Winslow W. Murdoch, MD
Winslow W. Murdoch is a family physician.
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Local hospital readmission data mirror national data in that twenty percent of hospitalized patients are readmitted within 12 days of discharge, and 30% within 30 days. Hospital reimbursement has changed to global, not fee for service payment. Hospitals and physicians…
Local hospital readmission data mirror national data in that twenty percent of hospitalized patients are readmitted within 12 days of discharge, and 30% within 30 days. Hospital reimbursement has changed to global, not fee for service payment. Hospitals and physicians need to create effective ways to prevent readmission. Readmissions also portend poorer outcomes. Therefore, it is our task as the physician community, to work collaboratively in this process.
Currently, most patients …
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Why reducing readmission rates is so difficult
Health technology
The Obama healthcare plan hinges on savings achieved through the implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) and pays doctors $44,000 over 5 years for hardware and software to embrace this evolving technology. Let us not forget however, that garbage in…
The Obama healthcare plan hinges on savings achieved through the implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) and pays doctors $44,000 over 5 years for hardware and software to embrace this evolving technology. Let us not forget however, that garbage in produces garbage out, for instance, information not suitable for medical decision making.
In reality, data entry is daunting and by far the most expensive aspect of converting to electronic records. Huge …
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Data entry in EMRs, and why doctors are slow to adopt information technology
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