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...
Jun 5, 2019 | iOrder, Order Management
Physicians who refer patients to your hospital or imaging center must code their own orders. You cannot do it for them, even if you had the time. However, you will face consequences like payment reviews if referring physicians do not code their orders properly. Online...
May 30, 2019 | iOrder, Order Management
There’s a joke where a man wants to send his colleague a fax. The colleague says, “I’m sorry. We can’t receive faxes in our location.” The man asks, “where are you?” to which the colleague responds, “the 21st century.” Yet, here we are. Healthcare is one of the last...
May 17, 2019 | CPOE, iOrder
The healthcare industry is on an inexorable march toward complete digitization. There’s constant progress, though levels of digital success vary widely across organizations. In a lot of cases, a facility will commit to the minimum required to achieve the goal of...
May 8, 2019 | Healthcare Finances, iOrder
Patients don’t always show up for procedures. That’s a hassle, but it’s also costing you a lot, especially if you have expensive equipment sitting idle. How much can it cost you? According to recent study published in Academic Radiology, outpatient no-shows for...
Apr 24, 2019 | Healthcare Finances, iOrder, Order Management
It’s not hard to make the case for why a hospital should want a system to manage service orders from referring physicians. The process of receiving and fulfilling orders for services like MRIs can be a time-consuming and costly affair if it’s not well-organized and...
