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Predicting the scope of medical billing consultants after 2014 and beyond - 5/3/2012
Although it has been quite a while since the Federal Government announced a series of far-reaching healthcare reforms, we are yet to experience their full impact across the healthcare continuum. And, with the Senate bill deferring a major chunk of the reforms further, it is expected that we may have to wait as late as 2014 to witness their full impact.
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OmniMD introduces Patient Portal Services with its EMR - 11/20/2006
OmniMD
OmniMD, a New York based provider of HIPAA compliant healthcare practice solutions, has launched Practice Portal services for providers. The service will benefit physicians and patients alike, by offering two-way secure, communications to enhance the delivery of patient care. ...
How to buy the right EMR Software for your practice - 11/20/2006
John Deutsch
Tips and tricks for buying Electronic Medical Record Software for a medical practice. ...
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 3/24/2006
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. ...
Diagnosis of exclusion - 3/24/2006
The term diagnosis of exclusion refers to a medical condition whose presence cannot be established with complete confidence from examination or testing. ...
Diagnosis-related group - 3/24/2006
Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of approximately 500 groups, also referred to as DRGs, expected to have similar hospital resource use, developed for Medicare as part of the prospective payment system. ...
Criticism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 3/24/2006
The DSM is routinely attacked for being unscientific. Columbia University acknowledges the unscientific nature of the DSM in their annual report of 2001, “Problems with the current DSM-IV categorical (present vs. absent) approach to the classification of personality disorders have long been recognized by clinicians and researchers.” ...
Limitations of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 3/24/2006
The DSM is intended for use by mental health professionals, and for use in research and administration. ...
Brief history of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 3/24/2006
Users should be reminded that the manual is, to an extent, a historical document. The science used to create categories, taxonomies, and diagnoses is based on statistical models. ...
Development of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 3/24/2006
The DSM was initally developed to give more objective terms to the field of psychiatry. Previous to the DSM communication between psychiatrists was not uniform. ...
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 3/24/2006
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and internationally. ...
History of Outcomes Classification - 3/24/2006
The use of outcomes and data collection in healthcare began with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War. ...
Nursing outcomes classification - 3/24/2006
The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) was developed by a University of Iowa research team which was first formed in 1991. ...
Future of nursing models - 3/24/2006
Nursing models have been criticised for failing to provide holistic care, and preventing nurses from thinking "outside of the box". ...
History of nursing models - 3/24/2006
The original role of the nurse was primarily to care for the patient as prescribed by a physician. ...
Universal features of nursing models - 3/24/2006
All nursing models involve some method of assessing a patient's individual needs and implementing appropriate patient care. ...
Nursing theory - 3/24/2006
Nursing models are conceptual models, constructed of theories and concepts. They are used to help nurses assess, plan, and implement patient care by providing a framework within which to work. ...
Nursing process - 3/24/2006
The nursing process is a process by which nurses deliver care to patients. It is often supported by nursing models or philosophies. ...
Nursing practice - 3/24/2006
Nursing practice is the actual provision of nursing care. In providing care nurses are implementing the nursing care plan which is based on the client's initial assessment. ...
Nursing care plan - 3/24/2006
A nursing care plan outlines the nursing care to be provided to a patient. The creation of the plan is a stage of the nursing process. ...
Nursing diagnosis - 3/24/2006
A nursing diagnosis is a standardized statement about the health of a client (who can be an individual, a family, or a community) for the purpose of providing nursing care. ...
Retroduction - 3/24/2006
Retroduction is similar to induction, but it is predicated on known or assumed relationary rules and observations that contains at least one of the predicates or predictors of the rules in question. ...
Humpath - 3/24/2006
Humpath.com is an online clinical medical knowledge base about human pathology that was founded in 2003. ...
Pathologist - 3/24/2006
A pathologist is a specialist in pathology. Within medicine, the pathologist is a medical doctor with post-graduate specialty training (residency training) in Pathology. ...
Areas of epidemiology - 3/24/2006
There are two areas of epidemiology. ...
History of epidemiology - 3/24/2006
John Graunt, a professional haberdasher and serious amateur scientist, published Natural and Political Observations ... upon the Bills of Mortality in 1662. ...
Epidemiology and advocacy - 3/24/2006
Epidemiology is one of the main resources of public health. In general, most epidemiologists feel that their duties include advocacy for the health of populations, bearing in mind the outpost perspective they have over factors that affect a whole population. ...
Legal interpretation of epidemiologic studies - 3/24/2006
In United States law, epidemiology alone cannot prove that a causal association does not exist in general. ...
Epidemiology as causal inference - 3/24/2006
Although epidemiology is sometimes viewed as a collection of statistical tools used to elucidate the associations of exposures to health outcomes, a deeper understanding of this science is that of discovering causal relationships. ...
Epidemiology - 3/24/2006
Epidemiology is the scientific study of factors affecting the health and illness of individuals and populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. ...
Tools of pathology - 3/24/2006
The techniques used most often in the study of the disease process are mentioned herein. ...
Pathology - 3/24/2006
Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ...
Nosology - 3/24/2006
Nosology (in Greek Nosos = Disease) is a branch of medicine that deals with classification of diseases. ...
History of Diagnosis - 3/24/2006
The history of medical diagnosis began in earnest from the enlightened days of Hippocrates in ancient Greece but is far from perfect despite the enormous bounty of information made available by medical research including the sequencing of the human genome. ...
Diagnosis - 3/24/2006
Diagnosis (from the Greek words dia = by and gnosis = knowledge) is the process of identifying a disease by its signs, symptoms and results of various diagnostic procedures. ...
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems - 3/24/2006
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) is a detailed description of known diseases and injuries. ...
Diagnosis-related group - 3/24/2006
Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of approximately 500 groups, also referred to as DRGs, expected to have similar hospital resource use, developed for Medicare as part of the prospective payment system. ...
Healthcare reform - 3/24/2006
Healthcare reform is a general rubric used for discussing major policy changes--for the most part, governmental policy changes--to any existing healthcare system in a given place. ...
Health profession - 3/24/2006
A health profession is a profession in which a person exercises skill or judgment or provides a service related to:
(a) the preservation or improvement of the health of individuals, or
(b) the treatment or care of individuals who are injured, sick, disabled, or infirm.
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Criticism of medicine - 3/24/2006
Criticism of medicine has a long history. In the Middle Ages, some people did not consider it a profession suitable for Christians, as disease was often considered Godsent. ...
Branches of medicine - 3/24/2006
Working together as an interdisciplinary team, many highly trained health professionals besides medical practitioners are involved in the delivery of modern health care. ...
Settings where medical care is delivered - 3/24/2006
Medicine is a diverse field and the provision of medical care is therefore provided in a variety of locations. ...
Healthcare delivery systems - 3/24/2006
Medicine is practiced within the medical system, which is a legal, credentialing and financing framework, established by a particular culture or government. ...
Patient-doctor relationship - 3/24/2006
The doctor-patient relationship and interaction is a central process in the practice of medicine. There are many perspectives from which to understand and describe it. ...
Practice of medicine - 3/24/2006
The practice of medicine combines both science and art. Science and technology are the evidence base for many clinical problems for the general population at large. ...
History of medicine - 3/24/2006
The practice of medicine originated in Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Greece, Persia and elsewhere. ...
Medicine - 3/24/2006
Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ...
Health - 3/24/2006
Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness, the ability to cope with everyday activities, physical fitness, and high quality of life. ...
Telehealth - 3/24/2006
Telehealth is the delivery of health related services and information via telecommunications technologies. ...
Types of Telemedicine - 3/24/2006
Telemedicine is practised on the basis of two concepts: real time (synchronous) and store-and-forward (asynchronous). ...
Telemedicine - 3/24/2006
The term Telemedicine is the delivery of medicine at a distance. The term is composed of the Greek word te?e (tele) meaning 'far', and medicine. ...
A history of in absentia care: - 3/24/2006
In order to fairly weigh up whether in absentia care is beneficial or dangerous, it is helpful to examine the past, because remote care is not simply a phenomenon of the cyber era. ...
In absentia health care - 3/24/2006
The most common mode of healthcare delivery is through personal, face-to-face contact between a healthcare provider and a beneficiary (patient). ...
Healthcare delivery - 3/24/2006
There are many ways of providing healthcare in the modern world. The most common way is face-to-face delivery, where care provider and patient see each other 'in the flesh' so to speak. ...
Healthcare system - 3/24/2006
A healthcare system is the organization by which health care is provided. ...
Medicare Australia - 3/24/2006
Medicare Australia is an agency of the Australian Government that administers health-related programs including Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and others. ...
Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax - 3/24/2006
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax is a United States employment tax levied in an equal amount on employees and employers to fund federal programs for retirees, disabled, and children of deceased workers. ...
Copayment - 3/24/2006
A copayment, or copay, is a flat dollar amount paid for a medical service by an insured. ...
Medicare Advantage Plans - 3/24/2006
The Medicare Modernization Act improves compensation and business practices for insurers to offer programs to compete against Medicare. ...
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act - 3/24/2006
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (Public Law 108-173, also called "MMA legislation") is a law of the United States which was passed in 2003. ...
The Legislation for Stark Law - 3/24/2006
Congress included a provision in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA 1989) which barred self-referrals for clinical laboratory services under the Medicare program, effective January 1, 1992. ...
Stark Law - 3/24/2006
Stark law, actually two separate provisions, governs physician self-referral for Medicare and Medicaid patients. ...
Quality improvement organizations - 3/24/2006
Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) monitor the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. ...
Medical Services Plan - 3/24/2006
The Medical Services Plan of British Columbia (MSP) is the government-adminstered single-payer health insurance scheme in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare programme. ...
History of Canada Health Act - 3/24/2006
While the constitution gives the provinces legislative authority over hospitals, it does not specifically give authority over 'health care' to either the federal government or the provinces. ...
Canada Health Act - 3/24/2006
The Canada Health Act is a piece of Canadian federal legislation, adopted in 1984, that lists the conditions and criteria to which the provinces and territories must conform in order to receive the full amount of negotiated transfer payments relating to health care. ...
Dentistry - 3/24/2006
Dentistry is the art and science of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions, diseases, and disorders of the oral cavity, the maxillofacial region, and its associated structures as it relates to human beings. ...
Magnetic resonance imaging - 3/24/2006
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), formerly referred to as magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), is a method used to visualize the inside of living organisms as well as to detect the amount of bound water in geological structures. ...
History of Neuroimaging - 3/24/2006
In 1918 the American neurosurgeon Walter Dandy introduced the technique of ventriculography. X-ray images of the ventricular system within the brain were obtained by injection of filtered air directly into one or both lateral ventricles of the brain. ...
Neuroimaging - 3/24/2006
Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function, or pharmacology of the brain. ...
Arteriogenesis - 3/24/2006
Arteriogenesis refers to an increase in the diameter of existing arterial vessels. ...
Types of Angiogenesis - 3/24/2006
There are two types of Angiogenesis ...
Angiogenesis - 3/24/2006
Angiogenesis is the physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. ...
Computed Tomography Laser Mammography - 3/24/2006
Computed Tomography Laser Mammography (or CTLM) is a medical imaging modality that uses laser energy in the near infrared region of the spectra, to detect angiogenesis in the breast tissue. ...
Medical ultrasonography - 3/24/2006
Medical ultrasonography (sonography) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize muscles and internal organs, their size, structure and any pathological lesions, making them useful for scanning the organs. ...
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