of colleagues.

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Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds Best Practices Certification 105

Accepted Blog

AUGUST 28, 2024

Follow your medical school’s guidelines, and submit them as early as possible so you have time to incorporate any feedback. Once Applicant A gets matched to a program on their list (let’s say their second choice), they are removed from consideration for all programs lower on their list, which opens those spots up for other applicants.

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Admissions Follow-Up Medication Huddles/Rounds 98

Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

March is National Kidney Month and Minority Nurse caught up with nephrology nurse Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN to find out what it’s like to be a nurse in this specialty. Following my passion and having the support of mentors in finding my way was invaluable.

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Certification Follow-Up Acute Care Patient Care 98

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Hawaii’s four most prominent ethnic groups listed in that year’s census (in round numbers) were Japanese – 61,000, Native Hawaiians – 38,000, Caucasians – 29,000, and Chinese – 26,000. Over the following decades, Lieutenant Commander Koher’s career took the family to Japan, Taiwan, and Washington, DC.

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Follow-Up Certification Hospital Huddles/Rounds 104

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

So I went from learning how to give a bed bath and make a hospital bed to serving as the executive director at this hospital and in a neighborhood close to where I grew up – it warms my heart. He rounds on the units daily and is very visible to staff. Anthony Hospital). What inspired you to become a nurse? It’s a huge responsibility.

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Unit Organization and Environment Hospital Teamwork Critical Thinking 98

New York Medical Career Training Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

After appointment they schedule follow up visits if any extra testing is prescribed by the doctor. Some of the human resources duties are also handled by administrators such as handling initial interview rounds of potential employees, and completing paper work related to hiring.

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Medication Follow-Up Appointments Billing 40