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Amazon Web Services is rolling out an electronic health record-supported machine learning transcription service that uses speech recognition applications to ease physician documentation.December 9
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An automated clinical documentation system is being tested to better facilitate handoffs of patients brought to the emergency department via ambulance.December 2
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The American Medical Association has adopted a policy supporting the voluntary inclusion of a transgender patient’s preferred name and clinically relevant sex-specific anatomy in electronic health records.November 19
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday issued a final rule reducing clinician burden regarding billing and coding requirements for evaluation and management services.November 4
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It’s been two years since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched an effort to ensure providers spend less time on administrative tasks and more time with patients. Now, CMS contends it has achieved unprecedented success in that aim.October 29
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The use of medical scribes had a positive impact on workflow in an outpatient surgical setting, increasing the number of patients seen and the level of resident involvement.October 29
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Payers increasingly are seeking direct access to providers’ systems for automated medical record collection and aggregation, but providers may be wary.October 23
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The processes of medical recordkeeping continue to change, as regulators more frequently set new requirements, and many healthcare organizations struggle to keep up with the changes.October 15
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Most health plans offer digital portals to their members, yet only half of Medicare Advantage members are aware of it or make use of them.October 8
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Few physician practices and hospitals in the United States screen patients for all five key social needs associated with health outcomes.September 20
