Category: Healthcare – HITEKS
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Why Real-Time CDI Enhances Patient Care and Reduces Physician Burnout
Let’s be real – healthcare can be brutal. Providers are drowning in paperwork, struggling to give patients the care they desperately need while battling mountains of administrative tasks. Enter Real-Time CDI: the superhero healthcare didn’t know it needed! Imagine a world where documentation practically does itself. Where physicians can focus on what truly matters –…
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Queryless CDI™: A Smarter Way to Elevate Clinical Documentation
Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) programs traditionally rely on query systems to close documentation gaps between clinical observations and the coding required for billing and quality reporting. Physicians document patient care in clinical language, but coders need structured data to assign codes that reflect diagnoses and procedures. Queries help clarify ambiguous, missing, or inconsistent information to…
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Leading the Charge in Healthcare Innovation: Dr. Gerry Petratos’ Expert Insights
The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, hosted by Michael Stamatinos, featured Gerry Petratos discussing the future of healthcare IT, the role of artificial intelligence in medicine, and the challenges and opportunities involved in integrating new technologies into healthcare. The Future of Healthcare IT One of the central themes of the episode is the future of healthcare…
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One Size Does NOT Fit All: Tailored HITEKS Solutions for Optimal Healthcare Documentation and Compliance
“One Size Does NOT Fit All” and “Doctors Do NOT Like to Change The Way They Document” These are the 2 mantras that define the HITEKS approach to clinical documentation integrity. In healthcare, a one-size-fits-all approach rarely works. Recognizing the unique needs of each hospital, our solutions are designed to be highly adaptable, providing fully…
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Ensuring Compliance and Improving Clinical Documentation: Practical Insights
Keeping clinical documentation compliant and accurate is a challenge we all face in healthcare. It’s not just about avoiding penalties—it’s about creating reliable patient records that truly reflect the care we provide. Here are some key practices to help ensure your documentation meets compliance standards while also being thorough and precise. Why Compliance Matters in…
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Rethinking Hospital Efficiency with AI-Powered Documentation in the ED
Hospitals face a significant financial dilemma with observation status versus inpatient status. They also struggle with completing documentation during the ED visit that will support a strong H&P Note for those patients that get admitted or classified as observational stays. For any given diagnosis, hospitals receive about one-third less reimbursement for observation stays compared to…
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Provider Assistance in the Time of Quality Coding
Clinical Documentation Integrity Insights from Dr. Gerry Petratos’ Presentation at IHIMA Dr. Gerasimos Petratos (Gerry), CEO of HITEKS, recently shared his expertise and vision for the future of Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) during a presentation at the Indiana Health Information Management Association (IHIMA). Drawing from his extensive background in medical informatics and pharmaceutical medicine, Gerry…
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Understanding the Impact of Physician Advisors: Key Takeaways from the 2024 ACDIS Forum
The ACDIS Physician Advisor Forum 2024 gathered top physician advisors from around the country for two days, from April 7-8, 2024, in Indianapolis, just in time for the solar eclipse! The forum provided an invaluable platform for new and veteran physician advisors to discuss the changing and dynamic roles of physician advisors within health systems.…
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Advancements in Pediatric Healthcare with HITEKS’s AI Integration
At HITEKS, we’re continually seeking ways to improve healthcare delivery, especially in challenging situations like the current surge in respiratory virus cases affecting pediatric units nationwide. Addressing the Overload in Pediatric Care The healthcare system is currently experiencing unprecedented challenges, with pediatric units being particularly hard-hit. These units are not only tackling a health crisis…
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Enhancing Physician Workflows: The Power of Epic EHR Integration
In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, the efficiency of physician workflows is paramount. The integration of innovative technologies, particularly in the Electronic Health Records (EHR), has significantly transformed hospital and medical practice management. For both good and bad. The EHR vendors who experiment with novel delivery techniques for evidence-based information to aid providers in decision-making…