Posted on January 30, 2018 in Healthcare
Lowered Standards Increase Patient Risk
Can patients afford lower quality standards on their healthcare documentation?
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Can patients afford lower quality standards on their healthcare documentation?
Read MorePosted on October 23, 2017 in Healthcare
Are patients truly getting the attention they deserve if providers are spending half their time on EHR entry?
Read MorePosted on May 19, 2017 in Healthcare
What is the equivalent to "texting while driving" in modern medicine?
Read MorePosted on March 23, 2017 in Technology
Everyone loves a Dragon, right???
Read MorePosted on January 10, 2017 in Healthcare
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?”
Read MorePosted on September 23, 2016 in Healthcare
“Physicians spend almost twice as much time each day typing on computers and filling out paperwork as they do seeing patients”. Alarming!
Read MorePosted on June 15, 2016 in Healthcare
Research now indicates that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US. Unfortunately, anecdotal experience indicates the same.
Read MorePosted on March 16, 2016 in Technology
Who wins/loses in the HIM workflow decisions? EHR Vendors? HIM Directors? Physicians? With the right tools in place - Everyone!
Read MorePosted on November 18, 2015 in Healthcare
I want my doctor listening, examining, and explaining—NOT CLICKING!
Read MorePosted on August 03, 2015 in Healthcare
Given the state of the electronic health record, just who is responsible for researching and fixing critical errors when they occur?
Read MorePosted on July 22, 2015 in Healthcare
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.
Read MorePosted on July 13, 2015 in Healthcare
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???
Read MorePosted on June 22, 2015 in Technology
Sometimes Healthcare IT Projects catch users a little off guard . . .
Read MorePosted on May 13, 2015 in Healthcare
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.
Read MorePosted on May 13, 2015 in Healthcare
Will reading this story change anything about healthcare?
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