Transition From Volume to Value Based Medical Marketing

By Dr. Jonathan Elias D'Souza, PhD A.M.  |   Submitted On July 27, 2013

 

The need for an integrated healthcare delivery process and its success is being defined by emptier hospital beds and a much healthier population. This is much different than the healthcare scenarios of the 90's.
We need to constantly ask ourselves. Are we improving? Are we innovating? What's different this time? Will people from the healthcare industry, hospitals, physicians, technicians and other healthcare providers come together to make an impact or will they let themselves be distracted and go astray. These questions are the ones that plague those people who are striving for innovation in healthcare marketing.

Future Steps For Health Information Exchange

By Redmond Schitzangel  |   Submitted On January 23, 2011

Through a process called health information exchange, medical information can be shared electronically across organizations within a geographic area or hospital system. Integrating disparate systems that contain electronic medical records, or EMRs, has become a necessary step to remaining competitive within the ever-evolving healthcare industry. Clinical data can be accessed more safely and quickly than in the past.
Through EMR integration designed to permit the exchange of information, healthcare quality is improved, treatment and processing costs are lowered, and medical errors are reduced. Healthcare providers such as hospitals, primary care physicians, and laboratories can access and update medical records from various locations. Using a physician portal, a surgeon can even deliver updates from the patient's bedside.

Medical Transcription School - The Start to a Flexible and Rewarding Career

By Nelson Smith  |   Submitted On May 06, 2008

Medical Transcription School will equip you, not only with the knowledge to fulfil a rewarding career, but also the understanding of why this service you will be providing is such an important service to millions of people.
Technology has changed all our lives, it was meant to make our lives much easier and to a large degree it has met that quest. Not least in the fact that medical records can now be obtained through the pressing of a button.

Medical Insurance, Pre-Determination and Plastic Surgery

By Dr Barry Eppley  |   Submitted On August 13, 2008

Third party insurance and potential coverage of surgical procedures is an important part of one's overall health maintenance program. Many plastic surgeons are happy to participate and aid you in maximizing your insurance benefits. Plastic surgeons work on a daily basis with many insurance providers and are very familiar with this process. It is important that you understand how the process works and the following information is provided to help you in that regard.
Once you are seen and evaluated by your plastic surgeon, and it is determined that your problem may be covered by your health insurance, there is a detailed process which follows to determine your eligibility and benefits available to you through your insurance provider. In most surgical procedures of a non-urgent nature, the proposed surgery must be pre-determined. This consists of a written letter from your plastic surgeon in which will be a description of the medical problem, proposed surgery, photographs, and documentation (if applicable) of symptoms related to the medical problem. No elective plastic surgery procedures today can be approved by a simple phone call.

Medical Transcriptionist Classes - What You Need to Know

By Max Appleton  |   Submitted On December 26, 2008

Are you looking to become a medical transcriptionist? The interest in medical transcription has increased immensely due to the high earnings from the career without much of an effort. But becoming a medical transcriptionist isn't easy. You must take a course in the subject before you can actually start earning money with it. Where would you go to participate in such a course? There are various schools that offer classes or you may even take an online course.
What exactly do those medical transcription classes teach? This is a question that looms over a majority of future transcriptionist. Just take a look but do not get worried, as there have been thousands of people who have completed the course without any prior knowledge.
1) Medical Terms. Being a transcriptionist means that you have to be very well versed with all medical terms and their roots.

Life Insurance Medical Exams

By Julie Shields  |   Submitted On July 16, 2008

Life insurance premium pricing and coverage eligibility are based on an individual's gender, age, and health status, and thus when applying for life insurance you will undergo medical examination.
Relatively small amounts of death benefit coverage, typically less than $75,000, will only require that you answer a life insurance agent's medical questions for some companies. However, for larger amounts of coverage--and often if you want lower premiums on the lower amounts of coverage--the medical exam for life insurance coverage will be a two-step process.
WHY DO YOU NEED A MEDICAL EXAM?
You need a medical exam for life insurance coverage because the insurance company needs to know what sort of payout risk you are to them (that sounds cold, but it's strictly business). Life insurance companies employ highly paid statistical wizards called actuaries to figure out these risk factors for them. Based on your risk of dying, the insurance company decides what to charge you for your premiums and may set upper limits on how much you will be allowed to be insured for based on this data as well.

Medical Transcriptionist Careers - Stay at Home and Earn Money Online

By Max Appleton  |   Submitted On December 26, 2008

One industry where there is always demand for more employees is the medical industry. People will always get sick. If you are currently looking for a job, you should consider becoming a Medical Transcriptionist. These are people who transcribe medical audio recordings for doctors and hospitals.
This field offers some of the best jobs in the world. However, working as a transcriptionist is not as easy as you may think. You usually have to take several courses through a college that educate you in the medical field.