The impacts of medical coding on healthcare systems

By Cesilia Faustina

Medical coding is a crucial part of the healthcare billing system. It works to ensure that the whole billing process is accurate, and reimbursements are taken care of.

Thanks to the handy tool that is medical coding, hospitals and other healthcare institutions can easily exchange data and accurately create insurance claims and bills for patients. In fact, medical codes are extremely needed in order to successfully provide the right services.

It starts with taking a description of the disease, injury, etc. and then transforming them into numeric or alphanumeric codes to accurately describe the diagnosis. So, these symbols are very important to uphold, especially when it comes to digitalization.

5 factors encouraging pharmacies to utilize pharmacy information systems

By Omar Abdul-Hafiz

Generally speaking, Healthcare Information Systems have brought numerous benefits to the healthcare sector. From streamlined data analytics to cost control, these systems turn all the operations that were once manual and time-consuming into automated and fully organized hassle-free procedures.

But more specifically, let us talk a little about Pharmacy Information Systems. According to experts, Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS) have been highly effective in facilitating pharmacists’ tasks in managing the medication process.

What to expect from healthcare technology in these current times

By Cesilia Faustina

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been huge pressure on the healthcare sector to handle huge intakes of patients and demands for healthcare products and services. This obviously has not been easy for healthcare providers, hospitals in particular, but it has shown some great utilization for the health tech sector though.

The coronavirus is changing the way we understand the world, and the way healthcare is operating. Society is coming to terms with the fact that coronavirus is here to stay and are slowly adapting to the new normal. One prominent way communities are handling this new normal is with the implementation of technology.

Everything you need to know about handling patients' information

By Omar Abdul-Hafiz

The healthcare landscape has witnessed dramatic changes and developments throughout the decades on all levels. For example, going back about 6 to 7 decades ago, there was almost no way to identify the sex of an embryo before it was born. The mere idea of actually “seeing” that embryo grow from a wee 0.13-inch sized fetus in its 5th week to a near fully-grown baby in the final weeks of pregnancy was, back then, a thing of science fiction. Fast-forward to the ’80s, however, this started to become very possible with the widespread of ultrasound devices.

But the development doesn’t simply stop here, as it extends to every other aspect of the healthcare sector, most notably in the way we now handle patients’ medical data.

Emerging digital trends in clinical software

By Cesilia Faustina

In 2020, the healthcare sector is expected to face new profound challenges and trends. Fuelled by advancements in the digital health sector, digital transformation is surely going to be a major foundation for delivering a personalized future.

This will give way for the healthcare sector to be more innovative while promoting greater collaboration and coming up with cheaper and more direct tools for clinicians.

The future of HIS and what you need to know

By Cesilia Faustina

Hospital Information System, also known as HIS, has become an important part of hospitals today with many healthcare providers adopting HIS as an important mean to establish efficiency.

HIS itself is a data system used to manage associated hospital activities, such as finance, administration, planning, and documentation. It functions as a centralized platform where all data about patients, doctors, staff, and any hospital-related information are stored and collected.

This system has made it easier for hospitals to function in a more productive manner, limiting the amount of errors and achieving speedier results in the process. The rising demands for healthcare nowadays have made it impossible to manage overwhelming amounts of data through manual processes, which is why HIS has become an integral part of the way hospitals function.

Top 5 healthcare technologies that's changed the game

By: Cesilia Faustina

Within the last decade, we have seen great developments in the healthcare sector. The rise of demands and changes in the industry has led to an evolution in healthcare workflows. This evolution lays in the power of technology. Technological developments have changed the game for healthcare providers all over the world. From becoming a painstaking manual hassle to a fast-paced insurance-ready process.

Thanks to the rise of healthcare technology and smartphones we now see improved innovation for the sector, where patients are not limited to in-house consultation anymore, but can even receive medical advice from the comforts of their homes, something extremely useful for today’s new normal.

How to get your business back on track after COVID-19

By Omar Abdul-Hafiz

After nearly three months of tight measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease, many countries around the world are starting to bring things back to normal at a slow and cautious pace.

In the aftermath of the global coronavirus tragedy, many businesses, big and small, are faced with an urgent need to re-think many of their long-standing plans and strategies.

Assess the damage

The first step to take right after a crisis is to look and assess the damage it has inflicted upon your business, and this damage can take many forms. To put it simply, this article will focus on two major points as far as damage assessment is concerned.

Why healthcare integration is the future of hospital operation

By Cesilia Faustina

The healthcare industry is changing. As we are faced with more and more demands from patients and the healthcare environment itself, things are getting both complicated and difficult. How exactly is somebody supposed to manage different healthcare spending, limited resources and provide great patient care? The answer is, you can’t, not without some innovation at least.

With the talks of flying cars and robot assistants, it is no surprise that the next solution for many healthcare providers includes the use of hospital information systems. 

Where manufacturers are headed in light of uncertainty

By: Cesilia Faustina

Coronavirus has caused great disruption towards global manufacturing and supply chain. Since the start of it all, it has continued to challenge the path our economy is headed towards and witnessing permanent change for our global economy.

This is not a new thing, however; our world has undergone major changes in light of a crisis for years. The Great Depression redefined the way our economy worked and has since affected people impacted until today. World War II also created a major shift in the way manufacturing and the economy worked; many people went unemployed and were forced to shift to different industries, while manufacturing became a powerhouse industry to provide for the war.