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Hospitals recognize that patient referral leakage is a problem that negatively impacts their bottom lines. Fully 43 percent of administrators estimate that leakage results in a loss of more than 10 percent of annual revenue. Close to one in ten hospital executives – 87 percent – are prioritizing plugging those leaks, yet don’t always have […]
COVID-19 has turned the perennial drip-drip-drip of patient leakage into a geyser of lost revenue. Across the country, elective and preventative care procedures have plummeted, as has the typical volume of non-COVID emergent care. The result? Hospitals and health systems are on pace to log unprecedented revenue losses in 2020. The question of how to […]
If your emergency department is constructing physician schedules using spreadsheets or pen-and-paper, then it may be exhibiting four symptoms of a failing emergency department scheduling system. MDsyncNET has developed an infographic to highlight the four symptoms of a failing emergency department scheduling system: Increased patient wait times: patients languish while waiting for a specialist, HCAHPS […]
The COVID pandemic has been a roller coaster ride for emergency departments around the U.S. – and likely around the world. They have moved from virtually empty emergency department bays, to packed-to-the-rafters boarding areas for patients awaiting transfer to hospital and ICU rooms, and back again. These days, the atmosphere of any given emergency department […]
Every day brings new, heartbreaking evidence of the ways that COVID-19 is testing the U.S. healthcare delivery system. While frontline healthcare workers are performing heroically under intense pressure, those responsible for healthcare provider scheduling are also feeling the squeeze. It’s essential to provide schedulers with the tools they need to adapt to the rapidly COVID-19 […]
MDsyncNET, the developer of best-in-class cloud-based healthcare communications solutions, has announced the release of version 4.0 of its physician on-call scheduling software. According to MDsyncNET Co-Founder and CEO Brad Goldsmith, “This update combines increased functionality with an intuitive user interface to streamline the physician scheduling process.” Goldsmith says that all of MDsyncNET’s modules have evolved […]
By Reese Jones We’ve covered how obsolete technology can do more harm than good in our infographic, “6 Ways That Scheduling Spreadsheets Are Costing Your Hospital Money,” which goes to show just how important innovations are – especially in the healthcare industry. And while most of the innovations in healthcare have to do with medical […]
Physician burnout is more like a dimmer than an on-off switch. Over time, the stress, fatigue, and overwhelm triggered by issues large and small extinguish drive, passion, and enthusiasm. In 2019, the World Health Organization included burnout in ICD-11, defining it as “…a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been […]
Creating physician schedules using pen-and-paper or spreadsheets were the best available option early in the 21st century. Now that we’re in the Roaring ’20s, it makes sense to reap the benefits of current cloud-based technology. Here are five reasons you should prioritize adopting cloud-based physician on-call schedules. 1. Readily Accessible Disseminating paper-based or spreadsheet schedules […]
If your hospital is utilizing scheduling spreadsheets for physician scheduling, that’s negatively impacting your organization’s bottom line. There are six ways that scheduling spreadsheets are costing your hospital money. First, creating schedules manually decreases patient safety. When patient safety is comprised, the result is lower CMS reimbursements, higher readmission rates, and greater exposure to CMS […]
