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Being able to connect with patients via video conference, and making diagnoses with high-res images, allows physicians to cast a wider net and saves on transportation.
Being forced to provide inferior care due to the patient's immigration status was a significant burden to the clinicians.
Even necessary distractions from treating patients, which happen as often as 10 times every hour, trigger stress for doctors and nurses alike.
Denise Olivares explains how to piece together various data sets with healthcare payers to identify risk within a patient population.
Greater labor costs, staffing shortages, EMR optimization and shift away from inpatient-centric systems are the future, Moody's report says.
More than 44 million American adults have a diagnosable mental health condition, and rates of severe depression are worsening among young people.
Practices offered more benefits to attract and retain physicians including higher signing bonuses, continuing medical education stipends, and relocation reimbursements.
Chief Clinical Officer and EVP of International will help HIMSS deliver regional context to members around the world, CEO Hal Wolf says.
More than 60 percent of respondents say their organizations have a hard time recruiting non-clinical staff, MGMA says.
Burnout can hurt the bottom line, with research showing a consistent relationship between higher levels of physician burnout and lower levels of patient safety and quality of care.