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By Kyle Murphy, PhD for EHR Intelligence Few dispute the value of the knowledge comprising physician notes. The problem for healthcare organizations and providers is being able to extract meaningful and useful data from that unstructured free text for the purposes of care coordination, coding, and reporting — to name a few. And it’s about…
From Truven Health Analytics, 100 Top Hospitals The 100 Top Hospitals® study uses objective research and independent public data to recognize the best U.S. hospitals. Hospitals do not apply and winners do not pay to market this honor. Our annual study is unique in that it evaluates hospitals on measures of overall organization performance, including…
By Quarles & Brady LLP – Jennifer L. Rathburn, Kevin J. Eldridge and Jennifer J. Hennessy for Lexology As we have annoyingly reminded you in previous publications, on January 17, 2013 the moment much anticipated by the health care industry finally arrived: The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil…
KLAS report shows concerns about preparedness By Bernie Monegain, Editor, HealthcareIT News While preparation for ICD-10 intensifies, questions surrounding EMR vendor readiness and ICD-10-related technologies are surfacing. In the KLAS report, “ICD-10 Perception 2012: Can Technology Relieve Readiness Issues?,” the second report of a two-part series, KLAS discusses how leading providers around the country are…
By Patrick Ouellette for HealthIT Security Based on the Redspin Breach Report 2012 that was released today, health data breaches were reduced marginally in 2012, but when the new HIPAA omnibus rule is factored into the equation, the company advised healthcare providers to stay on the offensive when it comes to breach prevention. Redspin, an…
Critics question credibility of federal panel charged with investigating By Fred Schulte for The Center for Public Integrity The Obama administration is forging ahead with a multi-billion dollar plan to shift from paper to electronic medical records, despite continuing concerns the program may be prompting some doctors and hospitals to improperly bill higher fees to…
By Karen Cicero from Parents Magazine These pediatric centers — leaders in Parents’ exclusive evaluation — routinely heal sick children whom local hospitals could no longer help. Find out where to go if the unfathomable ever happens to your family. The Survey At children’s hospitals nationwide, a growing number of very sick children are finding…
By Carl Natale for ICD10Watch posted at PhysBizTech Americans like to cure things. We’re always looking for a pill or procedure to fix what ails us. That also applies to workplace problems. If something doesn’t work right, fix the machine or get an app to do it. Combine those two tendencies and you have a…
By Erica Garvin for HIT Consultant Dianne Haas of TrustHCS explains why computer assisted coding is not a quick-fix solution for ICD-10. The caveat is, like anything else, it has to be done right. The year 2013 is upon us. It’s time to start some of those New Year’s resolutions. If transitioning to ICD-10 is…
By Caleb Melby for Forbes Anybody who watched the anemic Facebook IPO and the subsequent damage it wrought on its social media contemporaries like game-maker Zynga might look at this year as a bust for new money. And they wouldn’t be wrong. When we published the Forbes 400 in 2011, seven of the 18 new…