Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This month’s October 2019 study finds a cohort of Boomers and older peers few of whom have actually used telemedicine — only one in seven people over 50 said their providers offered care via telehealth, and only 4% of people had a telehealth visit in the past year.

Follow-Up 83

Follow-Up Appointments Collaboration Scheduling 83

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips published results from this global study in The Future Health Index 2019 , themed “Transforming healthcare experiences, exploring the impact of digital health technology on healthcare professionals and patients.”

Patient Experience 91

Patient Experience Collaboration Appointments Transfers 91

Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2019

Sure is, as it turns out, based on this year’s annual report from Kaufman Hall, the 2019 State of Consumerism in Healthcare: The Bar is Rising. Here are the 2019 scores for each consumerism metric. The 2019 top “best in class” award winners were: Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston).

Hospital 67

Hospital Discharges Appointments Scheduling 67

Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

ATA’s CEO Ann Mond Johnson and team turned on a dime over the past few months, migrating the already-planned live conference scheduled in early May to this week, all online. That theme was given to us in the fourth quarter of 2019, when initial planning for ATA 2020 had begun. What a difference a few months make.

Insurance 71

Insurance Patient Experience Scheduling Appointments 71

Bell-Brown Medical Institute

JULY 15, 2022

Medical Assistants perform many tasks, including taking medical histories, preparing patients for examination, processing insurance forms, and scheduling appointments. Good Salary Is Not A Problem Medical assistants are in high demand, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that this field will grow by 19% between 2019 and 2029.

Medical Assistant 52

Medical Assistant Medication Medical History Appointments 52

Practice Builders

JANUARY 19, 2024

Through improved appointment scheduling, easy access to medical records, and a clear understanding of treatment plans, an optimized UX design creates a supportive and empowered environment for patients as they navigate the healthcare system.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Patient Education Appointments Scheduling 52

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2019, $1.9 If an organization is struggling to see patients on time, it may be time to reevaluate its scheduling and staffing. Even small updates to appointment scheduling platforms, waiting room systems and signage, and nurse call buttons can increase providers’ efficiency and positively impact patient satisfaction.

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Patient Experience Hospital Scheduling 52

Arkenea

JANUARY 20, 2025

percent in five years, from 2014 to 2019. According to stats, market capital in 2019 is estimated to be about 45 billion dollars, and experts project the industry to grow to about 175 billion dollars by 2026. Also, make sure that you are scheduling follow-ups and complying with the HIPAA law.

Communication 52

Communication Appointments Follow-Up HIPAA 52

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

“The greatest opportunity offered by AI is not reducing errors or workloads, or even curing cancer: it is the opportunity to restore the precious and time-honored connection and trust,” Dr. Eric Topol wrote in his 2019 book, Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again.

Unit Organization and Environment 71

Unit Organization and Environment Collaboration Acute Care Documentation 71

Northwest Career College

AUGUST 16, 2024

Smile Dental Clinic, New York, NY, Dental Assistant (June 2019 – Present) Assisted in all procedures, e.g., fillings, extractions, and root canal treatment. Worked with the Dentrix system, managing patient records and the schedule of their appointments.

Certification 40

Certification Sterilization Communication Patient Records 40

Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

(Source: Mental Health America ) Nearly 20 percent of young people and children between the ages 3 to 17 in the USA have a mental, developmental, emotional, or behavioral disorder, and suicidal behaviors among high school students increased by 40 percent in the decade before 2019, and accelerated in the post-Covid era.

Appointments 52

Appointments Tests HIPAA Medication 52

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2019, Find Care expanded services for consumers to manage chronic health conditions addressing asthma, COPD, and diabetes. As an ecommerce platform, Jasper also supports consumers’ ability to schedule appointments, track symptoms and side effects, receive personalized content, messages, and recommendations.

Patient Experience 62

Patient Experience Diagnostics Appointments Billing 62

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

The 2020 increase is largely due to OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative, which was launched in late 2019. Hackers had access to the system between April 2019 and January 2020. In 2022 and 2024, OCR resolved 22 HIPAA violation cases with financial penalties.

HIPAA 81

HIPAA Business Associate Hospital Medication 81

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Deloitte also notes the growing use of telehealth and online appointment scheduling the enables access to services. I reported out this trend in my 2019 book, Health Citizenship , which looked at U.S. health consumers’ behavior changes in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insurance 77

Insurance Collaboration Medication Hospital 77

MedAssistantEDU.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

in the year 2019. AAMA (American Association Of Medical Assistants) predicts increased demand for skilled medical assistants in the U.S. A total of 725,000 medical assistants were working in the U.S. This number is expected to increase up to 19% by 2029.

Medical Assistant 52

Medical Assistant Medication Certification Unit Organization and Environment 52

The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

You learn that her husband tried calling the behavioral health department to make his wife an appointment, only to be told that the soonest they could get her in would be 6 weeks. She walked out of that appointment with only a prescription for hydroxyzine, which is similar to Benadryl. She was discharged with blood pressure medication.

Discharges 104

Discharges Follow-Up Appointments Hospital 104

CollaborateMD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Moody reports spending by providers on security management will also continue to rise, with cyber spending as a percentage of total technology budgets climbing to an estimated 7% in 2023 from 5% in 2019. KPMG reveals that CMS predicts total hospital provider spending will increase by 50 percent between 2022 and 2030.

Billing 84

Billing Insurance Hospital Medication 84

Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In 2017, she was appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions at the Boston University School of Medicine and became Associate Dean in 2018. In 2017, she was appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions at BUSM and became Associate Dean in 2018. Those activities are all required, but we didn’t make people schedule it all in one day.

Admissions 52

Admissions Medication Follow-Up Hospital 52

Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

An executive order passed in 2019 directed the Department of Health and Human Services to create new guidelines to help reduce healthcare costs. Provide information about shoppable services A shoppable service is any service your hospital provides that a patient can schedule in advance, like a vaccination.

Hospital 52

Hospital Documentation Billing Insurance 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a payor, the insured patient in 2019 is likely to be managing a high-deductible health plan, responsible for first-dollar costs until s/he reaches that threshold. Why can’t appointments be made online like I do with restaurants on OpenTable? across income cohorts. That last sentence was going to be the conclusion of this post.

Insurance 69

Insurance Patient Care Hospital Appointments 69

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The CARES Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to ensure that every American has access to the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the economic fallout from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19. The process of making HIPAA updates is slow, as the lack of HIPAA changes in 2019, 2020, and 2021 has shown.

HIPAA 126

HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Best Practices 126

The HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

OCR sought comments from HIPAA-covered entities about possible changes to HIPAA Rules in 2019 and beyond, which are mostly concerned with the easing of certain administrative requirements and the removal of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that have been limiting or discouraging the coordination of care.

HIPAA 111

HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Scheduling 111