I heard something this morning on National Public Radio (NPR) that really got me excited - a very short snippet from Tim Brown about a project he'd like to work on - his vision of the electronic medical record of the future. I think it's worth 3 minutes of your time...
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Dear Mary Pat: How Do I Get My Foot in the Door? (24 Things to Do to Break into Healthcare Management)
So you've been trying to become employed in healthcare, or you've tried to enter healthcare management, or you're trying to move from one job in healthcare to another. You've read my post about my search for a job in healthcare and have been soldiering on, but you're...
Bank Deposit (How to Make One)
Steps for making a bank deposit of any kind: Gather the checks and/or cash that you wish to deposit and total them. Prepare the deposit slip. You may have a book of deposit slips (business account) or a deposit slip found in the back of your check book (personal...
Formulary
A formulary is a listing of preferred prescription drugs (generic or brand name) chosen by a health plan/payer/insuror or Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) for their cost to benefit ratio. Open Formulary = covers formulary and non-formulary drugs but charges the employer...
EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
EAP is a benefit provided by some employers to assist employees with personal problems, problems at home and problems at work. Employees may contact the EAP Providers (usually a behavioral health provider) themselves or may be referred to EAP by a supervisor or...
Readers & Colleagues Comment on “101 Ideas for Increasing Revenue and Decreasing Expenses”
I invited readers of MMP, colleagues on LinkedIn, and Tweeps (friends on Twitter) to comment on my post "101 ideas for Increasing Revenue and Decreasing Expenses." I've listed their ideas below and hope you'll chime in on the comments with even more ideas! Thanks to...
MML (Medical Markup Language)
The MML is the specification for optimum exchange of clinical data between different clinical institutions. The database can be considered to be a kind of table. Each institution uses a uniquely defined table. Therefore, the exchange of a simple data set such as that...
Take This One-Second Poll on the Future of Traditional Medical Transcription
UPDATE: The poll is now closed and the webinar has passed, but you can still listen to the webinar here until April 2010: You might have noticed that I'm a big fan of FREE. I believe sharing information and experience builds relationships. Giving information and...
GOMER
"Gomer" stands for Get Out of My Emergency Room, reflecting the annoyance of the doctors. It first appeared in widespread print in the medical novel The House of God by Samuel Shem, and was used mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. It is still used today, although many...
Ten Golden Rules for Your Medical Office Staff
Sometimes employees do not understand or follow the most basic of workplace guidelines. Here is a simple but comprehensive list that you can tweak to make your own. It covers about 25 basics in a short list of ten "Golden Rules". Make it part of each job...
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