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TRICARE says lost backup tapes fall under FTC jurisdiction, not HIPAA, so only offers 90 days of fraud protection. By Neil Versel for InformationWeek A data breach involving nearly 5 million people treated at military healthcare facilities over a 19-year…
By Joe Bormel, M.D., MPH, for Healthcare Informatics The 83rd annual convention of AHIMA is getting underway as I write this, and with it HIM is at the center of the biggest regulatory reforms in most of our careers, ARRA/MU…
By Jaimie Oh for Becker’s Hospital Review The reasons hospital and health system leaders should be concerned with driving down preventable readmissions are clear. Under healthcare reform, healthcare providers with high levels of preventable readmissions face the potential of losing…
Written by Rene Letourneau for Healthcare Finance News In its 2011 annual report on quality and safety released Wednesday, The Joint Commission named the 405 best performing hospitals in the United States. For the first time, the report “Improving America’s…
By Florian Schwiecker for HIT Exchange There’s broad consensus today that automating clinical workflow can help improve patient care and save money. But while many practices are implementing sophisticated EHR systems, their dictation methods haven’t changed much since the 1960s.…
By Marisa Torrieri for Diagnostic Imaging Even if you previously passed on using voice recognition technology, with EHRs and the movement toward integrated healthcare, it might deserve a second look. Like many of his peers who have also practiced medicine…
By Michael E Hilts for Health Management Technology Healthcare CIOs have their hands full with meaningful-use missions and other priorities. But their pockets are fuller, too, with a growing compensation and healthy bonuses. One could say that healthcare chief information…
Written by David Lee Scher, MD, FACP, FACC, FESC, FHRS for Healthcare IT News Blog By all accounts, the current status of adoption of EHR in the USA is slower than anticipated by the government. There are multiple reasons both…
Originally published by AHIMA Problem lists facilitate continuity of patient care by providing a comprehensive and accessible list of patient problems in one place. Problem lists used within health records are a list of illnesses, injuries, and other factors that…
By John Moore for SearchHealthIT.com Health care providers over the years have raised a number of objections to electronic health records — they cost too much, disrupt practices already pressed for time and fail to mesh with the way medical…