Alert fatigue defeats the purpose of EHR medication alerts, according to a recent study that looked at how often medication-related clinical decision alerts were overridden, the reasons given for the overrides, and how appropriate the reasons were.
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Almost half of EHR medication alert overrides are inappropriate
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

Alert fatigue defeats the purpose of EHR medication alerts, according to a recent study that looked at how often medication-related clinical decision alerts were overridden, the reasons given for the overrides, and how appropriate the reasons were.
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When it comes to charge capture accuracy, the clinical department needs to be responsible for missing charges. They know their procedures best. It’s their opportunity to go back to their staff and see how they missed the charge in the first place.

– Bruce Preston, CPC, revenue integrity director at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta
 
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Caregiver stress increases ED visits and healthcare costs
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Sometimes it’s the condition of the caregiver, not the patient, that prompts a visit to the ED. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, this problem is not only resulting in unnecessary ED visits, but in higher costs.
 

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Q&A: ICD-10-CM documentation for congestive heart failure
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Q: When it comes to conditions not related to hypertension, is it sufficient to attribute the diagnosis to another etiology or does the provider need to specifically document that the congestive heart failure is not due to hypertension?

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