EHR

EHRs are used in both inpatient and ambulatory settings to document care and share information across departments. Topics include: vendor selection, system deployment, and workflow analysis. On the inpatient side, best-of-breed versus single source is a perennial debate as CIOs automate the widely diverse departments under their purview, such as the surgical suite, radiology and intensive care. On the ambulatory side, group practices wrestle with physician productivity issues and creating interfaces to outside service partners such as labs.

60 Seconds Smarter: ICD-10

May 06

The tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases is set to be rolled out in the United States, and getting smarter about ICD-10 is critical for all industry stakeholders.

Coding

Disease Management

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Vendor News

Do You Know a ‘Health I.T. Young Blood’ ? – Contest Underway

Gary Baldwin | May 06

Entries are now being accepted for the second annual “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data Management. The contest recognizes the technology accomplishments of clinicians, administrators and I.T. staff in the health care industry. Staff members age 35 years or younger who work for health care delivery systems, physician group practices, health plans, government or regulatory agencies, member associations and data exchanges are eligible (employees of I.T. software, services and consulting firms are not eligible).

Free Software to Aid Analysis of Medicare Claims Data

Joseph Goedert | May 03

Archimedes Inc. is offering free data analytics software to analyze Medicare claims data from 2008 through 2010 under a collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Coding

Electronic Data Interchange

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Revenue Cycle Management

Policy & Regulation

AHIMA: Need More Research on EHRs & Billing

Joseph Goedert | May 03

The American Health Information Management Association is urging more research on the causes of higher levels of coding and reimbursement through the use of electronic health records.

Coding

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Document Management

Premier Survey: I.T. Top Capital Investment for Hospitals

Joseph Goedert | May 03

In the Spring 2013 Economic Outlook from provider alliance Premier Inc. that included surveying 530 hospitals and health systems, 43 percent of respondents expect health information technology and telecommunications to be its largest capital investment during the next year.

Hospitals

Chronic Care

Coding

Health Info Exchange

Revenue Cycle & Payments

How the 'Million Hearts' Program Improves Cardio Care

Joseph Goedert | May 02

A free Web seminar on May 7 will feature two provider organizations discussing how they are using health information technology under the federally sponsored Million Hearts program to help reduce patients’ blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Chronic Care

Decision Support

Disease Management

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation

Editor's Note: Analyzing the Real World

Greg Gillespie | May 01

A recent report by research firm IDC Health Insights tagged analytics as the No. 1 technology priority for organizations engaging in accountable care.

Data Repositories

Decision Support

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Revenue Cycle Management

Consumer Health

Chronic Care

He Wrote the Book

Elizabeth Gardner | May 01

If you want to explain to people in other industries exactly what you do and why it's so interesting and challenging, Phil Fasano has written a book for you to give them.

Hardware

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Consumer Health

Decision Support

Chronic Care

Disease Management

WOW! Or is it MOW?

Elizabeth Gardner | May 01

Carts evolve from workstations on wheels to medication delivery on wheels.

Medication Management

Hospitals

Group Practices

Decision Support

Mobile Technology

Ready or Not, Here Come HIPAA Audits

Joseph Goedert | May 01

As the feds ramp up enforcement of privacy and security rules, providers look to fill protection gaps.

Data Security

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Top HIS Vendors by Revenue

Vince Ciotti and Bob Alcaro | May 01

How does your HIS vendor rank in terms of annual revenue?

Hospitals

Vendor News

Want to Impress OCR During a HIPAA Audit? Write a Book

Joseph Goedert | May 01

Here is a tutorial from the Cleveland Clinic on maximizing proof of HIPAA privacy/security rule compliance through organized documentation by making a Book of Evidence.

Data Security

Consumer Health

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Vendor News

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

NIST Updates Commonly Used I.T. Security Guidelines

Joseph Goedert | May 01

The federal government’s foundational computer security guide, also applicable to and used in the private sector, has been revised and now is available.

Data Security

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

The Goal: Better Use of Patient-Reported Information

Joseph Goedert | Apr 30

In recent years, patient portals, secure e-mail messaging software and patient kiosks in provider facilities have significantly increased the generating of electronically captured patient self-reported health information.

Consumer Health

Data Repositories

Group Practices

Hospitals

Health Info Exchange

Policy & Regulation

HHS/OCR Content Explains HIPAA Nuances for Consumers, Providers

Joseph Goedert | Apr 30

The HHS Office for Civil Rights has put together a package of new and existing content to help consumers and providers better understand the HIPAA privacy and security rules. The office enforces the rules.

Consumer Health

Data Security

Decision Support

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Payers