How Care Transitions Complicate Medication Management — and How to Fix Them
Every clinical encounter must be viewed as a medication reconciliation opportunity and primary care physicians are the coordinators-in-chief.
Why Are Primary Care Physicians Optimistic About AI?
Primary care physicians are generally pretty optimistic about AI’s potential to make care delivery more efficient, according to new survey results. In the past few years, automated dictation and scribing tools were the AI technologies that have been most impactful for primary care providers.
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RCM Outsourcing: Balancing Human Expertise & Smart Technology
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Elation Health Buys Medical Billing Company to Create All-in-One Tech Platform for Primary Care Providers
Elation Health announced its acquisition of medical billing company Lightning MD — a deal the company made to help it become an all-in-one technology platform for primary care providers. Lightning MD stood out from other medical billing startups because of its ease of use, Elation CEO Kyna Fong said.
Navina’s Data Platform Slashes Administrative Burden Associated with VBC, Physicians Say
Millennium Physician Group — an independent care group with more than 800 providers across Florida, Texas, and North Carolina — announced successful results following its adoption of Navina’s AI platform. The organization said that the platform saved time, reduced burnout and gave physicians more confidence about forming care plans with patients.
Unsurprisingly, physicians aren’t thrilled with their EHRs
A new survey of 521 licensed primary care physicians found 21 percent are somewhat dissatisfied with their current EHR and 13 percent are very dissatisfied with it.
CMS seeks applicants for outcomes-based primary care model
The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus program aims to help primary care practices coordinate care, offer preventive health services, engage patients in their own care and help those with serious or chronic illnesses set and work toward health goals.
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Enhanced Direct Enrollment: Georgia Access and the Power of Partnership
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Small Massachusetts practice wins Davies after 10 years with EHR
While policymakers debate whether requiring 5 percent of patients to communicate with their healthcare providers through portals is too onerous, a small primary care practice run by a 65-year-old physician is showing that patient engagement is not only possible, it's profitable.
Aging Gracefully Part 4 Comprehensive Primary Care For The Elderly
Comprehensive primary care is essential to good health, wellness and needed medical care during our elder years. It is critical to Aging Gracefully. In the last few posts I wrote that Aging Gracefully physically requires attention to lifestyle/behaviors to assure good nutrition, plenty of exercise, reduced stress, no tobacco and – for preserving cognitive function […]
Will healthcare reform finally bring primary care doctors the respect they deserve?
BALTIMORE — A few years ago it struck the D.C. region’s biggest medical insurer that the doctors who saw its members most often and knew them best got the smallest piece of the healthcare dollar. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield spent billions on hospital procedures, drugs and specialty physicians to treat sick patients. Only one dollar in […]
Antitrust ruling against Idaho hospital merger could slow consolidation nationally
NAMPA, Idaho – When Idaho’s largest hospital system bought the state’s largest doctor practice in 2012, the groups expressed hope that the deal would spark a revolution in delivering better-quality care. Instead, it ignited a costly legal battle with state and federal regulators and rival hospital systems. Officials at Boise-based St. Luke’s Health System thought […]
NEMT Partner Guide: Why Payers and Providers Should Choose MediDrive’s TMS
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
How Many Patients Should A Primary Care Physician Care For?
The answer is probably about 1000 or less. But most primary care physicians (PCPs) have a panel of perhaps 2,500 patients and often more. Why the dichotomy? As insurers have held the line on physician reimbursement in the current fee-for-service system, PCPs have found that they must increase the number of visits per day in […]
Pilot project adds psychologists to primary care settings
The state of Oregon is trying some experiments to bring different kinds of medical professionals under the same roof. Patients can see different kind of doctors in one visit, and the hope is it will provide better patient care, eventually at less cost ...
Studies speak volumes about brain changes and cognition in women
BOSTON (IMNG) – Women who complain about cognitive problems after menopause might have increases rather than decreases in volume of certain brain regions, reported investigators at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2013. Brain imaging studies of 48 women in the early years of menopause showed that those with subjective cognitive complaints had significantly greater volumes […]
Higher glucose linked to increased dementia risk
Higher glucose levels were associated with an elevated risk of dementia in a community-based cohort study reported Aug. 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine. High glucose levels were linked to this adverse effect both in people who had diabetes and in people who did not. “These data suggest that higher levels of glucose […]
Doc and designer imagine patient-positive interface for Google Glass
Dr. Ted Eytan and Stephanie Nguyen of Silica Labs created this prototype for a doctor-patient interaction using Google Glass. The software could offer a doctor a quick scan of a patient’s basic information when she enters the exam room. This could include everything from a map of where the person lives to what she prefers […]