With World Health Day upon us once again, PYP keeps bringing you the latest and greatest in health IT.
Celebrated annually on April 7, World Health Day is held to mark the founding of the World Health Organization and used as an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to global health. This year’s theme is high blood pressure/hypertension awareness.
Remind your patients that reducing salt intake, eating a balanced diet, avoiding the harmful use of alcohol, regular exercise, maintaining healthy body weight, and avoiding tobacco use can all contribute to healthy blood pressure.
Now that we’ve accomplished our World Health Day duty, let’s take a minute to recap this week at Power Your Practice.
Texting, social media, and emails are all slippery slopes when it comes to doctor-patient privacy issues. Learn how HIPAA feels about doctors using alternative forms of communication to contact patients.
This free webinar will show you how to get the most out of your PM/EHR system. Listen to an actual practice discuss practice management issues in the 21st century.
If you’ve ever coded medical services, you know that correctly applying CPT modifiers isn’t always a walk in the park. In this article, we take a look at the 3 most misused modifiers: 59, 25 and 91.
Unfortunately, medical data security breaches are a larger part of practicing medicine than they should be. In fact, 19% of medical providers experienced a security breach in 2012. What do you do if your practice experiences a security dilemma?
Dr. Parkinson’s patients schedule appointments and enter symptoms using his private Google Calendar. On his end, Dr. Parkinson receives iPhone alerts, makes house calls, and collects reimbursements through PayPal. Learn more about how this Brooklyn physician succeeded using an online model of patient care.
Until next week, stay healthy friends.
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