Addressing Patient Burnout With Digital Transformation
The following is a guest article by Jim Tyrrell, Vice President of Enterprise Product Management at TNS
COVID-19 didn’t spawn patient dissatisfaction, but the pandemic did accelerate it. In 2022, only 12% of US adults surveyed said healthcare was handled ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ well.
Patient care frustration can pose very real financial risks for healthcare brands: satisfied patients are 28% less likely to switch providers, highlighting the importance of addressing their needs to improve patient retention. Post-pandemic patient frustration can be traced to multiple factors, chief among them the blunt reality that A...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Digital Transformation Healthcare Digital Transformation Jim Tyrrell Lead Generation Source Type: blogs
poem
Secret Third ThingSome mornings the sky is an impressionist painting steeped in violaceous streaks of timorous soft light. I pull over to the shoulder to snap a picture with my phone but the result never quite captures. A ginned up pick up truck veers too close and honks. By the time I get to work the colors have dissolved into the yellow orange haze. The sun continues to rise. The day arrives. Everything once again is gray or black or white. And all the others. The other colors. The ones I don ’t care about anymore. A painting is an artifact of loss. Museums compendiums of everything dear and departed.If I come up...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - August 17, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Dave Bradley ’ s Music
TL:DR – I have dozens of songs and instrumentals for you to download or stream through my BandCamp page right now.
Although, I’m probably best known as a professional science writer and an amateur wildlife photographer, when I’m not involved in those you might catch me singing and playing live with my band, C5 Website/Facebook, or in our community a choir (TyrannoChorus). You can hear my latest solo and collaborative recorded music on BandCamp and SoundCloud. Some of my stuff is on Spotify and iTunes too, including a few cover songs. As of 30th July 2023, Mrs Sciencebase and myself are also now veterans ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
The Uncounted Losses to Russia's Air Force
The Russians have burned through more of the expected life span of their aircraft more quickly than anticipated. To make up for it, they ' ll have to procure more aircraft, increase maintenance, reduce operations, or accept a smaller force — or some combination of those. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Bohnert Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Profundity?
The Book of Job has been influential in Jewish and Christian theology, and in later secular Western culture. There have been many allusions to it in literature and art, and it was adapted into a play in verse, titled J.B., by the American poet Archibald MacLeish, which won a Pulitzer prize.* Scholars believe it to have been written between the 7th and 4th Centuries BCE, but as with much of the Tanakh there is controversy as to whether it has a single authorship, or represents an accretion of material. As with Esther, the setting is not in Judah. Job appears to be an Israelite who has a relationship with the Israelite ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 9, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
RingConn Review: A Smart Ring Tracking Your Health
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them…” This isn’t Mordor, but we do have a ring in question, and it’s not about ruling but monitoring health. Today, we’re diving deep into our very first smart ring review — and check the RingConn.
At The Medical Futurist, we’ve had the opportunity to review countless digital health technologies, wearables, sensors, and services. But believe it or not, we never had a smart ring – until now. Now, we’ve added a new trophy to that list. Here’s an account of our journey with the RingConn, tested by Dr. Bertalan Meskó...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital health review ringconn smart ring RingConn review Source Type: blogs
These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level
The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt, Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health
The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. It takes longer than both expect, precious minutes that diminish the available time for an actual conversation about the patient’s health status and the physician’s recommendations.
This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and curren...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Altera Digital Health Clinical Usability Dr. Mark Pratt FHIR Flexible EHR Workflows Interoperability Physician Burnou Source Type: blogs
Doctor burnout: the impact of financial fragility
Feeling burned out is often a function of financial fragility. How is that possible when most doctors earn incomes in the top 1 percent? I am both a physician and involved in finance. As physicians, we often start our careers under significant debt, start our careers at an older age, and start with less savings
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Doctor burnout: the impact of financial fragility originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Amarish Dave, DO Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Verifiable Lands $27M Series B from Craft Ventures to Automate Healthcare Provider Credentialing
With Efficient Growth, Innovation, and Marquis Healthcare Customers like Humana – Verifiable is Shaking up the Multi-Billion Dollar Provider Network Management Category
Verifiable, an API-first innovator to the antiquated provider network management software category, has raised $27 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures to accelerate its next stage of growth and product innovation. Verifiable’s comprehensive suite of network management solutions and real-time verifications empowers healthcare organizations to expedite credentialing from multiple weeks to a matter of days. For customers, these efficien...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 137 Ventures Brian Murray Cooley Craft Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthcare Automation Highland Capital Partners Humana Nick Macario Provider Credentialing Source Type: blogs
Soft Coating Cools Wearable Devices
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a coating for wearable technologies that can help to dissipate heat, reducing the chances of skin burns and increasing the life of such devices. Electronic devices can generate heat, but this can be problematic for wearables that are in constant contact with the skin. The heat may be uncomfortable, may overheat the device itself, and could even cause skin burns. The flexible coating designed by these researchers enables both radiative and non-radiative cooling and does not require electronic power to function. The coating is less than 1 millimeter thick and cons...
Source: Medgadget - July 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials CUHK Source Type: blogs
Photonic Radar Monitors Breathing from a Distance
Engineers at the University of Sydney have developed a photonic radar that allows them to monitor breathing rates without the need to attach equipment to a patient’s skin. Wired or more invasive systems may not be suitable for everyone – for instance, burn patients with damaged skin or infants with a tiny body surface area may not be able to avail of such systems. This latest technology can monitor breathing remotely and may enable multiple patients to be monitored from one base station. The technology relies on a light-based system to generate and collect radar signals, which results in very precise measurements.
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Source: Medgadget - July 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Diagnostics Medicine Pediatrics Surgery Sydney_Uni Source Type: blogs
Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity
The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President, Strategic Client Services at HCTec
Clinicians Remain Overwhelmed, Overworked, and Burned Out. Improved EHR Help Desk Support Mitigates these Issues while Making a Positive Impact on Clinician Workflow and Patient Care.
Among many well-documented pain points for clinicians is the complexity of dealing with electronic health record (EHR) systems. While EHRs deliver valuable benefits to patient outcomes and the healthcare industry, they are often cited as a drag on clinician productivity. This is especially true for the clinical documentation function where 5...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Application Management Bill Lewkowski Care Settings Clinician Productivity Clinician Requests Clinician Workflow EHR Help Des Source Type: blogs
5 Ways Data (and Storage) are Powering the Evolution of Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Doug McLoughlin, Regional Manager at Western Digital
Healthcare technology is finally catching up with a digital revolution that’s been well underway for over a decade in other industries. The transformation was accelerated in the last three years when confined to our homes for months on end, doctors and patients alike turned to technology to try and stay healthy and connected.
From medical to consumer-grade devices, millions of new endpoints emerged, generating new volumes of data. Ranging from improving individual health to better patient outcomes to enabling more advanced research, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops AI Data Storage Doug McLoughlin Healthcare Data Healthcare Data Storage Improving Patient Outcomes ML Reducing Costs RPM Western Digital Source Type: blogs
Physician burnout is a threat, no different from the spread of a virus —here ’ s how to fix it
Few problems in health care are more vexing or persistent than physician burnout. It’s a problem that poses a serious threat to patient care, no different from the spread of a virus or the impact of cigarette smoke. And it has only gotten worse since the pandemic. Burned-out physicians are less effective as healers. They
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Physician burnout is a threat, no different from the spread of a virus—here’s how to fix it originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ben Kornitzer, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Mindlessness
Academy Health is the rather oddly named society for health services researchers. They sent me a press release which I excerpt: Today, the House Appropriations Committee released a
breathtakingly reckless bill that decimates federal research, science,
and medicine programs, and puts the health of all Americans at risk. It
is so extreme that many pundits presume it has zero chance of becoming
law, but that very extremism requires that we respond quickly and
unequivocally. . . . " This bill would eliminate the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) in its entirety. AHRQ supports r...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
