CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Medical billing plays a critical role in the financial stability of healthcare providers. Fortunately, medical billing software offers a solution to the challenges healthcare providers face. By minimizing potential errors in the claims processing, we can alleviate distress for our patients, colleagues, and finance departments.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

If a primary healthcare provider wants to refer his patient to a specialist for additional medical services then he puts in a recommendation for it. A patient needs a referral before getting medical care from any other physician. This whole recommendation process falls into the patient referral process.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 31, 2024

The right medical billing software streamlines this process, making it quicker and more accurate. The added efficiency gives you more time for patient care and reduces administrative headaches.  This article breaks down chiropractic medical billing software. It makes financial transactions with patients smoother. 

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Scrubs

MARCH 21, 2023

MaineHealth recently announced it is using AI to automatically record conversations between doctors and their patients during a check-up or follow-up visit. Deborah Vaughan, a patient at the hospital, said she appreciates being able to look her doctor in the eye while talking about her health.

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Northwest Suburban College

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Preventive healthcare has become increasingly important in recent years, as early intervention, health screenings, and lifestyle strategies play pivotal roles in promoting better patient outcomes and overall public health.

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Practice Builders

AUGUST 11, 2024

Patient satisfaction is one of the most critical outcomes to achieve in the complex world of healthcare, and as a result, there is no surprise in practice owners and medical specialists being vulnerable to complaints. Why is Focusing on Patient Experience a Must? Listen actively and address all concerns.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. This chasm is illustrated in The future of the digital patient experience , the latest report from HIMSS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM).

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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

Today we review the various viewpoints on Amazon’s announced acquisition of One Medical (ONEM, aka 1life Healthcare) which has been a huge story in both health care trade publications, business news, and mainstream media outlets. Welcome to Day 2 of The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S., bn and MGM Studios for $8.5

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

On June 11, Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the agency’s vision to ban Americans’ medical debt from credit reports. He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports.

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Health Prime

APRIL 11, 2024

Medical practices and billing services constantly seek ways to enhance efficiency and financial performance. However, Practice Optimization takes a holistic approach, addressing operational efficiency, staff productivity, and patient satisfaction. Practice Optimization and Revenue Optimization are connected but are not the same.

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MedVA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Virtual Medical Assistants (VMAs) stand out among these new ideas as a game-changing answer that is changing the way doctors work all over the world. From making administrative jobs easier to getting patients more involved, these high-tech digital allies show what the next step in healthcare will be.

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Northwest Suburban College

JANUARY 25, 2024

Dental Assistants, Medical Assistants, and Pharmacy Technicians are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between healthcare professionals and patients, playing an integral role in delivering vital information that can improve health outcomes and overall patient satisfaction.

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Coronis Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you considering partnering with an ophthalmology medical billing company for your facility? Outsourcing Your Medical Billing Can Free up Time and Resources for Your Ophthalmology Facility Those working in the ophthalmology industry often wear many hats while providing comprehensive care for their patients.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

JULY 18, 2023

Sometimes the answer is obvious: For a company that services hospital machinery, key equipment that is not up and running can translate into delays in diagnosing and treating patients. The closed-loop process is an integral component of best-in-class customer experience (CX) programs. Then, you’ll need a process to take action.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

AUGUST 8, 2024

Their responsibilities extend beyond assisting dentists during procedures; they also manage administrative tasks, patient care, and ensure the office complies with health regulations. This multifaceted role is vital for delivering high-quality dental care and creating a positive patient experience.

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The Healthcare Blog

JULY 3, 2024

At the time, the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics advised physicians that “reasonable indulgence should be granted to the caprices of the sick.” Along that journey, however, patients would acquire crucial help from doctors with the imagination and courage to think and to act outside the existing paradigm.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2023

Now in Aisle E(commerce) – get your one-year membership to One Medical for $149. And among a vast menu of health, medical, and well-being offerings from collagen to gym equipment and blood pressure monitors is that One Medical membership good for a year of services.

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Mobius MD

MAY 15, 2024

Team documentation is a process where non-physician team members assist with visit notes, entering orders and referrals, reconciling medications, and preparing prescriptions during a patient visit. Non-physician team members can include clinical staff like medical assistants or nurses and non-clinical staff like dedicated scribes.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter. And that involvement in social media is intimately woven with Stacy’s patient advocacy journey….for I like business and people.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

.” And across all technologies assessed in this study, it was AI and machine learning that the health care finance execs pointed to as a top-three investment priority, followed by improving the patient experience (among 37%), and automating business processes (32%). Bank explained in the report. AI can help here, too.

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Mobius MD

MAY 1, 2024

Physician burnout has become a significant problem, largely due to a growing administrative burden on medical professionals. Tasks like prior authorizations, quality reporting, messaging patients, and EHR documentation often overflow into after-clinic work. For example, set up protocols for when your MA can take over for you.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By focusing on specific vital components, medical practices can successfully navigate the complex landscape of healthcare finance. According to a Mad*Pow research report , 61% of patients are confused by their medical bills. The frequency of access has increased consistently over time.

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MedicalGPS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A patient’s encounter in the medical office often begins with the receptionist. If your practice desires to improve the patient’s overall experience, a great place to start is where your patients start – with the receptionist. This indicates an opportunity for improvement. Eye Contact.

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Mobius MD

AUGUST 2, 2024

Whether you’re a veteran practitioner, an efficiency aficionado, or a new medical student, these tips will help you complete medical notes more quickly. Nine tips for writing medical notes faster This article lists several ways to write medical notes faster.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a noun, Merriam-Webster tells us that a rebel is a person who opposes or takes up arms against a government or a ruler. ” If you’ve been a patient facing a diagnosis of an illness, whether rare or common, you may well have felt these various feelings stirring inside your self.

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Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

The platform is designed to not only enhance the patient experience but also streamline administrative tasks and boost the overall efficiency of your practice. athenaCommunicator is designed to facilitate invaluable patient participation at every step.

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon). Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates.

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Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” They responded with one word: “Trust.”

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MedicalGPS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Endeavor for Excellence: Step 4 – Establish Performance Baselines If you have been following along for the redeployment of MedicalGPS’ service improvement program, this week we move into Step #4 — establishing baseline performance measures. Review the list. If that is the case, great!

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2024

.” This post summarizes some key findings on the consumer demand side for staying home, empowered and enabled by various technologies that can support independent aging, living, and medical care as more acute services shift from hospital-to-home.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. What is not commonly discussed is that medical bill problems are very common among people who have insurance and not only the uninsured. Another health risk is medical debt.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I referred to that experience here in Health Populi several years ago when discussing health care access and transparency. Fast forward and we’re in the next-gen of direct-to-consumer models, with Lilly Direct and PfizerForAll launching programs that get up-close-and-personal with patients for medicines delivery and support services.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2024

” Here the value of the drug was in the time-release and the patient’s lack of knowing that — trying to be fiscally responsible by pill-splitting, compromising his physical well-being — was a huge risk. In this poll, 2 in 5 U.S.

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DropStat

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Language barriers in healthcare prevent or hinder some healthcare stakeholders from reaching out for healthcare , and when they are in a healthcare setting, it may prevent the patient from understanding their healthcare situation and how to follow healthcare protocol. Why is medical interpreting important in healthcare?

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2024

While so-called recreational GLP-1 consumers may experience these benefits, this population would be less likely to be covered by medical insurance under current obesity criteria which are in use to ration access to the medicines in Germany and the United Kingdom.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2024

The overall takeaway for patients in this study is that health care is disconnected from consumers, in the words of the JPM/InstaMed report. ” In the best of all possible medical payments worlds, U.S. consumers would prefer to pay those bills online through their doctor’s or hospital’s websites (for 38% of patients).

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