Jul 1, 2019 | Healthcare Finances, Imaging Center, iOrder
Want to reduce your imaging center’s overhead? The question takes me back to the early 1980s, when the father of a dear childhood friend practiced medicine. We used to spend hours making paperclip chains and driving his secretary crazy in the early 1980s. I remember...
Jun 28, 2019 | iOrder, Order Transparency
A doctor writes an order for a service like an MRI. She hands it to the patient, who stuffs it into his pocket and walks out of the doctor’s office. What happens next? The answer, if you’re honest, is anyone’s guess. Will the patient get the MRI? The doctor won’t know...
Jun 25, 2019 | iOrder, qCDSM
We’ve noted some confusion in the radiology field about the deadlines for compliance with new Federal regulations concerning the use of Qualified Clinical Decision Support Mechanisms (qCDSMs). We wanted to take a moment to clarify the deadline issues and delve a...
Jun 14, 2019 | iOrder, Order Management
The medical service order is more than just an instruction to provide a service like an MRI to a patient. It’s also more than just a scheduling document. The service order is (or should be) the basis for any follow-up steps involved in delivering the service and...
Jun 11, 2019 | Order Management, Referrals
When a physician refers a patient to your facility, that means revenue for you. Good, but what if you never get any more referrals? That would be a lost opportunity. If that physician continues to send patients to you on a regular basis, that’s recurring revenue—the...
