Journal of AHIMA Nov-20 The COVID-19 crisis has put a spotlight on the mental and physical stresses that frontline healthcare workers face, and how that may impact patient care. Recognized as a growing crisis of its own, physician burnout has pushed physician suicide rates to the highest of any profession, now more than twice that …
Medical Economics Oct-20 Is your practice ready for the changes that are coming? Good news for physicians tired of counting bullet points to assign an evaluation and management (E/M) level for an outpatient office visit: Per new AMA guidelines, it’s going to be a whole lot simpler. As of January 1, 2021, physicians will select …
Medical Economics Jun-20 Jennifer Bacani McKenney, M.D., knew her already busy schedule would become almost unmanageable when she found out another physician at her Fredonia, Kansas-based family practice had passed away unexpectedly. As she incorporated a deluge of patients into her schedule, McKenney says her workload quickly spiraled out of control. “It was unsustainable,” she …
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Top COVID 19 Response Press Release COVID-19 Success Story: Telemedicine AQuity COVID-19 Global Preparedness AQuity Coronavirus Preparedness Statement for Clients AQuity Coronavirus Business Continuity Plan Although the Coronavirus/COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic for today’s healthcare industry, AQuity Solutions has Emergency Services experience that has us uniquely prepared to respond faster and more thoroughly to Coronavirus/COVID-19 than any other vendor. AQuity has over 40 …
For the Record Aug-19 Physician burnout caused by the documentation burdens inherent to electronic health records EHRs has become a big problem. Fortunately, scribes are proving themselves to be the cure. Unlike technology exclusive approaches, such as CAPD, front-end speech, or other physician centric document creation methods, scribes, and especially virtual scribes who are able …
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For the Record May-19 HIM is achieved with an ever-shifting balance of human effort and technology. The coming onslaught of Artificial Intelligence Ai applications, however, will dramatically tip that balance by the end of 2020. Although this movement will significantly improve detailed data capture and subsequent analytics, HIM professionals need to be wary of the …
For the Record Dec-18 As Artificial Intelligence AI tools flood the market, physician efficiency and document clarity have been sacrificed in exchange for EHR big data input and a workflow designed to prompt revenue cycle triggers. Between under-documented cases caused by time-consuming document creation workflows or note bloat caused by overuse of copy and paste …