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When Nothing is Something

Sensible Medicine

If I have a clinical question for which a diagnostic test may help me care for a patient, I am only sometimes able to get a result the same day. An X-ray or a simple blood test? In this environment, test results come back not in days or weeks, but hours. But what happens when that test comes back and uncertainty remains?

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The Internal Alarm System

Sensible Medicine

The admission seemed routine. On lab tests, his blood counts had been steadily falling for months, and he was developing macrocytosis. I had seen VEXAS on the rheumatology consult service at our tertiary care hospital. Within a few days, genetic testing confirmed VEXAS syndrome. The CT scan suggested orbital cellulitis.

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Prior Authorization Is Changing

EvidenceCare

What Hospital UR & Revenue Cycle Teams Need to Know Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy A Brief History of Precertification Prior authorization (PA), originally known as precertification, began in the 1960s and expanded significantly during the rise of managed care in the 1990s. Kennedy, Jr.

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Reducing Clinical Variation: A Practical Guide for Health System Leaders

EvidenceCare

Behind every excess test, unnecessary admission, or prolonged length of stay lies a variation in practice—often unintentional, sometimes unavoidable, but frequently addressable. It can lead to unnecessary tests, treatments, admissions, and extended hospital stays , all of which inflate costs and introduce potential harm to patients.

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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

Health Unit Coordinators perform crucial administrative functions in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities, freeing up medical staff to spend more time with patients. Arranging appointments for tests and procedures. Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Common tasks include: Managing patient records.

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Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Driving Practice Change

EvidenceCare

When clinical teams embed learning into daily routines, reducing clinical variation becomes achievable and practice improvement in hospitals shifts from an initiative to a habit. For example, real-time analytics can reveal when certain tests or procedures exceed local benchmarks.

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2025 Guide to Billing in Hospital Management Systems

Arkenea

trillion in annual transactions, yet billing inefficiencies cost hospitals an estimated $262 billion each year. At the heart of this challenge lies the complex world of billing in hospital management systems, where accuracy, compliance, and efficiency determine the financial viability of healthcare organizations worldwide.