KevinMD

AUGUST 11, 2019

Artificial intelligence (#AI) seems to be all the rage these days, as it should be, given its potential to revolutionize medicine in many ways. #AI is actually already an integral part of many of our lives on Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other sites. Siri and Alexa use #AI too, so we can’t easily escape it. […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

417

417

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2019

“In an extreme example of angst over expensive medical bills , an elderly Washington couple who lived near the U.S.-Canadian border died in a murder-suicide this week after leaving notes that detailed concerns about paying for medical care,” USA Today reported on August 10, 2019. Five years ago, financial toxicity as a side-effect was noted by two Sloan Kettering Medical Center in a landmark report on 60 Minutes in October 2014.

Medical Billing 227

Medical Billing Leadership Medicare 227

Ortholive

AUGUST 11, 2019

As we hit the midway point in the summer of 2019, there were several new telehealth initiatives, research, and activities that made the news.

Telehealth 40

Telehealth mHealth Telemedicine 40

HAY on FHIR

AUGUST 11, 2019

This is a ‘so I can remember how I did it later’ post. Slicing in FHIR is where you take an element that can repeat and create ‘sub-lists’ which have specific values. The example in the spec involves slicing the Observation.component element to represent a Blood Pressure measurement where you want to record the systolic and diastolic values in a single observation.

FHIR 71

FHIR 71

Advertisement

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

HIPAA