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CIO Survey: EHRs are Still Slow, Time-Consuming

By Rajiv Leventhal for  Healthcare Informatics Despite significant progress in electronic health record (EHR) adoption, the road is still paved with pitfalls for many providers, according to new analysis from research firm Frost & Sullivan.The survey was in conjunction with the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), and primarily targeted CIOs working in mid-to-large…

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In Liberia, Ebola Survivors Find They Have Superpowers

By Brad Wieners for Bloomberg Businessweek Yesterday, Dr. Darin Portnoy, a family physician from the Bronx, completed his first rounds—60 patients, five of them children—in an Ebola ward of a treatment center in Paynesville, about 250 miles southeast of Monrovia, Liberia. He’s been impressed from the start by the efficiency of the clinic, but what…

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ICD-10: Why Should the CEO Care?

By Marty Fattig for Hospital & Health Networks The transition to ICD-10 may have been delayed a year, but that doesn’t mean hospital executives can tune out what’s happening in their organizations. It is up to the CEOs to make sure that their organizations have smooth transitions. Well, they put off ICD-10 implementation once again…

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CMS releases final 2015 payment rules for Medicare: 10 things to know

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital CFO CMS has released the final rules regarding Medicare payments to physicians, non-physician practitioners, hospital outpatient departments, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis facilities that treat patients with end-stage renal disease. Here are 10 things to know about the final 2015 payment rules. CMS released policy and payment changes to…

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100 healthcare statistics to know

By Shannon Barnet for Becker’s Hospital Review The term “healthcare” encompasses a wide variety of issues ranging from insurance coverage controversies and workforce compensation trends to prescription drug administration and health information technology. Being able to master all matters of healthcare would likely take an inordinate amount of time, which is why Becker’s Hospital Review…

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How to mitigate the revenue cycle impact of the ICD-10 delay

By Jen Bresnick for RevCycle Intelligence October 1, 2014 was supposed to be the beginning of the ICD-10 era in the United States, but once again the industry is facing a new implementation date after Congressional action in April. While the one-year delay does give some organizations a much-needed breathing space to ramp up testing,…

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Journalists struggle to balance reporting on Ebola with HIPAA

By Al Tompkins for Poynter. Journalists covering the Ebola story are struggling to find a balance between patients’ rights, the public’s need to know what is going on and the uncomfortable feeling that innocent people caught up in this story will be “marked” for life. A little more than a week ago, Nina Pham was…

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Doctors Find Barriers to Sharing Digital Medical Records

By Julie Creswell for The New York Times As a practicing ear, nose and throat specialist in Ahoskie, N.C., Dr. Raghuvir B. Gelot says that little has frustrated him more than the digital record system he installed a few years ago. The problem: His system, made by one company, cannot share patient records with the…

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Medicare Fines 2,610 Hospitals In Third Round Of Readmission Penalties

By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News Medicare is fining a record number of hospitals – 2,610 – for having too many patients return within a month for additional treatments, federal records released Wednesday show. Even though the nation’s readmission rate is dropping, Medicare’s average fines will be higher, with 39 hospitals receiving the largest…

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Texas Health backs off statement blaming EHR flaw for missed Ebola diagnosis

Written by Helen Gregg for Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review Texas Health Resources has backtracked on a statement released Thursday that said a workflow flaw in the EHR led to a missed Ebola diagnosis at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. The patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, presented at the hospital’s emergency department Sept. 25. He…

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