Article Archive for March 2015
An Interpretation Challenge
For months, no years, we have been talking about the ramifications of the ICD-10 coding classification transition and the changes that will result, the training that was needed, and the preparation that cannot be put …
Compliance Improves Care
Using electronic health records (EHRs) to understand the best available treatment for patients is what they were created for in the beginning. They can also be less costly for taxpayers than the existing clinical trial process. This …
Technology Can Guide Healthy Decisions
Advances in informatics, biometrics, and other smart technologies promise to dramatically affect how health care is delivered. Patients may become more empowered and disease prevention, rather than the treatment of illness, more central. And the opportunity …
Managing the Change
The healthcare industry is a key piece of most regional economies, and government and private institutions are amplifying the existing infrastructure with hundreds of millions of dollars meant to improve healthcare delivery and research. Insurance News Net …
Registration Extended for Medical Informatics World Conference
Still haven’t decided whether to attend the Third Annual Medical Informatics World Conference in May? If you decide today, you can save $200 on the registration fee.
Held each year in Boston, Medical Informatics World connects …
Stepping Up
The reports of fraud continue as more people apparently try to take advantage of the Medicare and Medicaid system for profit. This time the news is from Massachusetts and was brought to us from by …
Speak My Language
ICD-10 is talked about so much in the world of health care and healthcare information technology that it is easy to forget that to the average person, ICD-10 might sound like a government form or …
Increased Productivity Through Enjoyment
Most healthcare providers are working hard to be prepared for the ICD-10 coding classification transition that takes place this fall. Training staff is a key component of that process. Some are taking a light-hearted approach …
Critical Failure
Two separate electronic health record (EHR) system failures at California hospitals earlier this year bring an issue to light that many fear is under-reported. This information came to us from Healthcare Dive in their article, “How …
Improving Data, Improving Lives
We talk a lot about how electronic health records (EHRs) are the best tool for collaboration and improving patient care by sharing vital information relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Patient engagement is …
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