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Corneal Abrasion with Stromal Stain
Case Study: A 22-year-old man who wears daily disposable soft contact lenses presented with a painful, red right eye for 5 days duration. He last wore his contact lenses for 3 hours at the gym, 3 days before the initial onset. He reported that he does not regularly use any contact lens care systems. Upon…
How COVID-19 Is Changing Ophthalmic Care
The current COVID-19 pandemic requires rethinking some procedural protocols in ophthalmology practice.
What to Do When Vendors Fail
NRC Health, a software and patient satisfaction survey provider holding data from more than 25 million patients, was locked out of its computer system in February because of a ransomware attack.
Getting Patients to Pay Their Bills
By connecting on a personal level, medical practices may have better results in getting patients to settle their accounts.
Back to Basics: Focus on Risk Assessments for HIPAA Compliance
Regardless of the challenges a smaller group might have, a risk assessment is a baseline for any HIPAA program. The cost of this assessment is considerably less than a HIPAA fine.
Keeping Health Information Secure in the Cloud
Putting information in the cloud can be a good move for a physician’s practice — but only if done well.
Apologies, Properly Made, Go Far in Maintaining Doctor-Patient Relationships
From an ethical perspective, disclosing adverse events to patients is predicated on the idea that physicians have obligations to tell the truth, but physicians may worry that apologizing will incur greater responsibility for liability.
Protecting Practices From Ransomware
Hackers have penetrated healthcare providers’ computer systems to encrypt information and demand money for its release.
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