This commentary on a case analyzes how integrating ambient listening and transcription technologies powered by artificial intelligence into the electronic health record documentation process influences documentation practices and clinical encounters. The commentary offers best-practice recommendations for informed consent processes and…
This case report describes a woman in her 50s who presented for evaluation of fatigue and exertional dyspnea.
This case report describes a 73-year-old man with a type B aortic dissection and quadriplegia.
This JAMA Insights examines the efficacy, adverse effects, and best approach to combining metabolic and bariatric surgery with weight loss medications for the treatment of obesity.
Importance Since the start of the 21st century, more than 800 000 firearm deaths and more than 2 million firearm injuries have occurred in the US. All categories of firearm violence—homicide, suicide, unintentional—result in reverberating harms to individuals, families, communities, and society….
Advance care planning is a billable, face-to-face service between a physician (or other provider) and a patient and/or surrogate to discuss and make known the patient’s health care wishes in case the patient becomes unable to make health care decisions…
CMS defines a template as a “tool/instrument/interface that assists in documenting a progress note.” Physicians and other licensed independent providers routinely create their own and may even collaborate with other colleagues and care team members to develop effective templates. However,…
In many health care settings, a procedure or service is reviewed by a certified professional coder or other billing specialist before being submitted as a claim to the payer. In some instances, CPT codes and/or the associated diagnosis codes need…
A lack of clarity and awareness exists around circumstances in which FQHCs can bill for more than one visit on the same day for the same patient. This confusion can create unnecessary burdens for both physicians and patients. Such burdens…
The use of text-based secure messaging platforms has increased as a means of clinician-to-clinician and clinician-to-patient communication. As some organizations require that only physicians respond to all patient portal messages, there exists confusion around whether non-physicians may respond to these…
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