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The growth in the healthcare industry is an interesting situation, really.
Healthcare groups want to grow in size, they want to see more patients, but of course they also want to cut costs. As a physician sees more patients, more documents are generated which need to be processed by the HIM department for inclusion into the patient’s medical record. More work is created for the HIM department, so how do they account for this increase in work? Hire more staff? That would be the logical answer, but they’re TRYING TO CUT COSTS, remember? More importantly, what if the current HIM processes are inefficient?
The healthcare infographic below takes an in-depth look at this seldom discussed facet of the healthcare landscape. The data raises some interesting questions. Are HIM departments headed for major issues? Do organizations know their true costs of processing medical documents? Is this inevitable increase in document processing possible without adding more staff (read: adding additional costs)? Take a look at the data in the healthcare infographic and see for yourself.
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Sources: bls.gov and 2014 DISC Corporation Client Study
As healthcare organizations grow the size of their physician groups and physicians are pressured to see more patients in order to increase revenue for said organization, the increased workload has a direct effect on the HIM department.
Do you see the issue? Requiring your HIM department to process more documents is going to result in higher operational costs. Requiring your HIM department to process more documents using inefficient processes is going to increase those costs exponentially. How is your organization going to manage this change, do you have a plan? Click below to see how DISC Corporation can help.
What do you think about the healthcare infographic? Leave us your comments below and let us know what this data means to you and your organization.
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