Systems Integration


This section includes coverage on the many facets of the revenue cycle food chain for hospitals and physician group practices. Topics span insurance eligibility, charge capture, claims coding, claims submissions, claims clearinghouses, and back-end follow-up with insurance companies to rectify claims denials and resubmission requests.


HIT Vendor Round-up: New Client Wins

Joseph Goedert | Jan 30
A number of health information technology vendors have announced new customer wins in recent days.
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Does the Best Information Worker Arrive by Nature or Nurture?

Jim Ericson - Information Management magazine | Dec 15
I've been following an interesting dialog over at our sister publication Health Data Management, an editorial that said the best choices for careers in health care I.T. systems are those without health care certification or even pure I.T. backgrounds.
Health Analytics
Data Repositories

EHR Game Changer Recipients to be Announced Dec. 21

Greg Gillespie | Dec 14
The recipients of Health Data Management's 2nd Annual EHR Game Changers recognition program will be announced Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Health Analytics
Decision Support

New Owners, Pam Pure Take Reins at HealthMEDX

Joseph Goedert | Dec 14
Two investment firms have acquired long-term care/home health/rehabilitation software vendor HealthMEDX and named industry veteran Pamela Pure as CEO.
EHR
Practice Management

Stress Testing Health Information Management and Governance

Linda L. Kloss | Dec 14
In the engineering field, stress analysis is a discipline that determines whether materials and structures can safely withstand a range of forces or loads.Evidence is mounting that current structures and methods for managing health information are under stress and not adequate ...
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Document Management

IBM, Drug Firms Donate Chemical Data to Life Sciences Researchers

Joseph Goedert | Dec 08
IBM Corp. and four major drug manufacturers have donated to the National Institutes of Health a huge database of chemical data extracted from patents and scientific literature.
Health Analytics
Data Repositories

ONC: Standards for HIE Won't be Optional

Joseph Goedert | Dec 08
In a new blog posting, Doug Fridsma, M.D., of the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT gives an update on efforts to develop standards for the exchange of health information. And he makes clear the standards won't be optional.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

Microsoft Moving Most Health Care Products to GE Joint Venture

Joseph Goedert | Dec 08
Microsoft Corp. is exiting much of its health care-specific application business by moving those products into a joint venture with GE Healthcare.
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Health Analytics
Data Repositories

Humana Buys Analytics Firm Anvita

Joseph Goedert | Dec 07
Health insurer Humana Inc. has acquired Anvita Health, a vendor of clinical data aggregation and analytics software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Health Analytics
Decision Support

Provider, Vendor Work to Put Images on NHIN

Joseph Goedert | Dec 01
Johns Hopkins Medicine and picture archiving and communication systems vendor Heart Imaging Technologies are working to make a Web-based PACS available on the Nationwide Health Information Network.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

Community Hospital Vendor Buys Mexican Counterpart

Joseph Goedert | Nov 30
Austin, Texas-based eCareSoft, a vendor of integrated clinical and financial/administrative information systems for community hospitals, has acquired Mexican hospital I.T. vendor Expert Sistemas Computacionales for an undisclosed sum.
EHR
Revenue Cycle Management

Analyzing the Sharp End of Health Care

Greg Gillespie | Nov 16
Perioperative services account for a huge chunk of hospital revenue, but they also account for a sizable slice of costs and medical errors. At the University of California–Irvine Medical Center, perioperative and anesthesia services were managed with rudimentary information technologies when Zeev Kain, M.D., came on board in 2008 as chairman of anesthesiology and perioperative care.
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Health Analytics
Decision Support

Which comes first? Chargemaster Standardization vs. System Conversion

Nov 09

Like most healthcare organizations, Iowa Health System was struggling to cope with an avalanche of IT projects. Its chargemaster standardization project was 50 percent complete, and they were facing the imminent start of an EPIC conversion. Failing to surmount the challenges would undoubtedly have compromised the clinical and financial goals they had set out to achieve.

To lessen its risk and improve efficiency, Iowa Health embarked upon a rapid standardization effort to meet its deadlines before the looming system conversion date by making smart decisions on healthcare IT technology and processes. Listen to Iowa Health Systems' front-line managers in their rapid standardization effort to learn how they attacked -and ultimately overcame - their challenges through such techniques as automated standardization processes, stakeholder engagement and cost-benefit analyses.

Speakers:
LeAnn Kai, CPC, CBO Billing/Chargemaster/Compliance Manager, Iowa Health System
Stacy King, CPC, CBO Chargemaster Analyst, Iowa Health System
Lyn DeWitt, Business Solutions Consultant, Craneware

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EHR

Some State HIEs, Vendors Agree to Standardize Connectivity

Joseph Goedert | Nov 09
Seven statewide health information exchanges and 11 HIT vendors have agreed to use a set of technical specifications to standardize connectivity between the HIEs, providers and other partners.
EHR
Hardware

HIMSS Expands its I.T. Collaborations

Joseph Goedert | Nov 08
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society will collaborate with two organizations on separate initiatives to advance health information technology initiatives
EHR
Health Info Exchange
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