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Underappreciated Harms of the Electronic Medical Record

Sensible Medicine

1 Dr. Tom Delbanco was the chief of General Internal Medicine while I was there and was already advocating that patients have access to their medical records. He encouraged me to document clinic visits in notes that I’d be comfortable with my patients reading. When I document about a patient, I am writing about a person.

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Assessment of Minnesota Medical Assisting Students

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

I recently received the following question: I am writing to inquire about [whether] a CMA (AAMA) [can] sign off on a medical assistant apprentices competency documents. After the apprentice completes… Continue reading Assessment of Minnesota Medical Assisting Students

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Simplifying Medical Documentation: The Role of Healthcare Document Scanners

Scrubs

Amidst this chaos enters a hero—the healthcare document scanner , a tool that is fast becoming as essential to healthcare practices as stethoscopes and scrubs. But what makes these scanners so integral to modern medical practice? It’s no secret that healthcare document scanners have revolutionized medical documentation.

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Keep Your Skills Current: Our Medication Aide Update Class

We Care Online

As a Medication Aide, you play a crucial role in ensuring that residents and patients receive the right medications safely and effectively. Staying up-to-date with the latest practices, regulations, and medication management techniques is essential to providing the highest quality of care.

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Basics of Medical Documentation: What Aspiring Medical Billers and Coders Need to Know

Northwest Career College

Accurate documentation is essential for medical billing and coding, but many beginners struggle to understand the technical terms and guidelines. Without accurate medical documentation, insurance claims can be delayed or denied, frustrating patients and physicians. What is Medical Documentation?

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Beyond Dictation: Emerging Trends in Physician Documentation

Mobius MD

Have you ever wondered what clinical documentation will look like in 20 years? Then again, if youre like most doctors, youre probably too busy catching up on EHR notes to think about emerging trends in physician documentation. Until recently, technology has improved documentation incrementally.

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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

But the majority of clinical trials today are done in top-notch academic medical centers, and first they needed to prove that their AI-enabled software could help overseas hospitals and smaller community cancer centers handle the documentation required to get through regulatory approval. To date, the Cambridge, Mass.-based

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