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By Helen Gregg for Becker’s Health IT President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 reflects his commitment to advancing health IT by maintaining or increasing funding to several key agencies. The proposed budget allocates $75 million to the ONC to help the department continue its efforts to support the adoption of electronic health…
By Kris B. Mamula for Pittsburgh Business Times The data spill affecting UPMC employees has grown, snaring 322 workers as of Wednesday, up from 22 employees two weeks ago, the health care system said Friday. Fraudsters have used UPMC employee data to electronically file phony income tax returns in an identity theft scheme that UPMC…
Dolbey and Company, Inc., which began as a partner and dealer for Thomas A. Edison’s dictation machine company, proudly announces the anniversary of its 100th year in business. In 1914, John Dolbey and Thomas A. Edison shook hands on a dictation machine franchise, and ever since, Dolbey has been a leader in dictation and document…
Dolbey’s Fusion Speech® ranks #1 CINCINNATI, OH – For the second consecutive year, Dolbey Fusion Speech was ranked #1 in the Speech Recognition segment of the 2013 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. KLAS is an independent healthcare research firm that recognizes the technology and service organizations that excelled in helping providers deliver better…
By: Diane Taylor, RN-BC, EHR Intelligence If you think ICD-10 is all about new codes, you are dead wrong. ICD-10 is really about “documentation” ─ we clinicians have learned from day one that, “If it’s not documented, it wasn’t done.” This situation is even truer in the ICD-10 world, where the coder must build the…
By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review Four hospital and health system CFOs discuss ICD-10, the two-midnight rule and price transparency. Hospital and health system CFOs are used to dealing with change. However, 2014 brings a few significant developments that could significantly impact the financial health of organizations. With the new two-midnight rule, the switch…
By Grant Gross on InfoWorld The agency announces a data-breach settlement with the California company A medical transcription company has agreed to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that its inadequate security measures allowed the personal information, including medical histories and examination notes, of thousands of people to be published on the Internet. The…
By Bob Herman for Becker’s Hospital Review In 2011, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles did what many providers were hesitant to do: It decided to tackle ICD-10 as an inevitable change and began its work to transition to the new system. By contrast, only about 20 percent of providers believe they will complete or…
By Martha C. White, Time Business & Money If you don’t think you have the time or money to invest in a healthcare job, think again. Medical professionals aren’t just doctors and nurses. The healthcare business is booming. Between an influx of newly insured people and an aging population, it’s a field with lots of…
By John Tozzi for Bloomberg Businessweek Lighting up may cost you under the Affordable Care Act. The health-care law bars insurers from charging people higher premiums for costly health conditions, so diabetics or cancer patients pay the same rate as healthy people the same age. But there’s an exception for the 19 percent of American…