Hospital/physician relations
Dzulkefly Ahmad, minister of health for Malaysia, argues that even if an organization has a good program and system in place, digitizing healthcare will not work if there is no clinical buy-in underpinned by training.
The four actionable areas described by the authors can be applied and modified for virtually any hospital.
Establish an ongoing procurement strategy and avoid the purchase of individual software and hardware, experts say.
More than half of physicians say they're contemplating retirement in a few years -- including an alarming number of those younger than 50.
Government alleged HMA unlawfully boosted inpatient admissions, submitted inflated claims to government payers and paid physician kickbacks for referrals.
UnitedHealth plans to update its provider directories to show its beneficiaries those hospitals that use non-participating hospital-based physicians
The largest increase from 2016 to 2017 attributed to Emergency Medicine, a specialty that saw nearly five percent growth.
People with high emotional intelligence have more effective coping strategies, enabling them to be more resilient and better able to manage stress.
They're having to interact with an EHR and are doing a lot more to advise and correct the system so they can get paid properly, as opposed to connecting with and empathizing with the patient.
Increasingly, health leaders are recognizing the need to utilize one or more approaches to the multifaceted problem.