Practice Management: Page 2
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Study finds 40% of doctors pessimistic about practice of medicine
This unease includes concern about their practice's financial stability and administrative management, as well as use of EHRs, according to a new Leavitt Partners white paper.
By Les Masterson • Oct. 19, 2018
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Stakeholders call for transparency, ease of use in EHR Reporting Program
In comments, several healthcare organizations requested a centralized clearinghouse of existing health IT comparison resources.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 18, 2018
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Leapfrog Group to start rating outpatient settings
The nonprofit will collect safety and quality data on ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient surgery departments starting next year.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 17, 2018
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Doctors turn to free eConsult platforms to reduce diagnostic errors, study finds
More than 300,000 physicians accessed WebMD's Medscape Consult during the two-year observation period, according to research in npj Digital Medicine.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018
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Suki AI-based voice assistant tops 1K patient encounters a week
The health IT startup claims it can sharply drop the time spent on medical notes.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018
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Baxter, Mayo team up on outpatient kidney care center
The health system and device company will open a renal care center at Mayo's campus in Jacksonville, Florida. It's the first initiative to come out of a broader five-year agreement announced last year.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 03, 2018
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Patient-matching tools viable but nowhere near perfect, Pew says
A report from the group recommends clarifying government funding restrictions for unique identifiers, agreeing on standardized demographics and assessing privacy ramifications to improve practices.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 02, 2018
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Nearly a third of health IT developers producing FHIR products, ONC says
More than half of health IT developers are using FHIR combined with OAuth 2.0, the industry standard for authorization, according to a new report from the government agency.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 02, 2018
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Opioid interventions can curb overprescribing, boost MAT access, JAMA studies show
Though the root cause of the opioid crisis is still being debated, many attribute it to the rapid growth in prescribing starting in the 1990s and peaking in 2012 — a 300% expansion according to some metrics.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 28, 2018
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Hackers exploit data in error messages to attack connected medical devices, report finds
Not all of the vendors notified of error message problems issued a patch, according to Zingbox.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 27, 2018
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More than half of Americans share doctor experiences online, survey shows
Patients increasingly check doctors' online ratings, even those referred by another provider, according to the Binary Foundation.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 25, 2018
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Oklahoma hospital turns to go GoFundMe to stay afloat
After a fallout with a previous management group and a legal battle over cash, a rural hospital is on the brink of closing.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 20, 2018
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Physician survey shows strained relationships with hospitals
The Physicians Foundation report found most doctors are burned out, have negative morale and feel they can't change the healthcare system. And 46% plan on changing careers.
By Tony Abraham • Sept. 19, 2018
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Nearly a quarter of providers not using speech recognition technology
Nuance dominates the market in healthcare, with M*Modal coming in a distant second place.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 19, 2018
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Study underscores doctor, patient benefits with use of medical scribes
When doctors were using scribes, they reported less after-hours EHR documentation and a significant uptick in time spent interacting with patients, according to the JAMA Internal Medicine report.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 18, 2018
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Intermountain, Geisinger form group to improve diagnostic accuracy
The two integrated health systems are among more than 40 calling for providers to take steps like improving how doctors communicate test results.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 14, 2018
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Epic, Nuance partner on voice assistance technology aimed at busy docs
The system is compatible with Epic's Rover and Haiku workflow apps and will allow physicians to get schedules, look up patient information and check lab results and medication lists.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 13, 2018
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Growing, aging population straining primary care, report shows
An increase in nonphysician healthcare professionals and focus on innovative delivery models could improve primary care access, according to the UnitedHealth Group analysis.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 12, 2018
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Premiums rise when hospitals buy doctor practices, study finds
The study in Health Affairs also found prices were likely to rise for outpatient visits as private practices were acquired or vertically integrated with hospital systems.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 06, 2018
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Aging population fueling squeeze in medical office space
Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth are among markets expected to be in shortest supply of healthcare real estate in the coming years, according to a report by real estate firm Transwestern.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 05, 2018
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Ascension's Providence hospital sees internal turmoil amid shift away from acute care
Staff and patients at the Washington, D.C.-based facility recently protested the change, raising concerns it would leave surrounding neighborhoods without needed access to care.
By Les Masterson • Sept. 05, 2018
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How California nearly halved its maternal death rate
"These are young people who shouldn't die," said Elliott Main, who is part of the collaborative working to decrease the state's maternal death rate. "Most are preventable, so it really hits to your core as a person and as a physician."
By Tony Abraham • Sept. 05, 2018
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Amazon-Berkshire-JPM healthcare venture picks COO
Jack Stoddard, previously of Comcast and UnitedHealth, is CEO Atul Gawande's first publicized hire as the company works to fill the highly hyped effort's executive suite.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 05, 2018
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CMMI director says agency won't force all providers to assume risk
Adam Boehler said, however, that CMS wants to "create that avenue" for any practices interested in taking on more risk.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 31, 2018
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Physician referral issues causing more out-of-network care
Slightly more than half of doctors surveyed said they always know whether their patient referral is appropriate.
By Les Masterson • Aug. 23, 2018