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About Stacey Schaefer

Stacey Schaefer is Vice President Clinical Operations for HybridChart. She has spent the last twenty-five years in Healthcare executive leadership, clinic/hospital administration and physician recruiting/relations/retention. She resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

April 2018

Revenue Cycle Managers: Are you Looking for a Tool to Significantly Reduce Your Client’s Days in AR?

By |2024-01-17T14:11:34-07:00April 30th, 2018|Rounding Software|

According to the ONC, 96% of hospitals are now reporting certified EHR use.  Most clinicians, especially physicians, seem to be less than thrilled with the technology.  Why? Because, most medical technology isn’t created by developers with a medical background or experience.  The end product?  Clunky software that isn’t intuitive to a physician’s workflow, needs, or desires.  Even so, more providers [...]

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Winning the Masters

By |2024-01-17T14:11:34-07:00April 11th, 2018|Rounding Software|

Golf enthusiasts got an electrifying finish to one of the greatest tournaments in the world on Sunday. Were you watching the Masters?  Rory couldn’t catch him.  Jordan did everything humanly possible shooting a stunning 9 under—nearly breaking a course record for Sunday play at the Masters.  And Rickie, still seeking a major, made Reed earn the [...]

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What Has Happened to Phone and Email Etiquette?

By |2024-01-17T14:11:34-07:00April 2nd, 2018|Rounding Software|

What in the world has happened to the basic, professional etiquette of returning a phone call or email?  Are you with me?! The average number of emails sent and received in one day is approximately 140.  We are overwhelmed and cannot keep up. The question is: how do you build or maintain relationships if you [...]

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March 2018

So Much Wasted Time!

By |2024-01-17T14:11:34-07:00March 23rd, 2018|Rounding Software|

Have you ever stopped to think how much time you waste in doing certain things? How about wasted time in a car? Or wasted time spent waiting on hold on the phone? Or wasted time when you are standing in a line waiting to purchase something? SO. MUCH. WASTED. TIME. Alas! Multi-tasking can be the [...]

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Attention Hospital Administrators: Are Your Providers Engaged?

By |2024-01-17T14:11:35-07:00March 16th, 2018|Practice Improvement|

Attention Hospital Administrators: Are Your Providers Engaged? Whether your hospital employs most of your providers or if they are independent, physician engagement should be at the top of your priority list. Why is this important? A recent survey by Gallup highlighted the importance of engaged physicians and determined there was a 26% increase in productivity [...]

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Practice Managers: Are You Providing Effective Tools for Your Providers?

By |2024-01-17T14:11:35-07:00March 12th, 2018|Rounding Software|

Technology-driven changes, from meaningful use to ICD-10, are key administrative tasks that are taking up valuable time for providers across the country. From regulatory and insurance requirements to struggles with implementing and operating EHR systems, physicians are increasingly struggling to squeeze patient encounters in-between bouts of paperwork and other red tape. Patient care has gotten [...]

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Technology and Moving Healthcare FORWARD

By |2024-01-17T14:11:35-07:00March 5th, 2018|Rounding Software|

In an era of demand for instant access and communication, technology certainly has fueled the fire. Over the last few decades, healthcare has changed drastically as to how providers diagnose and deliver healthcare to communities.  Patient portals, telemedicine and mobile technology are a few examples in how and where patients receive treatment and access medical [...]

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February 2018

Improving Healthcare Delivery through Mobile Health

By |2024-01-17T14:11:36-07:00February 16th, 2018|Rounding Software|

Technology is rapidly changing the delivery of healthcare. However, most of that technology is NOT designed or developed by people with healthcare backgrounds, expertise or experience. And, even more certainly, it is not traditionally being built by providers, nurses or healthcare experts. What we get then, is non-intuitive software that frustrates its end users. What [...]

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You Can’t Afford Denials

By |2024-01-17T14:11:37-07:00February 2nd, 2018|Practice Improvement|

According to the Medical Billing Advocates of America, 1 in 7 of all healthcare claims are denied and CMS reportedly denies 9.9% of claims submitted. Denials happen for a variety of reasons ranging from improper coding by providers to technical errors made by administrative staff. What’s outrageous is that nearly half of all denials never [...]

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January 2018

Attention Physicians: Time or Money…Which is MORE Valuable?

By |2024-01-17T14:11:38-07:00January 22nd, 2018|Disruptive Behavior, Rounding Software|

Should you choose time over money, or money over time? This is one of those so-called dilemmas of happiness that isn't really a dilemma at all, because the answer is…choose both! Really, how? We all know that Healthcare is in a state of crisis. Recently, a healthcare executive from one of the largest systems in [...]

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