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July 3, 2019 / By Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP
A recent Politico piece on the implementation of Epic in Denmark highlighted some key areas where the American-grown electronic health record (EHR) was simply “lost in translation” in the Scandinavian […]
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July 2, 2019 / By Priscilla Knolle, MD
In my last blog titled “Culture of safety: Transformation through employee engagement,” I presented my interview with Anil Mathur, President and CEO of Alaska Tanker Company. Anil shared how a […]
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July 1, 2019 / By Rebecca Caux-Harry
In the morning, while getting ready for work, I listen to the radio. It’s the same program I’ve listened to for over 20 years. Normally, I “tune out” when commercials […]
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June 30, 2019 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
So much is happening with artificial intelligence in health care; thank goodness for experts who provide clear explanations. I can barely turn around at healthcare conferences without “bumping into” another […]
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June 28, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Dark patterns This week, the New York Times featured an article that talks about “dark patterns.” This term, coined almost a decade ago, is well known […]
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June 26, 2019 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
Dr. John H. Wasson has decades of research digging into what is important to people vis-à-vis health care. He has published in all the big journals, testified in the big […]
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June 24, 2019 / By Rhonda Butler
Part one of this two-part blog was a high-level summary of two major areas of focus in the proposed MS-DRG changes: the MCC/CC designations and the “unrelated OR DRGs. This […]
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June 21, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Curative apps and business model I saw a reference to this interesting news article in AMIA Daily Download. It’s about how one digital app called Big […]
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June 19, 2019 / By Steve Cantwell
On a recent business trip to New York City, I take a taxi to JFK Airport from Lower Manhattan in late afternoon traffic. The cab driver tunes into a radio […]
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June 17, 2019 / By Rhonda Butler
If there is a theme to this year’s proposed MS-DRG changes in the IPPS proposed rule, it is “ICD-10 Data.” Now that two years’ worth of ICD-10 coded MedPAR data […]
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June 14, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Avatars as a proxy for human contact? A few months ago, the New York Times featured an article about the role of technology in mimicking human […]
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June 14, 2019 / By Cecilia Charles, RHIA
Can you remember when you began your journey in the HIM coding world? Well, it’s truly been a while for me. Over the years, I have been a leader, instructor […]
