Wed.Dec 13, 2017

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3 ways tech innovation can fight physician burnout

KevinMD

According to published reports, over 50 percent of doctors are burned out. The reason? They are overwhelmed by payment and quality rules as well as poor information technology. It’s no secret that physicians spend long hours seeing patients. But as financial pressures have mounted within hospitals, doctors are forced to perform more administrative tasks.

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Jason Bray, CIO, McAlester Regional Health Center, Chapter 1

Health System CIO

Being a rural CIO means being willing to put fires, and being able to wear many different hats – even the hat of security officer, says Jason Bray of McAlester Regional. It’s hard to find three organizations as different as those in which Jason Bray has served as CIO. He went from a teaching facility that was on the ground floor of the Meaningful Use movement (Oklahoma State University Medical Center) to a multi-hospital health system that embarked on a massive EHR implementation (Methodist Heal

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis – its Causes and its Treatments

Insulin Nation

Certified diabetes educator Becky Wells recently retired from working with a diabetes self-management education program at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. She provides advice on diabetes for Insulin Nation. Question: What is diabetic ketoacidosis and how can I prevent it? Answer: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a possible complication of diabetes that can cause kidney damage and may prove fatal if left untreated.

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IRS Penalties for ACA Non-Compliance Can Be Costly

ACA Times

The IRS has announced the penalty amounts for companies with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the 2017 tax year. This information takes on more importance now that we know the IRS is going to enforce the employer mandate for the ACA. The Letter 226J , the notice that proposes an employer shared responsibility payment, or ESRP, for failure to comply with the ACA and instructions on how to respond.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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.

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Meet Insulin Nation’s New Editor

Insulin Nation

The late author and political activist Susan Sontag writes, “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”. sponsor. My family was deported to “that other place” in March 2015, when my daughter, Grace, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

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