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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

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

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EHR Interoperability: In-Depth Guide (2025 updated)

Arkenea

These standards ensure smooth transfer of information, and maintain privacy and security of ePHI as well. Healthcare providers utilize C-CDAs to send consultation notes, continuity of care documents, discharge summaries, diagnostic imaging reports, and other documents for clinical decision-making.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Meaningful Use and EHR

Arkenea

Certified EHR are those that meet the standards defined by the certification and testing body. How many patients were discharged? Implement results of clinical tests in patients’ EHR. Prepare a summary of care for patients transferred or referred to another facility. Certified EHR has to be used meaningfully.

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime and Spring Upgrade - Thursday March 13, 2025, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As the Regional Integration Engine will be down, resulting/messages from systems integrated with Connect Care such as WellSky (Transfusion Medicine) and AegisPOC (Point-of-Care Testing) will be queued and automatically update at the end of the outage.

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HHS-OIG Settles Alleged EMTALA Violations with 3 Healthcare Providers

The HIPAA Journal

Two of the settlements resolve alleged failures to provide an appropriate medical screening examination, and one resolves an alleged failure to accept appropriate transfers. Hospitals with specialized capabilities are obligated to accept transfers from hospitals that lack the capability to treat unstable emergency medical conditions.

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Friday Reflection 49: The Patients of 12 Reisman

Sensible Medicine

The neurology consultant recommended a lumbar infusion test to help make the diagnosis and to assess whether the patient would benefit from a ventricular shunt. As the intern, it was my responsibility to perform this test. He told me I could put the test off for a day or two until I was less busy and less tired. We could not.

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime and Fall Upgrade - Thursday September 12, 2024, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As the Regional Integration Engine will be down, resulting/messages from systems integrated with Connect Care such as WellSky (Transfusion Medicine) and AegisPOC (Point-of-Care Testing) will be queued and automatically update at the end of the outage.