Health Care eBooks
The FierceHealthcare eBook library contains in-depth analyses of issues and challenges in healthcare, health technology, and health finance. Our expert editors provide their opinions and interview other industry leaders to explore topics beyond the headlines. Each eBook is available in PDF format for easy viewing.
Selecting the Right EHR System for Your Physician Practice (October 2011)
Discover real-world guidance on selecting the right EMR system for your practice; motivation & reasons to make the switch; and a buying guide for first-time EHR users. Click here to download this eBook now!
Hospital Revenue Cycle: Successful Strategies to Boost the Bottom Line (September 2011)
Examine three critical areas of the revenue cycle from front to back. Click here to download this eBook now!
ACOs: The Game-Changing Lessons That Payers & Providers Have Already Learned (July 2011)
Gain insight into the many unknowns that surround this highly anticipated and controversial care model--from start-up costs and IT requirements to care coordination and payer involvement. Click here to download this eBook now!
Taking Your Clinical Career to the Next Level: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (May 2011)
This free eBook from FierceHealthcare highlights the many different career paths available to nurses and physicians wishing to expand their careers, such as by moving clinical informatics, the C-suite, or transitioning to such emerging niches as fitness nursing. Click here to download today. Click here to download this eBook now!
Payer IT Solutions: Tackling the Toughest Regulatory Challenges
This FREE eBook from FierceHealthPayer delves into the IT strategies that payers are employing to comply with some of the toughest new regulations and mandates, including ICD-10, new medical loss ratios, strict new privacy rules and more. Click here to download this eBook now!
Health Payer Innovations: Strategies For Recruiting And Retaining New Members
This new, FREE eBook from FierceHealthPayer highlights the successful strategies some of the nation’s leading health plans are using to attract and retain members, including through their use of social media; personal health coaching programs and email and web-based outreach. Click here to download this eBook now!
Connected Health: Harnessing Telemedicine to Facilitate Remote Diagnosis and Consultation
This eBook explores the myriad issues surrounding telemedicine, delves into some specific case studies and discusses how telecommunications and related technology affect physician, nurse and hospital workflow. Click here to download this eBook now!
RAC Audit Survival Guide: Strategies to Prevent Audits and Minimize Their Impact
This is no routine claims audit! Aimed at sniffing out fraud, waste and abuse, the controversial RAC program has already identified hundreds of millions of dollars in improperly paid Medicare claims and continues rolling on, full-steam ahead. But with these contractors collecting upwards of 12% of the recovered amount, many hospital leaders say the RACs are overly aggressive "bounty hunters" who indiscriminately target legitimate claims – knowing that 70% of provider appeals will be rejected. This eBook will arm you with critical intelligence from the 2009 RAC audits so you can position your hospital to quickly and strategically respond to denied claims, successfully challenge RAC recoupments during an appeal and avoid RAC findings in the first place. Read more...
Improving the Informed Consent Process
Informed consent can be difficult to accomplish in practice, especially in the high pressure, fast-paced environment of a hospital. Common issues include patients signing forms without reading them or silencing questions. Healthcare professionals also have less time to get to know patients or pick up on cultural and literacy obstacles. In this new whitepaper from Krames, you'll learn how to improve the informed consent process to equip patients and healthcare professional to improve overall patient care. Click here to download.
Taking Patient Education to a New Level
Once upon a time, patient education consisted of a clinician talking and a patient listening—and maybe a sheet of paper to take home. But that just doesn’t cut it anymore. Studies show that informed patients get better care. Informed patients are more likely to actively engage in their care, contribute to decisions about their care, and follow through with treatments. They also feel more confident and comfortable asking questions and speaking up when something seems amiss, which can lead to increased patient safety and improved outcomes. Click here to download.
