Benefits of Harnessing Telehealth for Chronic Disease Management
Chronic disease, which affects about half of all Americans at some point in their lives, poses a major problem and costs the United States an estimated $3.7 trillion annually, according to the American Action Forum. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer,
What are the Key Components Included in a Hospital Discharge Summary?
A hospital discharge summary refers to a clinical report prepared by health professionals that outlines the details of the hospitalization of a patient. Lack of discharge details, diagnosis information or patient’s health status in discharge summaries can lead to poor treatment plans. A discharge
Differences in Physician EHR Documentation Practices can affect Patient Care
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) stores patient health information in digital format and provides physicians and other authorized users with the medical and treatment history of the patient. EHR adoption rates in the US have been on the rise and up to 79.7% of
What Are the Different Types of Medical Transcription Reports?
Medical transcription is a process that functions at the periphery of the healthcare industry. It is the process of converting dictations of the healthcare professionals into well-formatted text documents. It plays a vital role in creating the patient’s medical history which is used for
Study: Peer Comparisons Can Improve Oncology EHR Documentation
Proper and complete documentation of care for cancer patients is critical as their providers require a need a clear record to make informed treatment decisions and for information transfer with patients. Outsourcing medical transcription can ensure timely and accurate documentation of providers’ narrations of
