Managing uncertainty in health care has created a demand for actionable data to improve quality outcomes and manage growing expenditure. The term “big data” is often used to describe the […]

It’s 2 p.m. Sipping on my third coffee of the day. I sit in a dimly lit room as I persistently work my way through my never-ending worklist. I’ve read […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Global Chief Medical Officer Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, to discuss the need for improved ambulatory safety protocols and how it could impact […]

It is well known that electronic health records (EHRs) can be frustrating to the health care providers who use them. Often described as “clunky” or “cumbersome,” I submit that a […]

This week I want to focus on my inaugural podcast. I have been a podcast guest a few times, but I have never hosted one myself. It was an interesting […]

Measuring nursing facility quality has been an important topic since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid programs. While some steps have been taken, much more work is still needed to […]

Evaluation and Management (E/M) services is our favorite topic to blog about. Our team submitted a blog prior to the new 2021 changes that was about the new guidelines at […]

Extreme heat can be deadly. More than 11,000 Americans have died from heat-related causes since 1979 according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Europe and China experienced the hottest […]

It is widely recognized that the U.S. experiences more deaths per pregnant mother than seems reasonable for a wealthy country with an advanced health system. In fact, there are 17.4 […]

My goal each week over the next few months is to focus in on one evaluation and management (E/M) category, taking a deeper dive into the revisions and guideline changes. […]

It has been almost 20 years since the 2003 Institute of Medicine report, “Unequal Treatment, Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care,” which documents the evidence that race and […]

AI Bill of Rights  I saw a banner headline in MIT Technology Review this week proclaiming that the White House has come up with a new “AI Bill of Rights.” […]