athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced that in 2006 its system caught claims errors that would have resulted in health insurance claim denials totaling close to $100 million for Massachusetts medical providers. This figure is one of a series of new financial milestones athenahealth achieved […]

http://healthleadersmedia.com “There’s a popular notion that patients don’t like short length of stay.” says Paul Alexander Clark, senior knowledge manager for Press Ganey Associates in South Bend, Ind. Press Ganey develops patient satisfaction surveys for hospitals. On the contrary, Clark says reducing length of stay and increasing patient satisfaction are not conflicting goals. Based on […]

We are all familiar with the concept of defensive medicine: physicians ordering extra tests or procedures, not because they deem them medically necessary or insightful into their patient’s care, but instead to protect themselves against a med mal lawsuit, should one be brought against them. This, combined with excellent med mal coverage, seems to be […]

Side Note: Here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com, it kills us that physicians are often compelled not to say that they’re sorry to patients when errors occur –especially when doing so often avoids med mal litigation and it is what the physicians want to do. Finally, Michigan physicians may not have to worry that saying, “I’m sorry,” is […]

Side note: The Illinois Professionals Health Program, the same organization that has drawn criticism for its lack of transparency while monitoring health professionals with records of substance abuse, has been made responsible for the monitoring of doctors with a history of sexual misconduct. Opponents charge that the “off-the-book”, secretive nature of the program does not […]

Side Note: Working in any medical office poses its challenges: heavy workload, fast pace, multiple employees to get along with, new advances to keep up with –it’s tough. But, add in an office romance and things could get exponentially tougher –even if you are not in the relationship. Even the most thoughtful, most low-key office […]

While physicians choose to specialize in different areas of medicine, and focus on different parts of the body and disease states, all physicians deal with many different kinds and levels of emotion displayed by their patients. Thus, diagnosing and treating a patient does not occur in a vacuum –diagnoses and treatment plans impact not only […]

Many physicians are surprised to hear that cocaine is still used today in medicine –but why is this? Is it because it’s not that relevant to their specialty, and they don’t have the need to use it, or is it because they simply don’t think that it’s still relevant as a drug to be used […]

A community hospital in Boulder Colorado is facing a major challenge this week because it’s computer system has failed.  The IT professionals handling the outage have not been able to determine what caused the issue, or if it is related to hacking.  These types of warning signs should grab the attention of hospital and medical […]