News & Trends – Page 10 – Physician Factor

At Physician Factor, we're passionate about supporting the knowledge transfer and shared expertise among physicians to drive improvements across healthcare, as well as career development. Here we spotlight news and trends of interest to physicians in our network.

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28Mar 2022

Legally Terminating a Physician-Patient Relationship

Medical writer Dr. Naveed Saleh suggests that physicians may choose to terminate care when prioritizing patients’ needs conflicts with a physician’s moral code, causing challenges in their personal life. The AMA also advocates for the preservation of a physician’s right to act within the realm of what their conscience dictates is ethical and appropriate to maintain each individual physician’s integrity.

21Mar 2022

Why the Future of Health Care is Mobile

The majority of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are not mobile friendly, and especially in the behavioral health industry, slower adoption rates are holding the industry back. Today, as companies spend billions of dollars and thousands of hours developing lifesaving medicine and surgical equipment, basic technology adoption continues to be an issue. The health care industry is notorious for clunky, outdated software. These antiquated systems tend to create unnecessary administrative burden, are vulnerable to security risks, and are not mobile friendly.

14Mar 2022

6 Reasons Patients Benefit from Virtual Care Offerings

Virtual care – the use of technology to deliver health care – has been part of the patient care landscape for years, but its popularity has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. What do people need to know about virtual care? Here are six key takeaways.

07Mar 2022

3 Solutions to Staff Turnover at Your Practice

Medical practices around the country are experiencing a myriad of challenges, including record levels of turnover, unrealistic expectations from patients, and burnout exacerbated by the continuing pandemic. It’s an unfortunate reality for physicians and healthcare practices, especially when it’s trickling down to the patients’ outcomes in a domino-effect—from the waiting rooms to the often-rushed care due to the increased number of patients. In response, practices have been implementing new technologies to help streamline their processes and revamping benefits for employees.

28Feb 2022

How to Ensure That Your Practice Complies With New Stark Regulation Clarifications

As of January 1 new Stark regulation clarifications are in effect, addressing the relationship between physicians and designated health services (DHS) like laboratory services, radiology services, and durable medical equipment and preventing physician efforts to refer Medicare patients to a DHS currently engaged in a financial relationship with the referring physician; this includes intra-practice referrals, which inherently possess a physician-DHS relationship.

21Feb 2022

3 Strategies for How Physicians Can Care for Seniors in 2022

With patients choosing to recover and age in the home in record numbers, physicians are being asked to coordinate care with post-acute, home and community-based organizations, and payers at levels never seen previously. This poses a significant challenge for physicians.

14Feb 2022

Medicine’s Great Resignation? 1 in 5 Doctors Plan Exit in 2 Years

One in five physicians say it is likely they will leave their current practice within two years. Meanwhile, about one in three doctors and other health professionals say they intend to reduce work hours in the next 12 months, according to recently published survey research.

07Feb 2022

Suggestions for Managing Difficult Patients

Tips on what to do when you must part ways with a difficult patient.

31Jan 2022

Where IT Leaders Should Focus Their Energies in 2022

Since the arrival of the pandemic, healthcare organizations have faced a cultural shift. In the past, health leaders have naturally been risk-averse and have, of necessity, created systems that established a wide array of administrative roadblocks to change. But many organizations have cut back on a variety of rules and requirements over the past two years to help expedite the changes needed to tackle the pandemic. This represents a big opportunity for innovation. Going into 2022, we may now be able to benefit from this historic shift away from rigid workflows and risk avoidance. If we can seize this moment, we may be able to make this a uniquely transformative year for healthcare.

24Jan 2022

Blockchain Technology Has the Potential to Revolutionize Healthcare

For healthcare, blockchain can be used for payment processing, but it can also improve interoperability, track claims processing, or develop and maintain provider directories. Blockchain -- the same technology powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies -- is finding revolutionary new applications in the healthcare sector. Recently, Aetna, Anthem, and the Cleveland Clinic partnered to announce a new blockchain-based healthcare initiative, marking the latest indication of the potential impact blockchain could have on the healthcare sector as a whole.

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