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Roundup: EpiSoft's online IFC, payments process goes live in St John of God Health Care and more briefs

Healthcare It News

It has also been integrated with the hospital group's web-based PAS. These additions provide "significant efficiency improvement" for hospitals. The electronically signed documents and payment receipt are then returned to the webPAS to automatically update the patient’s account as paid.

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Hospital-acquired Pneumonia is Killing Patients. There’s a Simple Way to Stop It.

Briggs Healthcare

Kaiser Health News published this eye-opening piece – Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Hospital patients not getting their teeth brushed, or not brushing their teeth themselves, is believed to be a leading cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of pneumonia a year in patients who have not been put on a ventilator.

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Addressing Point-of-Care Ultrasound’s Shadow IT Problem

HIT Consultant

Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation. Despite the many benefits of POCUS, the opportunity for wider implementation is hindered because today’s POCUS tools do not seamlessly integrate with existing hospital IT infrastructure.

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Outsourcing Medical Billing Services? Ask Them a Few Questions First

p3care

For how long they have been providing medical billing services to the hospitals. For how long they have been providing medical billing services to the hospitals. Is it easy for you to meet the people in your account via phone or in-person? Before all this, you need to keep the following questions in your mind.

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Is It Important To Measure Spend Analytics

Vie Healthcare

When you measure spend analytics you are using one of the most powerful tools available to hospitals. Does your hospital know your top 25 high cost supply items right now, or its high cost service items, by department? Data analytics helps hospitals to reduce costs and improve quality of care. The answer is in your data.

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P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing

p3care

HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a measure introduced by the healthcare system to protect patients’ information and privacy regarding their health, financial, and insurance details. It is the information given by the patients during their visit to a clinic or a hospital. Provision of healthcare.

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P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing

p3care

HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a measure introduced by the healthcare system to protect patients’ information and privacy regarding their health, financial, and insurance details. It is the information given by the patients during their visit to a clinic or a hospital. Provision of healthcare.