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At Hendrick Health System in Abilene, TX -- one of 12 organizations worldwide to receive the 2007 "Gallup Great Workplace Award" -- the focus on workforce engagement is stronger than ever ...
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More than likely, patient access managers have recently heard the term "diagnoses present on admission" discussed by their health information management (HIM) and patient accounting colleagues.
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Patients at Seton Medical Center are made aware of their proposed discharge date early in the stay through a laminated poster with a Wizard of Oz theme titled "The Road Home."
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The question of whether America's hospitals provide the same level of care regardless of a patient's race, ethnicity or language is being addressed in an initiative by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) says it supports development of interoperable electronic personal health records (ePHR) that are interactive and use a common data set of electronic health information and e-health tools.
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A "near-miss" in which a nurse at a Pennsylvania hospital incorrectly placed a "do not resuscitate" (DNR) wristband on a patient has prompted an Ohio initiative aimed at implementing statewide standardization of colored wristbands.
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After 22 years as director of patient financial services at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC, John D. Cook Jr. reached the point where he had "no drive, no energy, and no motivation."
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Federal regulators continue to make it clear that they are serious about patients' right to freedom of choice of providers, says Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., a Burtonsville, MD-based attorney specializing in health care issues.
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High-level positions with "revenue cycle" in the title are generating buzz in the health care access management field, and that trend won't be slowing down any time soon, industry sources tell Hospital Access Management.
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Does the HIPAA privacy rule need to be revised to meet the needs of the current changing health care environment involving health information exchange?
