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• Using Bedside Labeling To Reduce Errors And Improve Efficiency

  12/9/2010

  Patient safety demands accurate identification of both patients and samples. Accurate sample identification and management processes need to begin at the patient bedside. By Intermec, Inc.

• HIPAA Celebrates A Birthday: COVID-19, HIPAA, And Your Rights

  8/6/2020

  As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time to reflect on how the law has been doing. As with any big changes in healthcare, whether the advent of Electronic Health Systems (EHRs) in the past decade or a pandemic like COVID-19, nothing stays the same. All laws, rules, and regulations occasionally need some breathing room and this also applies to HIPAA. Here is an update on HIPPA changes and some examples of what not to do.

• 4 Ways To Improve Payer-Provider Data Management

  9/1/2017

  The healthcare industry has experienced unprecedented change in recent years. By Krithika Srivats, Senior Director, Health/Clinical Center of Excellence at Hinduja, Global Solutions (HGS)

• 4 Reasons I Left My Practice For A Telehealth Startup

  6/14/2016

  For years I practiced physical therapy and managed a successful PT orthopedic clinic outside of Los Angeles. I worked hard to advance my career by taking many continuing education courses and participating in residencies and fellowships to allow me to better help my patients. Times were good, schedules were full, and referrals were abundant and I became a more seasoned clinician.

• The Healthcare Digital Backbone

  5/12/2015

  The healthcare industry is undergoing significant transformation with wellness and personal devices exponentially increasing the reach of what was termed as healthcare access in traditional terms. On the other hand, cost and regulatory compliance pressures are pushing for improved efficiency. While it is a paradigm shift from a consumer perspective, it does impose significant changes on the IT side as well. The B2C shift as well as evolving reimbursement models will result in innumerable changes in interactions. It is no more a provider administered IT interaction, but device and app based self-service. By Ashok Balasubramanian, Head, Services Transformation Group, Syntel

• 4 Ways To Address Socioeconomic Factors In Your Practice

  1/8/2019

  The United States is a hodgepodge of different income levels, backgrounds, cultures, geographical locations (rural vs. urban), and even languages. These differences impact not only your day-to-day interactions with patients, but also the successful implementation of practice policies, such as cancellation and no-show policies. In order to boost the overall success of your practice’s operations and improve the health outcomes of your patient base, it’s important that you understand and take these differences into account.