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3 important things to know when choosing a telemonitoring provider
Irina Gorovaya Healthcare AdministrationTelehealth encompasses a broad spectrum of technology focused on various aspects of patient care. Telemedicine allows for a real-time patient-physician interaction, while telemonitoring allows for a distant collection of vital patient data that includes blood pressure, pulse oxymetry, heart rate, weight and blood glucose.
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Last act: Final days of a rural hospital
Mark Huber Healthcare AdministrationIt was the final, ignominious insult. Our little, local rural hospital had been abandoned, snapped up online for $50,000 at auction by an enterprising scrapper, a scavenger of discarded structures. Most of the good stuff already had been cleaned out of the 38,000 square-foot structure. Over the last 20 years scenes like this one, particularly in rural America, have played out frequently. Small country hospitals are going away. By 2020 as many as one-third of U.S. hospitals may be gone, predict healthcare futurists David Houle and Jonathan Fleece.
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Proper holiday decor in the workplace
Jessica Taylor Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWith the fall and winter holidays quickly approaching, many offices are bringing out their decorations to lift spirits for the seasons. It's also the time for the annual argument of what's appropriate, if anything.
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Online physician reviews mostly positive, but reliability questioned
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationA new survey finds a large number of doctors regularly monitor reviews written about them online. But that may not equate to an overwhelming endorsement of physician review websites.
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How to ace that locum tenens interview
Karen ChildressInterviewing for a potential locum tenens engagement is different from doing so for a permanent position in that the speed of the process is different. Here are a few tips to help you interview by phone for locum tenens positions that, if you accept, will be a good fit for you, the organization and the patients you’ll serve.
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ICD-10-CM from an optimistic coder’s perspective
Elizabeth MorgenrothIn my discussions with coders in the past 18 months, I have found that each coder has a reaction to ICD-10-CM as unique as the person expressing it. The emotions associated with ICD-10-CM cover the complete spectrum — from joy to grief, happiness to rage, doubt to certainty. I have experienced each of these emotions, depending on the subject matter and situation.
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Efforts to reduce waste in healthcare lead to job loss for many
Pamela Lewis DolanJob reports indicate hospitals and health systems are laying people off in quantities not seen since 2009. But the news should not be viewed as a cut in services. Rather, an effort to improve efficiencies and reduce waste, industry insiders say.
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Physician burnout: No one cares — but you should
Dr. Jonathan KaplanHave you read the articles over the last several months about physician burnout and fatigue? I’ll admit that as someone in the physician fishbowl, I’m on the inside and hear a lot about physician burnout that most of the public may not see. But doctors are upset and having significant emotional distress because of their chosen field.
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Informed decisions when choosing a healthcare provider
Mike WokaschMost would agree that healthcare is a major purchase. Whether it is for insurance or for out-of-pocket expenses, you are usually talking about hundreds, if not several thousand dollars per year. So how do healthcare customers make good, informed decisions about how to get the most out of their healthcare purchases?
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Experiment reveals the ugly side of open-source journal industry
Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied HealthcareOver the past 10 months, Harvard researcher John Bohannon, Ph.D., has created more than 300 versions of a phony research paper describing the anticancer property of a chemical extracted from a lichen. Each paper was authored by a different made-up researcher who came from academic facilities that don’t exist. Despite Bohannon’s efforts to make the papers flawed and unpublishable, nearly 160 medical journal publishers accepted the paper for publishing, despite each one claiming to have a peer review process.
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