The COVID-19 pandemic caused a domino effect that led to medical staff shortages across the healthcare industry and experts suggest these shortages could last throughout 2022. The good news is that technology like advanced remote patient monitoring systems can help close the gap caused by staffing shortages. Read more
Caring for patients with chronic diseases is a major burden on our medical system. In fact, treatment of chronic health conditions is responsible for 86% of all medical costs. Read more
Pain—it’s the aching, stabbing, throbbing, or pinching sensation that nobody wants to have. Even worse, what’s often the defining feature of all types of pain—acute or chronic, mild or severe—is that it is detrimental to the person’s emotional wellbeing. Pain can bring about anger, irritability, depression, and mood swings. It can also branch out into other physical symptoms like fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and drowsiness. Read more
In recent years, many healthcare organizations have placed a sharp focus on improving patient satisfaction. Because the patient experience plays a critical role in evaluating hospital performance, keeping patients happy is imperative. Achieving this involves moving away from a supply-driven healthcare system toward a more patient-centered one. Read more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responsible for managing Medicaid, Medicare, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Read more
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposal (the “Proposed MPFS/Rule”) for the coming year. The 2022 Proposed Rule recognizes Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) as a novel digital healthcare solution that acts as a counterpart to the existing Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) system. Read more
As the remote-online lifestyle becomes increasingly common, people are embracing the idea of telemedicine more than ever before. Read more
The numbers tell the story. Read more
Patient satisfaction goes well beyond healing. Your physicians can be the absolute best at their given practice, but if patients don’t feel supported, valued, respected, or heard, then it often doesn’t matter. Practices with the happiest patients are the ones who build relationships with their patients, from the front desk, to the nurses, to their primary doctor. Those relationships are what bring patients in, and keep them returning to their trusted health providers, which means that patient satisfaction correlates directly to your overall profitability. Read more
Is it possible to put a date on when all of our communication moved from phone or face-to-face to texting, social media, and avatars? Our digital communication technology has definitely reached Twilight Zone levels of scary. But let’s step back and look at all the amazing things these technological advances have helped us accomplish. Read more