Welcome to this week's edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the web to help you learn what's next.
- Mobile health apps can save time for physicians and provide better access to health services for patients, especially those living in remote areas -- How health care apps can improve patient health and support physicians (Forbes)
- In a recent Gallup poll, Americans ranked the pharmaceutical industry most negatively among 25 industries. Here's why -- Pharma's image 'never been lower,' Gallup poll finds (Becker's Hospital Review)
- "Just as small holes in a ship can eventually lead to a catastrophic sinking, small holes in your communication can sink your practice as well," Josh Weiner writes. Here are reasons communication can break down and strategies to enhance it -- Want better outcomes? Improve patient communication (Medical Economics)
- Home infusion care is a safe and cost-effective option for patients, research shows -- Industry voices -- research shows how home infusion care can help achieve the cost, access, quality trifecta (Fierce Healthcare)
- Almost 10% of claims are denied on the first try. These four strategies may improve your chances of success when resubmitting a claim -- Resubmitting claims: Get it right the second time (Physicians Practice)
Lisa Grabl is president of the locum tenens division of CompHealth, the nation's largest locum tenens physician staffing company and a leader in permanent and temporary allied healthcare staffing. She has worked in healthcare staffing for more than 18 years.