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Article: Positive productivity, better billing: workflow software provides the right communication solution for hospital specialists--and delivers an unexpected financial boost too. (Workflow Automation).
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- Health Management Technology
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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Beyond the center-stage portion of its mission statement--delivering quality care to its patient population--every hospital must manage the clinical communication challenges and administration requirements that support its mission.
Without streamlined and automated communication among clinicians, the best specialists are inefficient and referring physicians are frustrated. Without accurate coding and billing, no hospital can afford to provide treatment for very long. Without precise data capture and meaningful data manipulation, coding, billing, reimbursement and quality improvement remain difficult.
During the past three years, our hospital has ...