Jeff Lagasse
New AMA report finds the weight of technology and administrative burdens is creeping into time physicians need for patient care.
Studies show that decreasing repetitive daily laboratory testing did not result in missed diagnoses or increase the number of readmissions to the hospital.
Low early testing levels and poor access to care among disadvantaged populations is driving up the expense.
Report argues that less technically challenging surgeries, such as the removal of a whole kidney, may not benefit as significantly from a robot's help.
Patients who report more intense and numerous physical and psychological symptoms see longer, and often unplanned, hospital stays.
In fact, execs say automated systems are a requirement for survival in the rural healthcare market these days.
Seniorlink said patients tied to tech-enabled care managers used significantly fewer inpatient hospital and ER services.
Proposed cuts to reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services likely played a role.
Black Book revenue cycle survey finds 83 percent of providers plan to employ more retail-like technology solutions and practices.
Spending rises as states that implemented Medicaid expansion started to pay 5 percent of the costs of those enrollees in January 2017.