Tag: Tukkomed
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Can Artificial Intelligence Solve The Physician Burnout Problem?
There’s been much said about the physician burnout problem in healthcare. This is linked in part to the fact that doctors are doing more documentation work than ever before due to the compliance with the electronic health record (EHR). Physicians, studies say, are spending as much as 55% percent of their work day on the…
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How AI And Machine Learning Will Change Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) in business is becoming more common and will continue to do in the years to come – a 2017 survey by Spiceworks estimated that 13 percent of participating companies already adopted AI technology and predicted that number to rise to 30 percent this year – but one field that may benefit greatly…
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How Teamwork Can Help Medical Professionals In Their Practice
The problems with the primary care system is well-documented and shows that the brunt of the burden has been shouldered by the physicians themselves. More and more of our doctors are suffering from burnout, and the care they are able to provide their patients is dipping as a result. A surprisingly simple solution to this?…
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Could A Smaller, Independent Practice Save You From Physician Burnout?
Physician burnout is a huge problem plaguing more than half of doctors today, according to certain studies. Aside from the health risks to the doctors themselves, this is a problem that is now affecting patients directly, with burnout leading to a higher likelihood of medical errors. But one study, published in the Journal of the…
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How LA’s Workers’ Compensation DROP Program Is Being Abused
In Los Angeles, there is something known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), a program that allows retirement-age police officers and firefighters to collect their pensions while continuing to work and receive paychecks, essentially getting twice the pay for the last few years of service. In theory, it makes sense. It allows for precincts…
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How President Trump Is Changing The Country’s Health Care
The Trump administration has been determined to make improvements to the American health care system. And they are beginning to make progress on that front. Their stated goal has been to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (or ACA). The ACA – or ‘Obamacare’ – had its positives but it also had its flaws.…