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Dolbey Introduces DocAssist for Physician Guidance with ICD-10

HIMSS12 LAS VEGAS–From the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference, Dolbey introduced DocAssist™ Documentation Guides to help hospitals train their physicians to document patient reports according to the upcoming ICD-10 PCS requirements. “Our research found that as much as 60% of the documentation in a patient’s chart is still dictated and transcribed.…

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Proceed With Caution

By David Yeager for For The Record Speech recognition can help reduce costs, but healthcare organizations should take steps to ensure they’re not sacrificing quality in the process. Everyone loves to save money but in today’s healthcare environment, cutting costs is more a matter of necessity than desire. Rather than allow the quality of care…

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HealthGrades Names Top Cities for Hospital Care

Study By HealthGrades HealthGrades Quality Study Identifies Hospitals in Top 5% in Nation; Cities That Have Highest Concentration of Top Hospitals Patients Treated at HealthGrades Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence Have 30% Lower Chance of Dying How does the quality of care at hospitals in your area compare? Find out with HealthGrades second annual list…

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Physicians Voice Enthusiasm About Digital Dictation

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. Many doctors still dictate into analog recorders that have been around since The Beatles’ heyday.…

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Talk vs. Type: Taking Another Look at Voice Recognition

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 for 25 years, family physician Fred Jorgensen doesn’t type as quickly as he can write…

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Speech Recognition Technology Making its Way Into EHR Systems

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 offices work. But there’s an even more fundamental digital challenge — some doctors don’t want…

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6 Major Disruptions Still To Come In Healthcare

BY Francine Hardaway for Fast Company As the last of the large American industries to undergo forcible automation, healthcare is currently in a state of prolonged agony. The HealthTech NextGen 2011 Conference, held in San Francisco recently, highlighted this by calling attention to at least 6 disruptive changes that are still ahead in healthcare. These…

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Most Wired Hospitals List ‘Carries More Weight’ With Redesign

By Molly Merrill, Associate Editor, HealthCare IT News In its 13th year, the Most Wired hospitals and health systems list, put out by Hospitals & Health Networks, seems to have upped its value as an indicator of hospital care, rather than just a marketing tool. The hospitals on this year’s list showed strides in computerized…

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