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While pollsters are busy this week predicting the outcome of our next presidential election, a pair of surveys looked at how healthcare might fare - and a few surprises emerged.
Due to the increased risk and more time and money that is necessary for regulatory compliance, more and more hospitals and healthcare groups have acquired smaller, physician-owned practices in the last 10 years.
The average salary for a certified medical coder in 2012 is $47,796, up nearly $900 from 2011, according to a recent survey from AAPC, a member association focused on the training and credentialing of medical staff.
The nature of a healthcare organization is to help others improve their health, but it would save money and reduce turnover if these organizations also focused on their own employees by promoting healthy living and wellness for them.
How to get more medical students interested in primary care careers has been much discussed due to the primary care physician shortage and the spotlight the Affordable Care Act has placed on primary care. A new study provides insight into understanding what drives medical students away from careers in primary care.
Healthcare ventures outside the hospital walls appear to be the favored target of investors looking for new opportunities, financial specialists say. Driving that interest is a vision of community-based care sites through accountable care organizations, healthcare reform, evolving private pay models and an industry-wide initiative to bring down costs.
According to a recent study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, nurse burnout has been linked to higher rates of healthcare-associated infections (HAI), which therefore costs hospitals millions of additional dollars each year.
Always a key element of healthcare, appropriate nurse staffing is becoming even more important as the industry payment model shifts from reward for high volume toward one that emphasizes efficiency and quality of care.
In a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Nashville Capital Network and Nashville Health Care Council on Aug. 9, investment gurus almost ran from the phrase "venture capital."
The burgeoning mHealth field offers healthcare a wealth of opportunities to engage with patients and provide a satisfactory return on investment. But if mobile medical apps are going to stand any chance of survival - with physicians as well as consumers - they'll have to be able to integrate.