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Reaction to ICD-10 delay a mixed bag among health care CIOs
Some health IT leaders don't see value in CMS's promised ICD-10 delay. Even more wonder where to find the ROI in using ICD-10. The impact of the 'unfunded mandate' is being felt.News | Tue Mar 13 14:43:22 EDT 2012
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Health care professionals can go online for ICD-10 coding resources
The American Health Information Management Association has launched an online learning program to help coders and other professionals get a jump start on ICD-10 coding.Podcast
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ICD-11
The International Classification of Disease, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11) is a system of medical coding created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for documenting diseases, signs and symptoms, diagnoses and social circumstances.Definition
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Don't delay transition to ICD-10, experts warn
Even if training doctors is hard, coding has been outsourced and the C-suite remains unconvinced, health care organizations should not delay their ICD-10 preparations any longer.News | Fri Jan 06 10:05:50 EST 2012
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HIPAA 5010 goes online: CIO's troubleshooting list
Health care CIOs played an integral part in HIPAA 5010 implementation. Now that it's online, they're helping finance monitor transactions and keep revenue streaming in.News | Wed Jan 04 13:35:37 EST 2012
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Three trends that will stimulate health IT innovation in 2012
The federal government is opening up its health data and its purse to stimulate health IT innovation.News | Tue Jan 03 09:50:20 EST 2012
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The role of ICD-10 codes in health IT
All corners of ICD-10 are covered in this guide including, but not limited to: ICD-10 implementation, transition to new codes, the impact on the U.S. health care industry and in-depth coverage from AHIMA 2011.guide
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AMA opposes implementing ICD-10; industry leaders react
The American Medical Association opposes ICD-10 and aims to seek an 'appropriate replacement,' but those who have invested millions in the switch say they won't change their plans.News | Fri Nov 18 10:01:39 EST 2011
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Financial impact of ICD-10 transition hard to ignore
Even with the best laid plans, the ICD-10 transition may be rough for providers. To minimize the financial impact in the months after October 2013, place pressure on payers.News | Thu Nov 17 11:19:05 EST 2011
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Easing ICD-10 adoption with coding, transcription systems
Transcription helps physicians improve documentation, while computer-assisted coding helps billing get the right ICD-10 code. That chain reaction could make ICD-10 easier to bear.News | Thu Nov 17 11:00:48 EST 2011
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Speakers: There's no U.S. physician shortage, just poor utilization
ACO proponents say the U.S. physician shortage doesn't exist -- it's just a matter of very poor utilization.News | Mon May 21 11:18:14 EDT 2012
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Pharmas show future of meaningful use, clinical data analytics
What on earth will we do with all the bits and bytes collected via meaningful use criteria? Clinical data analytics, that's what. Pharmas already are launching pilot projects.News | Mon Apr 30 09:21:17 EDT 2012
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Debunking the myths of the NIST EHR Usability Protocol
NIST EHR Usability Protocol measures how likely your software will – or won't – introduce certain errors during patient care, and puts results in standard industry format.Tip
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Meaningful use stage 2 cannot succeed without learning from stage 1
When health care gets started with meaningful use stage 2, the lessons of stage 1 will still apply. That will mean proving ROI, aligning workflows and educating physicians again.Tip
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Health IT leaders put meaningful use stage 2 in context
U.S. CTO Todd Park, health IT coordinator Farzad Mostashari and policy experts John Halamka and Ashish Jha weigh in meaningful use stage 2 and open health data initiatives.News | Mon Apr 09 21:22:04 EDT 2012
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IHT2 summit attendees identify 20 health IT challenges
The C-level health care executives at this conference list paper records, infrastructure, poor strategic vision and absent standards among their toughest obstacles to IT success.News | Fri Apr 06 09:53:26 EDT 2012
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Comparing health care data security compliance to other industries
Thanks to inconsistent enforcement, security risks worry health care CIOs more than their colleagues in other industries. The silver lining: Risk assessment plans are in place.News | Tue Apr 03 13:25:03 EDT 2012
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Negotiate contracts with EHR software vendors now, avoid trouble later
Cloud service providers are complicating the standard EHR vendor contract. As it turns out, providers should be altering these before signing on the dotted line anyway.Tip
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Mostashari's meaningful use stage 2 vision for patient data access
Meaningful use stage 2 commences the creation of "building blocks" to enable patient portals, "blue button" style downloads, or even patient data access through HIE.Tip
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ONC health interoperability initiative still under construction
Health data interoperability is easier said in meaningful use than done out in the real world. Just ask the CIOs and health information exchanges trying to make it happen.News | Mon Mar 05 17:56:29 EST 2012
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Speakers: There's no U.S. physician shortage, just poor utilization
ACO proponents say the U.S. physician shortage doesn't exist -- it's just a matter of very poor utilization.News | Mon May 21 11:18:14 EDT 2012
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Finding a modernized data backup solution for health care
Health care organizations are required by HIPAA to create and maintain data backups. This tip explains how to choose a data backup solution that works for your organization.Tip
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Telemedicine urgent care delivery model extends provider reach
Experts from the ATA 2012 conference predict telemedicine urgent care delivery models will become the norm in 5 years, despite some clinical limitations.News | Tue May 01 10:00:58 EDT 2012
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American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional organization dedicated to helping health care professionals manage personal health information in their effort to provide quality health care to the public.Definition
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National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT)
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology, or NAHIT, was formed in 2002 in an effort to promote the use of health IT.Definition
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How the team approach to health care impacts clinical data governance
Health care reform and the ACO model promote a team approach to care delivery. This means tackling the tough tasks of first harmonizing data and then making it readily available.Tip
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IHT2 summit attendees identify 20 health IT challenges
The C-level health care executives at this conference list paper records, infrastructure, poor strategic vision and absent standards among their toughest obstacles to IT success.News | Fri Apr 06 09:53:26 EDT 2012
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HIPAA Security Rule
The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information, commonly known as the HIPAA Security Rule, establishes national standards for securing patient data that is stored or transferred electronically.Definition
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HIPAA Privacy Rule
The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, commonly known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule, establishes the first national standards to protect patients' personal health information (PHI).Definition
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electronic protected health information (ePHI)
Electronic protected health information (ePHI) refers to any protected health information (PHI) that is covered under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) security regulations and is produced, saved, transferred or received in an electronic form.Definition
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Do small providers need enterprise data warehouses to join ACOs?
It's looking more as though small clinics and hospitals will have to set up enterprise data warehouses to participate in ACOs and other quality-based reimbursement programs.News | Mon Apr 02 10:18:54 EDT 2012
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Proposed meaningful use stage 2 criteria
The meaningful use stage 2 proposed rule is here. These charts list the core and menu requirements, the philosophy behind them and how they have changed since stage 1.Tip
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Meaningful use stage 2's bumpy landing at HIMSS 2012
Meaningful use stage 2 will finally see release, but not during HIMSS 2012 as expected. Watching the waiting game unfold made for fascinating, if also uneasy, theater.News | Thu Feb 23 16:18:17 EST 2012
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Connectivity docs will need for Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
CMS's care coordination pilot could signal the start of medical homes for solo physicians and group practices, but it will require some IT infrastructure to get off the ground.News | Wed Feb 08 10:49:11 EST 2012
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Photoshop feature raises image integrity issues
This reader feedback questions Photoshop’s role in radiology given integrity and quality issues.Feedback
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Hospital quality measures required by meaningful use
To receive HITECH Act money, hospitals must report on 15 hospital quality measures. This tip identifies those measures and describes how reports should be sent to the government.Tip
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Clinical quality measures required by meaningful use
To receive HITECH Act incentives, eligible providers must report on six of 44 clinical quality measures. This tip identifies those measures and explains how to send reports to HHS.Tip
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PQRI program, meaningful use have headaches in common
Providers participating in the PQRI program now know what to expect when it comes to reporting for meaningful use. Some wonder how palatable the new program really will be.News | Thu Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2010
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a U.S. government agency that functions as a part of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to support research to help improve the quality of health care.Definition
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NQF leader on using EHR technology to report health quality measures
Dr. Floyd Eisenberg of the National Quality Forum discusses some of the challenges in using EHR technology to report health quality measures, and what the NQF is doing to help.Video
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