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Top Tips for First-Pass Clean Claims

Physician's Weekly

According to the Medical Management Group Association (MGMA), healthcare organizations experienced 60% more claims denials in 2024 than the previous year. The first is gaining visibility into your electronic health records (EHR) system to identify the roadblocks.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field. Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. Developing bionic eyes with fractal-patterned electrodes for reversing blindness We have seen fascinating developments as well.

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New app shares physician’s rounding queue with families and nurses

Today's Hospitalist

” Developing the software became possible when he took his idea to University of Minnesota colleague John Satori, PhD, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Together, they created a first version of what they called Q-rounds that wasn’t even integrated into the system’s Epic EHR.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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New insights on genetic damage of some chemotherapies could guide future treatments with less harmful side effects

Medical Xpress

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

Other factors including humidity, wind and peoples ages and medical conditions play a role in heat illness as well, Wood says. When he worked on a medical mission in Haiti, he got used to seeing people wrap their heads in water-soaked towels and throw ice down their groin. 40°C (101–104°F).

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