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Thailand's first int'l private hospital goes 'all the way' with EMR

Healthcare It News

BNH Hospital, the first international private hospital in Thailand, has fully gone paperless following its implementation of an integrated HIS and EMR system. Founded by King Rama V 127 years ago as a modern hospital for foreign expatriates, BNH now provides tertiary-level care known for its Spine Center and Mother and Child care.

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Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

Kaiser Health News

25 ruling, which came in response to a 2011 class-action lawsuit eventually joined by 14 beneficiaries against the Department of Health and Human Services, will guarantee patients the right to appeal to Medicare for nursing home coverage if they were admitted to a hospital as an inpatient but were switched to observation care, an outpatient service.

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Government Delay Reduces False Claims Act Verdict – How Can This Protect Your Practice?

Hall Render

This decision strengthens potential defenses for defendants in FCA cases who are routinely left in the dark while the government conducts years-long one-sided investigations in secrecy. The qui tam complaint was filed by the Hospital’s former CEO in May 2007. The government must also act with due diligence to preserve its claim.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

Kelley Tucker, marketing leader and Ted Hill, vice president, would like to see the federal government standardize the collection and formatting of public health data, which is now up to each state and is done inconsistently. Zuskov points out that hospital data doesn’t represent the full population.

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Hall Render Announces New Shareholders

Hall Render

office and practices in the area of government relations with a focus on federal, state and local advocacy. Ryan also helps hospitals and behavioral health providers navigate Indianas involuntary treatment laws and appeal Medicare underpayments before the PRRB and in federal courts. Louis in 2011. Ryan received his J.D.

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The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

Twenty years ago, seeing the records department pushing a cart full of paper records was normal on a hospital unit. Unfortunately, hospitals and clinics across the country today are constantly changing their Health Information Systems (HIS), creating huge gaps in the data available from disparate legacy systems. March 2011).

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Building a Culture of Patient Safety Starts with Reducing Staff Burnout

AIHC

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a 63% increase in the rate of injuries from violent attacks against medical professionals from 2011 to 2018. And this doesn’t even account for the threats encountered getting to and from work!