Think Accurate

Posted on January 30, 2018 in Healthcare

Lowered Standards Increase Patient Risk

Can patients afford lower quality standards on their healthcare documentation?

Posted on October 23, 2017 in Healthcare

EHR Data Entry Consumes 50% of Physician's Time

Are patients truly getting the attention they deserve if providers are spending half their time on EHR entry?

Posted on May 19, 2017 in Healthcare

Clicking Without Conversing

What is the equivalent to "texting while driving" in modern medicine?

Posted on March 23, 2017 in Technology

Is Dragon Good for Patients? or Doctors?

Everyone loves a Dragon, right???

Posted on January 10, 2017 in Healthcare

Where are YOUR Medical Records Now?

We’ve all seen the TV commercial, “It’s 11 o’clock--Do you know where your kids are?” My question is, “Do you know where your medical records are?”

Posted on September 23, 2016 in Healthcare

How Do Our Valued Clinicians Spend Their Day?

“Physicians spend almost twice as much time each day typing on computers and filling out paperwork as they do seeing patients”. Alarming!

Posted on June 15, 2016 in Healthcare

WARNING: MEDICAL ERRORS NOW THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US

Research now indicates that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US. Unfortunately, anecdotal experience indicates the same.

Posted on March 16, 2016 in Technology

Another Proactive Step with EHR Vendors and TranscriptRx

Who wins/loses in the HIM workflow decisions? EHR Vendors? HIM Directors? Physicians? With the right tools in place - Everyone!

Posted on November 18, 2015 in Healthcare

Do We Patients Want Our Doctors Clicking Or Listening?

I want my doctor listening, examining, and explaining—NOT CLICKING!

Posted on August 03, 2015 in Healthcare

To Whom Were You Speaking, Sir?

Given the state of the electronic health record, just who is responsible for researching and fixing critical errors when they occur?

Posted on July 22, 2015 in Healthcare

Costs are up, Quality is Down, but There is Still Hope

The 2014 study by the International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance revealed roughly a 30% error rate (315,000 errors in 1 million records reviewed). Also of interest was the comparison of relative cost of physician-entered data versus data transcribed/edited by healthcare documentation specialists: $70/hour compared to $16/hour.

Posted on July 13, 2015 in Healthcare

There Are No Words

Some healthcare organizations are adding disclaimers to the electronic health records of their patients to alleviate liability from errors. Shouldn't we just be correcting the records???

Posted on June 22, 2015 in Technology

Are there Cats Clinging to Your Wings?

Project Planning Tips for Minimizing Unexpected Casualties

Sometimes Healthcare IT Projects catch users a little off guard . . .

Posted on May 13, 2015 in Healthcare

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUITS DOUBLE FROM 2013 TO 2014—What’s Up with That?

Unfortunately, many of us in healthcare documentation for most of our adult life saw this one coming... the rise of medical malpractice suits directly related to EHR utilization.