Isn’t it amazing that only a short time ago Dr. Kevorkian was vilified for assisted euthanasia. And yet, now according to lead articles in JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine, the cost of end-of-life care is being discussed as a potential way to cut waste expenditures in healthcare. This will be addressed by [...]
Perhaps you have heard that Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Federal District Court of the Washington D.C. has put the brakes on stem cell aid? Many thought that after President Obama gave the nod in 2009 for stem cell research expansion, that it was a “done- deal”. Apparently not. The judge has objected in [...]
How does President Obama plan to save money for Medicare? According to Richard Foster, the Medicare chief actuary, in the 2010 Medicare Trustees Report, projections for decreases and savings in Medicare spending are totally unrealistic because providers cannot cope financially with the cuts and meet their expenses. The prices paid by Medicare for health services [...]
A recent survey looked at the question ” What percentage of Adults in the U.S. look for their healthcare information online?”. This has been an ongoing study with comparisons between years as more people become tech saavy. Where as 51% of adults searched the web in 2004 and 27% in 1998, a whopping 76% of [...]
The AMA issued a new report regarding medical malpractice cases. The latest information reveals that 95 claims are filed for every 100 doctors- approximately 1 per doctor. Even though more than 66% of suits are dismissed, it is obvious that the cost to malpractice premiums will continue to escalate and these statistics encourage healthcare workers [...]
Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, states that Medicare funds will extend beyond 2029 assuming that Medicare payment reimbursements to doctors will go forward, Associated Press reports. Richard Foster, the Medicare Actuary, warned in the report that the program’s projected savings might not be realistic. The report considers a 23% Medicare payment cut to [...]
At a time where we are constantly hearing about business and the lack of ethics, it is especially refreshing to hear about Mike Lazaridis, the founder of Research in Motion and developer of the Blackberry phone. Saudi Arabia, the latest in a long list of countries has put pressure on R.I.M. to spy on messages [...]
The article today was submitted by Dereke L.Jones Confusion reigns due to the many transitions and federally mandated upgrades regarding medical information. From the switch to 5010 transaction standards in preparation for ICD-10-CM/PCS to the adoption of EMR, the value of HIT expertise must soon be realized. When considering the many changes that will take [...]
The following article is submitted by guest writer Dereke Jones, specializing in Information Technology and Services. He is a former Program Coordinator at Ohio Services Unlimited Lots of physicians work in a hybrid (paper & emr) environment as they transition to electronic records. After patient discharge that paper record is usually scanned into an electronic [...]
