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By Arun Mirchandani for For The Record There has been a lot of talk recently about secure texting for medication and other types of medical orders. In the past several months, The Joint Commission announced that it was lifting—and then decided to delay lifting—its ban on texting orders while it works with the Centers for Medicare…
Article by Mary Butler. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on September 23, 2016 and is republished here with permission. The breach of Olympic athletes’ medical records by Russian hackers this week again demonstrates the vulnerability of protected health information and the extent to which it is viewed as a target by criminals.…
By Staff for HealthLeaders Media News Medical doctors are largely overwhelmed by their work and disengaged from key healthcare reform measures such as value-based payments, accountable care organizations, and electronic health records, survey data shows. Half of physicians are disengaged, burned out, and demoralized and plan to either retire, cut back on work hours, or seek…
By Laura Landro for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Chief Technology Officer Susannah Fox on the need to create a culture of innovation As the chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Susannah Fox is carrying on a mission that has long been a passion: helping people navigate health care and related…
By Tom Sullivan for Healthcare IT News athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, eClinicalWorks Founder Girish Navani and Cerner President Zane Burke talk about expanding their technology platforms and, in so doing, shedding a certain three-letter acronym. When eClinicalWorks rechristened its flagship electronic health record software as the cloud-based 10e, CEO Girish Navani said something curious: “I don’t…
By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review RN average hourly wage & salary for all 50 states — California tops the list at $101k Registered nurses in California earn the highest average annual salary of RNs in the U.S. at $101,260, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hawaii is a close second at $90,130 followed…
By Staff for Becker’s Hospital Review The 2016 presidential campaigns are underway, pitting Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton against Republican candidate Donald Trump. Both have spoken on what their presidencies would bring to the U.S. healthcare system. Here are eight healthcare quotes from Ms. Clinton: 1. After a woman spoke about her daughter receiving cancer treatment due…
By Rajiv Leventhal for Healthcare Informatics After announcing last year that it would not deny Medicare physician claims for 12 months as long as the ICD-10 code was “from the right family,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has said that the grace period for healthcare providers will expire on Oct.1, 2016. Last…
By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality Before the detection of the country’s first instance of local Zika transmission in Miami, Congress broke session for summer recess without passing emergency funds for prevention. Earlier this month, the CDC provided states and territories with $16M in stopgap funding for measures to help contain the…
By Jacqueline Belliveau for RevCycle Intelligence Addressing these four common medical billing challenges can have a positive impact on the healthcare revenue cycle. Medical billing is the backbone of healthcare revenue cycle management, but many providers experience significant challenges with efficiently and accurately billing patients and payers for services they perform. The medical billing process…