Medical Coders vs AI – Who Will Be Employed In the Future?
July 7, 2022
Medical coding is the review of medical documentation for billing and database purposes. Coders, as professionals in the field are called, do so by assigning standard codes to items like the names of diseases, medical conditions, and even instruments used. Today, many coders are concerned if their…
EMTs Working Blind – Importance of Electronic Health Records
July 5, 2022
You’re driving to work when the traffic jam ahead forces you into the next lane. There’s been an accident and it’s a bad one. As you pass the tangled mess of glass and metal, you give silent thanks at the familiar sounds of ambulance sirens coming up from behind you. Emergency medics are usually…
How EMR, mHealth, and Smart Homes Comfort Hospice Residents
May 17, 2022
In 3 Technologies That Are Advancing Hospice Care, we discussed how telemedicine, predictive analytics, and virtual reality (VR) benefited patients in hospice. This time, we’re covering three additional technologies: electronic medical records (EMR), mHealth (example: wearables), and smart homes.…
Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Five Misconceptions and the Facts Behind Them
April 19, 2022
You’re at your doctor’s waiting room. No one likes to hear that they are going to need surgery, let alone that it might be a robotic-assisted procedure, which is highly possible with today’s fast paced advancements in medical technology. What, exactly, is robotic-assisted surgery?, you ask…
4 Key Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Chronic Care Management
April 7, 2022
Chronic diseases such as asthma, arthritis, diabetes, and heart disease affect about half of all adults in the US. Worldwide, they account for more than 90 percent of the morbidity and mortality rates among First-World nations. Here are even more sobering figures to think about: Chronic diseases…
3 Challenges to 3D Printing in Healthcare
April 5, 2022
Additive manufacturing, more popularly known as 3D printing, has advanced enough to create toys, figurines, and parts for more complex machines. Now imagine a world where they print three-dimensional objects like the housing of a medical tablet, custom medication, or even a new kidney made from…
How Future CAD Systems Can Prevent Clinician Burnout
March 17, 2022
Clinicians are burning out. They are feeling overwhelmed, as they are tasked with more work while at the same time expected to see more patients every day. In a recent survey by the AMA, 54 percent of urologists felt burned out, followed by specialists in neurology (50 percent); nephrology (49…
How Telemedicine Improves Maritime Healthcare
March 15, 2022
Most people in developed nations take medical care for granted. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the following lockdowns to contain it, brought to light the many gaps in healthcare systems to public attention. One such gap was health services for seafarers like merchant ship crews. Roughly 90 percent of…
What is the Future of Medical Transcription?
March 10, 2022
Medical workers are highly-skilled, educated professionals in the highest demand they’ve ever been, and the hospital of the future is the one that respects and preserves their precious time. To create the hospital of the future, modern medical organizations need to invest in the software and…
How Technology is Affecting and Improving Medical Transcription
February 17, 2022
Healthcare is always looking for ways to increase productivity. One example is using fewer steps to bring a patient out of a coma. Another would be making sure medical staff on the swing shift are not left scrambling for working equipment by verifying all battery-powered medical computers and other…
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