The Skyscape Blog
How to Keep Your Smart Device Sanitary
Please raise your hand if you've ever dropped your phone on the ground. You hold your breath as you reach down and pray that your screen hasn't cracked. Flipping it over you find a perfectly smooth screen and you put it back in your pocket and continue with your day....
Telehealth Coding and Billing During COVID-19 for Curbside Consultation vs Doc to Doc vs Formal Consultation
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, Telehealth offers medical practices the ability to continue caring for their patients, both those with and those without COVID-19. In order to mitigate exposure of patients who are sick or at-risk due to other conditions,...
Mobile Secure Communication Increases Patient Engagement
Patient engagement is an important theme discussed by many clinicians and hospital leaders. The healthcare industry is a competitive marketplace where patients have several choices about what doctors to see and what clinics to visit. The term “patient engagement”...
When you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em
Recently, I attended a Rewards & Recognition gala in Boston, where many of our physician friends were present. Physician Burnout During social hour and discussion, we talked about the topic that invariably creeps up in such groups. It was about growing...
Telemedicine and COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the healthcare system. It is with science, technology, and communication that we will ultimately conquer this virus. Telemedicine and virtual communication technologies are stepping into the spotlight to...
UPDATE: Buzz has come up with latest solution and new look
Buzz is HIPPA-secure platform that simplifies real-time and on-the-go communication between healthcare providers within and outside of an institution. The app is sleek, easy to use, and supports texting, dictation, private calling, and file sharing. All totally...
Emerging Trends: The HOME in Home Care
When recovering from a hospitalization or managing a chronic condition, there’s no place quite like home. As hospitals continue to use innovative payment models, Home Care will be increasingly popular and important in providing quality healthcare. Home Care is all...
How Google is NOT helping, but hurting small businesses in this COVID-19 pandemic
Skyscape’s trusted content App, on Infectious Disease released and available since 2015, has been removed by Google unilaterally from its Play Store, citing “Sensitive Events”. This is trusted content, editorially prepared with clinically relevant information,...
Smart Device Academic Policy
If your school or program is considering instituting a mobile program into their curriculum, then you might need to develop an academic policy to keep everything in check. Below we have a general outline of an academic policy that can help you develop your own....
Physician Burnout: Causes, Effects and Remedies
Physician burnout is an epidemic prevailing today in the medical profession. A study shows that on an average 1 in 3 US doctors at any given time suffer from physician burnout. Recent survey in the US shows that physician burnout rates are higher than 50%. These...
