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Why telemedicine is the future of healthcare
Jessica Taylor Healthcare AdministrationTelemedicine is the hottest trend in the healthcare industry, and it is becoming more and more important to healthcare providers and patients around the world. According to medical professionals present at this year's ATA 2014 conference, telemedicine is the future of the healthcare industry.
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Integrating telemedicine and mHealth into the health system
Jessica Taylor Healthcare AdministrationIn today's society, we can find nearly everything we need on the Internet. We're in a constantly-evolving environment — especially when it comes to healthcare. Many people think futuristic possibilities when they hear about telemedicine and mobile health, but the reality is that both will increase productivity and efficiency throughout the health system in the coming years.
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Telemedicine: Improving children’s access to care
Julie Bernhard Healthcare AdministrationWhile the U.S. is expanding coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the law does not currently address the problem of access. Variability in accessibility is dependent upon several socioeconomic factors, and this issue was addressed today at ATA 2014, the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting and tradeshow.
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Behind the white coats: Looking at the lifestyles of today’s physicians
Dorothy L. Tengler Healthcare AdministrationWhen we visit our physicians, we usually don't think about the commitment they made to be able to treat us — four years of medical school, three to seven years of residency, another few years of fellowship. Most likely, physicians have spent seven to 10 years of their lives preparing to practice medicine.
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Why marketing and sales go hand‑in‑hand
Charlotte Bohnett Healthcare AdministrationThe private practice rehab industry loves to talk marketing. We all scour the Internet for ways to improve referral marketing, online marketing and print marketing. But clinic directors, managers and therapists alike seem to adamantly avoid or abhorrently oppose anything related to sales. I'm here to say we absolutely shouldn't. More importantly, we can't.
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5 must-track metrics for practice profitability
Sasha Viasasha Healthcare AdministrationCollecting data is essential for analyzing practice revenue and determining what changes can be made to increase profitability. The secret is to collect the right data to successfully determine what needs to be changed to increase total profit.
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Nursing and the critical art of being present
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationDuring the celebration of Nurses Week 2014, I have been giving a great deal of thought regarding what it means to be present when engaging in the delivery of nursing care. Having said that, what exactly is presence? And how do we nurses actively cultivate it while performing the tasks associated with our work?
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Coming soon: A search engine for emergency medicine
Joy Burgess Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Internet can be a powerful clinical tool for medical professionals who seek to access the latest news in the industry. However, the prevalence of unrelated and unreliable results poses a problem, especially for emergency department professionals.
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Vertically challenged: The rooftop helipad debate
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveRooftop helipads have always been controversial. The debate was triggered anew in March in Seattle, when a television news copter plunged from its elevated pad into the street, killing its crew and sending a river of lit Jet-A fuel flowing down the pavement, burning motorists.
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The day that hospital-based pharmacy died
Greg L. Alston PharmaceuticalSomewhere between 1980 and now, the practice of hospital pharmacy was severely crippled and mortally wounded. Clearly hospitals still employ pharmacists, and pharmacists in hospitals do good work. But the pharmacy department as a thriving business unit was delivered a fatal blow when the reimbursement for pharmacy services was converted to the diagnosis-related group (DRG) method of payment.
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