A union is accusing Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente of mishandling decisions about mental health services, the Los Angeles Times reported April 9.
Category: Health IT
Illinois hospital moves to Meditech
Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers moved from four disparate EHR systems to a Meditech Expanse EHR system.
EMRs and insurance: a pediatrician’s success story
I am a pediatrician who trained in a residency program that taught us insurance companies were evil entities intent on profits over patient care. As ICD codes and CPT codes expanded, my colleagues complained that these were ways insurers could deny car…
Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies
With an end-of-year deadline and a presidential election approaching, payment rules that fueled rapid expansion of telehealth in the United States face a last-minute congressional decision.
When Epic was the victim of industrial espionage
Epic was once the victim of industrial espionage but decided not to take the other company to court, founder and CEO Judy Faulkner wrote April 8.
Epic, Press Ganey to automate nursing quality reporting
EHR vendor Epic’s nurse-sensitive indicators and outcomes will now be integrated into Press Ganey’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.
The role of AI in medical education: Embrace it or fear it?
Artificial intelligence is upon us and likely will forever change the way we interact with learning and education. Despite this reality, educational institutions seem to fall into either of two camps. One camp seems loath to acknowledge that AI exists….
Empowering patients: Navigating medical information with AI
An excerpt from ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine. Imagine a ship at sea, its engine idle. The boat drifts dangerously close to the shoals, a mere hundred yards from land. The captain, feari…
Meet Michigan Medicine's new virtual care assistant: Barbie
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine physicians have been getting assistance with telehealth visits from an unlikely but iconic source: Barbie.
Penn State Health's fix for portal message tsunami
Patient portal messages and emails have become a problem contributing to long work hours for clinicians and unsatisfied patients.
