Posts Tagged ‘EHR’
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: How Natural Language Processing Can Benefit the Medical Field
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help transform patient data into value at an accelerated pace without incurring high costs or eating up limited time and resources (Wolters Kluwer, 2020). The AI algorithms produce insights into treatments, care processes, diagnostics, and patient outcomes (Health IT Analytics, 2018). Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, one branch of AI, “include applications such as speech recognition, text analysis, translation, and other goals related to language,” according to Future Healthcare Journal (2019).
Read MoreAn Introduction To Medical Coding & Basic Terminology
Medical coding is the process of assigning numeric or alphanumeric codes to the diseases, injuries, treatments, and procedures that healthcare providers perform to record each encounter accurately and correctly bill the patient.
Read MoreInpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) 2020 Proposed Rule: A Detailed Overview
A detailed overview of the 2020 Proposed Rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) CMS-1716-P, which was released April 23, 2019 and published in the Federal Register, May 3, 2019.
Read MoreProvider Documentation Guidelines: Delayed Entries Q&A
A Q&A regarding compliance issues and the proper protocol for handling delayed entries in provider documentation and acceptable time frames.
Read MoreEHR: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Electronic health records (EHR) were projected to make some pretty big waves in terms of change in the healthcare industry. In setting major goals of bringing higher quality care, making medicine safer, empowering patients and being more cost-effective, this new method had some pretty big shoes to fill.
Read MoreElectronic Health Records (EHR) Still Need HUMAN-LEVEL Interaction to be Efficient
Though many patients and healthcare providers complain about the use of EHRs, there is a set of guidelines that can make the EHR an effective tool to improve communication and trust between patients and providers.
Read MoreVA and Cerner Agree on New EHR System – What’s Next?
The Veterans Affairs Department and Cerner have agreed on a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for the VA. This means that the VA will be using Cerner EHR, the same software as the Department of Defense. The project, estimated to cost $16 billion, will take about 10 years to take full effect.
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