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By Erin McCann for Healthcare IT News Once again, rural hospitals rule the list The numbers are frightening: Each year, medical errors kill 400,000 Americans, more people than any other illness aside from cancer and heart disease, a chilling statistic highlighting the urgent work to be done in the realm of patient safety. In an…
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for Govinfo Security OCR Director Reveals Enforcement Plans for 2015 The unit of the Department of Health and Human Services that enforces HIPAA still has plenty of work to do before it can launch its long-promised next round of HIPAA compliance audits, as planned for this year. The HHS Office for…
by Claire Zillman for Fortune A booming health care profession is helping ease doctors’ frustration with growing digital demands. Three years out of residency, Kevin Hopkins, the medical director of a family health and ambulatory surgery center in Strongsville, Ohio, was buried in emails, phone calls, and patient notes. And as a self-described “poor typist,”…
By Fred Pennic for HIT Consultant 61 percent of hospital chief financial officers (CFOs) and business managers in “struggling” hospitals expect to be fired by 2016 due to outdated revenue cycle management solutions, according to a recent Black Book report. The report reveals hospital CFOs could potentially lose their jobs because their outdated revenue cycle…
By Linda Reed, R.N. for Hospital & Health Networks Despite widespread doubt that ICD-10 actually will happen next October, hospital leaders can ill-afford to stand pat. The consequences of doing nothing are severe, says CIO Linda Reed, R.N. “The deadlines are not changing. … Let me repeat that, the deadlines ARE NOT changing.” Karen Trudel,…
By Jennifer Bresnick for HealthIT Analytics A drastic reduction in patient safety errors can be attributed to the use of advanced EHR systems, a Pennsylvania study finds. The implementation and use of advanced EHR systems in Pennsylvania hospitals has produced a 27% decline in negative patient safety events, states an October study by researchers from…
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…
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…
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…
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…