As a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and coding professional, I’ve often heard the statement: If it’s not documented, it wasn’t done. I have used this statement educating physicians and nurses […]

In the part one of this blog series on artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of health care, we explored trends impacting the interoperability of health systems and drug costs. […]

Twenty-two months into this pandemic and we are starting to understand how all-encompassing COVID-19 is for the inpatient. Thus, when we realize that the inpatient medical record we are coding […]

I had the opportunity to talk with Peter Birch of Talking HealthTech about all things clinician burnout. What causes it? How do we talk about it? What is the role […]

Last year, 2021, was a tumultuous year to say the least. And we are starting 2022 in the throes of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are witnessing […]

As I hopped on an Amtrak train to go to a meeting (something I haven’t done in a long time!), I pulled out my laptop to start reading emails – […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Global Chief Medical Officer Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, to discuss clinical and financial risk management, and risk stratification with Medicare Advantage plans. […]

In December I posted a blog on the “new and improved normal,” discussing the April 1 ICD-10-CM/PCS update added to the schedule beginning in 2022. Two updates a year instead […]

Throughout my 25 years working in the health care industry, I have always had a passion for compliance; and my career path reflects that passion. As a 3M HIS compliance […]

Our clinical terminology team’s background in nursing, pharmacy, radiology, laboratory and other clinical areas gives us insight into how health care systems are burdened with the sheer volume of data […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Global Chief Medical Officer Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, to discuss new benefits for Medicare Advantage enrollees and the importance of accurate and […]

Recently, I visited my optician after an 18-month, pandemic-induced absence. The doctor is a rather pleasant fellow, but the annual exam is just as much fun as I recall. First […]