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Healthcare Laws vs. Newton’s Laws

WebHealthcare Laws vs. Newton’s Laws. Published on March 1, 2011. Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP. Newton’s Third Law: “To every action there is always an equal …

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Making ‘Nice’ Can Make a Difference in Patient Outcomes

WebIn the information age, images of the kindly, benevolent physician may conjure up quaint memories of Marcus Welby, but an article just published in The New …

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Image Check: Impact of Employee Appearance on the Patient …

WebUrgent message: Patients often infer quality on the basis of outward appearances. Adopting a policy that addresses clothing, grooming, and body art can help …

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Who Owns Patient Medical Records

WebThe U.S. does not have a federal law that states who owns medical records, although it is clear under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) …

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Patients vs Consumers—What’s the Correct Term in Urgent Care

WebThis is revealing, and clearly casts the urgent care user as less a patient, (in either sense of the word) and far more a consumer in most encounters. People are less …

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How Urgent Care Cultivates Competition in Healthcare

WebUrgent message: U.S. healthcare has been a monolith of inefficiency, limited access, and untenable costs for decades, due mainly to a lack of healthy …

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Urgent Care Transfers: Why, When, and How

WebUrgent message: Urgent care is well established as an appropriate destination for many patients whose symptoms are not being limb- or life-threatening. When a truly …

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Optimizing Tax ID Numbers, and Coding for Health Risk …

WebAn Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) form is completed by clinical staff. Code 96160 can be billed for scoring of the standardized instrument for the patient. The …

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Law Enforcement and Healthcare: When Consent, Privacy, and …

WebUrgent message: Urgent care providers are likely to encounter law enforcement officers in the workplace at some point—and to be asked to comply with …

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HIPAA-Compliant Disclosure in Workers’ Compensation

WebUrgent care operators should understand that all covered entities are required by law to reasonably limit the amount of protected health information disclosed under 45 …

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2023 Trends for Urgent Care

WebPublished on December 30, 2022. Urgent Message: Five trends will drive urgent care strategy in 2023, including its continued response to COVID-19, building bridges with the …

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The Role of Urgent Care in an Integrated Care System

WebUrgent message: This exclusive interview with Intermountain Medical Group Chief Executive Officer Linda Leckman, MD, illustrates how urgent care can improve …

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Psychiatric treatment as an urgent care model

WebUrgent message: Offering mental health services in an urgent care setting could facilitate treatment for conditions such as depression and help eliminate the stigma …

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The Rising Importance of Urgent Care in the Fight Against the STI

WebA Role for Urgent Care. In the 1980s and 1990s, most STI care was provided in dedicated STI clinics. Funding cuts at the beginning of this century have led to a …

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New York Occ Med Providers May See More DOT Physicals

WebThe market for conducting Department of Transportation physicals just got a bit more urgent care-friendly in New York. As of June 1, chiropractors are no longer …

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Assessing Patients in the Wake of Motor Vehicle Accidents

WebAccording to the National Center for Health Statistics, motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) accounted for nearly 5 million ED visits in 2006. The diverse injuries may be …

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Understanding the Freestanding Emergency Department …

WebOnly 12% were deemed “emergent,” requiring a treatment in less than 15 minutes. Thirty-nine percent were triaged as “urgent,” meaning must be seen in 15 to 60 …

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To Lease or Buy Medical Equipment: What’s Best for Your Practice

WebOn a $35,000 piece of equipment, you’ll pay a monthly payment of $600.83 for 5 years. If you bought it at the end of the lease, you would have paid $36,050 for the …

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How to Successfully Build Out an Urgent Care Center

WebAlways be sure your exterior and exit signage complies with applicable regulations. The above are some general, useful guidelines to keep in mind when …

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Assessment, Intervention, and Disposition of Patients with …

WebChronic conditions When there is a history of chronic psychiatric conditions, the most reason- able intervention may be simply to restart the medication(s) which …

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Build Loyalty by Putting Yourself in the Urgent Care Patient’s Shoes

WebDo you know how to get to the MOB—or are you wondering why you’d even want to go there? More on that in a moment. Successful urgent center centers must …

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Creating an Inclement-Weather Policy for Your Urgent Care Center

WebInclement weather is generally described as a weather condition that causes major blockages of roads and disrupts the operation of schools and businesses in the …

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