Workload Management

Had a very interesting discussion here on day #2 of the SHM Leadership Academy.  I was speaking with a potential client of our ASSIGNCARE product suite, and to continue the theme from yesterday, we were discussing workload management. About…

Workload Balancing

I’d like to take a quick break from our series on physician inertia to discuss one of the more interesting things I’ve learned exhibiting at SHM Leadership Academy taking place right now in Nashville.  At this gathering, hospitalist leaders…

Slow to Change - Part 2

It is a commonly held belief that medicine (being inherently conservative with the lives of patients at risk) is quite slow to change.  It is often cited that it takes 17 years for research evidence to reach clinical practice.  While the estimate…

Slow to Change - Part 1

I was reading the Journal of Hospital Medicine the other day, and after enjoying the Things We Do For No Reason column again (which is one of my very favorite things to read, given an unfortunate contrarian bias I have), I began to look at all…

Inertia and Its Impact on Patients

Is inertia in medical practices harming or helping patients?   According to the Journal of Hospital Medicine, physicians believe that medical practices are in a state of inertia. The inactivity of advancement in medicine can potentially…
infusion coding challenges

6 Reasons Why Infusion Coding is So Challenging

Despite tens of thousands of individual codes that account for practically every procedure and activity in healthcare today, the coding process is still relatively straightforward. There’s a single code for a single procedure or activity.…

Physicans Workflow Interrupted Every 11 Minutes, According to Study

Could workflow interruptions be one more reason for physician frustration and burnout? They could if they’re being interrupted five times an hour. That’s the conclusion reached by a group of researchers who studied physicians in Germany.…

4 Ways to Improve Teamwork and Collaboration in Nursing

Have you ever experienced ineffective collaboration or ineffective teamwork that caused problems for patients or even management? Ineffective collaboration and ineffective communication will result in problems in any environment. Signs of…

MedAptus Names Susan Katz Sliski, DNP, RN, CCM, FAAOHN as Chief Nursing Officer

Susan Katz Sliski, DNP, RN, CCM, FAAOHN has been named the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for MedAptus, Inc. In her role, Dr. Katz Sliski will be working closely with the product management team to promote and improve all MedAptus products,…

MedAptus Ranked #1 in KLAS Rankings for Mobile Charge Capture in 2019

For the ninth time in ten years, MedAptus® has been named the Category Leader in the Mobile Charge Capture segment in the “2019 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report. The award recognizes the performance of its CHARGE…