Scrubs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They’re skilled professionals who support physicians, nurses , and other healthcare providers in delivering quality patient care. They can often perform clinical duties like taking patient vital signs, administering injections, and assisting with minor surgical procedures.

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Health Prime

MARCH 21, 2024

The revenue cycle in healthcare refers to the entire process of managing the financial aspects of patient care, from the initial appointment scheduling to the final payment received for services rendered. Providers can minimize schedule gaps by strategically managing appointment slots and increasing patient throughput.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Medical billing is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of practice management in the dynamic healthcare landscape, where the primary focus is on providing quality patient care. It is one of the major consumers of resources and often diverts effort from patient care.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As mental health demand continues to grow exponentially , it is equally important for mental health providers to optimize their billing practices to ensure fair and timely reimbursements, enabling them to continue delivering high-quality patient care. Strategies to improve your mental health reimbursements 1.

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Health Prime

MAY 30, 2024

Implement robust coding and documentation practices Accurate medical coding and detailed documentation are crucial elements in preventing underpayments. Therefore, it is important to ensure your staff is well-trained in coding practices and emphasize the importance of thorough documentation to support the services provided.

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Valant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Look for vendors that offer multiple communication methods to fit your practice’s busy schedule, including emails, phone assistance, and live screenshare sessions. Although this may only be appropriate in certain circumstances, it can help you build a holistic patient care cycle that improves patient outcomes.

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Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Maybe you want to see more clients, but see no feasible way to add to your schedule because of logistical burdens. To expand your client capacity, you need an EHR workflow that simplifies the care process. You need a quicker, easier EHR workflow throughout the entire patient care process, from start to finish.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. Otherwise, patients might not appear as sick as they really are,” said Bowman. We are seeing sign-on bonuses.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. Otherwise, patients might not appear as sick as they really are,” said Bowman. We are seeing sign-on bonuses.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown. How did it come to be?

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Automating Documentation – Medical documentation used to be one of the most time-consuming tasks for physicians. But today, AI-powered software can use speech-to-text technology to automatically transcribe patient interactions and generate complete drafts of clinical notes.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Key Components of an Operating Budget Overhead costs are the ongoing expenses required to maintain a practice’s operations, excluding direct patient care costs. EHR systems handle administrative tasks, improve patient care coordination , and simplify compliance. The value an EHR provides outweighs the investment.

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Read now With all this talk of practice finance, are we forgetting patient care? - However, as practices navigate these turbulent financial waters, the question arises: are we focusing too much on practice finance at the expense of patient care? Of course, the question is, how do we influence the patient to attend?

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

This level of control allows you to create an environment that reflects your priorities for patient care. You can decide to specialize in certain treatment methods or set up your practice to be more welcoming and accessible to specific patient groups. Managing all aspects of a practice requires substantial time and resources.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 3, 2025

Key Takeaway Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have revolutionized nursing documentation, making it more efficient, accurate, and accessible. Telehealth and telemedicine technologies allow nurses to provide remote patient care, monitoring, and education, which has been particularly helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Valant

JANUARY 14, 2025

Speed your process In Valants fully-integrated system, every workflowfrom notetaking to scheduling to billingis designed to be as efficient as possible. Our scheduler hub keeps you up-to-date on all relevant information about upcoming patients.

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We Care Online

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While your work experience section is typically the most important part of the document, adding volunteer experience in your resume can help you plug gaps in your work experience and include skills that would otherwise be missing.

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EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

These measures play a fundamental role in hospital management, financial planning, and patient care optimization. By understanding and leveraging GMLOS and ALOS, hospital executives can improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. What are the negative aspects of using ALOS?

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MedCerts

JULY 24, 2024

As a Medication Care Coordinator, you’ll work in teams behind the counter to input and fill medications, where you’ll thrive in a social environment that lets you pivot between coworkers and customers. In your day-to-day activities, you’ll help patients as they heal from illnesses and injuries or work on rehabilitation.

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Prism Career Institute

JANUARY 16, 2025

They also play a valuable role in coordinating patient care. Medical assistants bring the entire teams expertise together to ensure that every patient receives the care they need. Oncology medical assistants are trained individuals who support a team of oncologists and nurses.

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Mobius MD

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

An easy starting point is to document and assess the most common patient visit types in your clinic or department. Schedule a meeting, map out every step in a typical patient visit, and look for chokepoints. Any steps you take to streamline documentation will also improve the flow of patient visits.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

Yet, they continue to frustrate clinicians with poor UI/UX and largely fulfill a primary role as a system of record to document claims submissions. By leveraging UDHP capabilities, the organization improved system uptime and reduced delays in patient care caused by IT-related issues.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Today, efficient EHRs play a major role in improving practice operations, enhancing patient care, and driving growth and scalability. These processes form the backbone of an efficient behavioral health workplace, and can tremendously improve the patient and provider experience. However, an EHR is only as good as its workflows.

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Efficient operations are the foundation of any successful behavioral health practice, with a thoughtful clinical workflow supporting quality patient care and sustainable practice growth. Eroding profitability hinders a practice’s ability to invest in growth or quality patient care.

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DropStat

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The impact of language barriers on patient care There are many direct and indirect impacts of language barriers on patient care. Provide bilingual medical documentation as a response to lack of access to healthcare Begin by understanding the needs of your patient population.

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Valant

AUGUST 5, 2024

Outcome measures data provides the takeaways used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments and to ensure that patient care meets established quality standards. This approach is a departure from traditional fee-for-service models , which pay providers based on the volume of services they deliver.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Balancing the volume of patients and the diversity of cases along with the complexities of operational management and staff coordination requires well-defined practice policies. Implementing effective practice policies and choosing the right tools can help maintain success and ensure high-quality patient care.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Compliance and audit reports help you monitor adherence to coding, documentation, and billing standards. At Health Prime, we can help!

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Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Worse yet, it could lead to inconsistent patient care. Standardizing technology systems can make all the difference to the efficiency of your workflow, the patient experience, the ease of training new staff, and your practice’s capacity to grow profits. Consider integration between software tools.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? By investing in these crucial steps, practices not only meet immediate staffing needs but also lay the groundwork for sustainable growth and excellence in patient care. Would you like to expand the services you offer?

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Know where to get Downtime Help The Connect Care clinical information system (CIS) needs periodic maintenance. Scheduled downtimes can happen as often as monthly, usually in the early hours of a weekday (e.g., between 00:30 and 04:30), avoiding peak patient care times. Downtimes can affect CIS parts (e.g.,

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Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

If your behavioral health practice is transitioning from one EHR to another, it’s important that the transition feel smooth to patients. Here are some key considerations for minimizing disruption for patients during an EHR switch. Examples might include: The new software will make scheduling easier.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 9, 2024

Medical Administrative Assistants (MAAs) play a crucial role in the daily operations of healthcare administration, ensuring effective communication and patient care. Medical administrative assistants are also responsible for greeting patients, answering phones, and assisting with other general office duties as needed.

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Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

As a leading player in the healthcare technology market, athenahealth is committed to transforming patient care by streamlining administrative processes through its robust, cloud-based practice management software. athenaOne: Simplifies delivery of quality care with customizable documentation templates.

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Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In broad terms, it’s care management through teamwork. Surveyors will look for structured and unstructured types of care coordination to assess how well the care team members communicate and collaborate to provide better patient care. Documentation in the medical record. Document all coordination.

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MedVA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Your staff should be focused on providing high-level, high-quality patient care. Streamline Administrative Tasks: Traditional administrative tasks, such as data entry, documentation, and billing, can be time-consuming and mentally draining for healthcare providers and administrative staff.

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Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

As practices scale up, they often encounter unique complexities in managing patient care, administrative tasks, and regulatory compliance. Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide benefits that can play a pivotal role in optimizing practice operations and improving patient care delivery.

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