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Centralized scheduling can offer high-quality care at lower costs in clinically integrated organizations when done well. Vital to success is having staff with backgrounds in the scheduling process. Their expertise in procedures, services, and patient care requirements results in more accurate scheduling. This helps reduce waiting times and improve satisfaction and outcomes. Who schedules your patients?

Centralized Scheduling The new spine surgeon struggles with central scheduling

Insurers require to fail one before being allowed to “step up” to another treatment that may be more expensive. should allow for the timely over-riding of step therapy requirements for common-sense treatments and equipment.

Prior Authorizing a Wheelchair Dr. Lam and Dr. Stevens commiserate over unnecessary prior authorizations

Over the last few years, have been forced to undergo plans to survive. As a result, management buzzwords are becoming more popular. Are you going through any change at work?

Organizational Modernization The docs discuss the latest sustainability initiative

The sunk-cost fallacy says that people don't want to stop because they’ll seem like a waste of money if they do. This means the plug is rarely pulled once work starts, forcing other space plans to take a back seat. Have you ever gone through this in your ?

Sunk Cost Chip sinks more money into his building project at all cost

It’s been over a decade since the HITECH Act was passed in 2009, followed by the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, and the ONC Cures Act of 2020. However, even after these acts, we still face significant challenges with . Patient data is often seen as a commodity owned by vendors who are reluctant to share it and maintain their market share. This creates significant barriers for smaller companies trying to enter the interoperability space. Policymakers must intervene to require EHR vendors to share patient data to improve patient care.

Interoperability Dr. Katz goes from one platform to another to care for patients