While at AHIMA 2011, Connie Tohara, Director of HIM at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, sat down with Nuance Healthcare to discuss some of the biggest challenges the HIM departments are facing today.
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Siemens to Buy MobileMD Inc.
Siemens Healthcare is buying US based Mobile MD Inc, a healthcare technology company that helps connect healthcare providers and physicians through cloud computing. Siemens Healthcare did not disclose the terms of the transaction.
The Yardley, PA based tech company utilized a "cloud" based health information exchange software allowing physicians to share patient data in real time regardless of their location or hospital affiliation. Mobile MD currently has about 110 hospitals and more than
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Will State Health Information Exchanges Cross State Lines?
This is a great article written by Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard from iWatchNews that addresses the interoperability of state health information exchanges ability to communicate with other states and regions of the country.
As 56 U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia inch toward a 2015 deadline for creating “exchanges” allowing health providers to share electronic medical records, those on the front lines of the effort are expressing concern about whether these systems will
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Infographic: App Overload for Doctors
Infographic that displays how many apps doctors download creating app overload for doctors
With smartphones and apps quickly gaining popularity in healthcare, there are now thousands of medical apps available in the app store – making it tough for doctors to find the ones they need most for treating patients. To illustrate this app overload challenge faced by doctors today, Epocrates conducted research on this and created an infographic looking at the numbers – how many apps doctors download,
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Video:ACO: Summary and Final Analysis of Final Rule
The Dept. of Health and Human Services recently issued its final rule on Medicare accountable care organizations. So what does this all mean? MedeAnalytics recently released this short video providing a short and concise summary and analysis of the ACO final rule.
Click HERE to download the ACO Final Rule
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Webinar: On the Heels of Stage 1 Meaningful Use: The Hospital Perspective
On this Friday, October 28, 2011 at 12 p.m. ET, NeHC University will continue its Industry Leader Briefing series on meaningful use. Following Dr. Steven Waldren and the provider perspective last week, Chantal Worzala, Director of Policy for the American Hospital Association, will present the hospital perspective on meeting Stage 1 requirements and preparing for Stage 2. She will speak on the current progress being made by hospitals that have qualified for the first wave of meaningful use
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ICD-10 National Provider Call Video
In this ICD-10 National Provider Call on ICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians, CMS subject matter experts discuss ways that physician offices can prepare for the change to ICD-10 for medical diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding. A question and answer session follows the presentations.
- ICD-10 requirements and resources overview - Mady Hue
- Implementation strategies for physician offices - Dr. Daniel Duvall
- Update on coverage conversion activities - Lisa Eggleston
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2011 HL7 Interface Technology Survey Results
Core Health Technology's 2011 HL7 Interface Technology Survey Results present a current view of the HL7 market-specifically regarding HL7 technologies, healthcare organizational priorities, and their organizational preparedness for future integration challenges. The results are presented from three different prespectives- CIOs, managers, and HL7 professionals.
Did you know:
42.7% of CIOs and 48.9% of Managers state their interface engine has capability they are not using?
58% of CIOs
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56 Million U.S. Consumers Access Medical Information From EHRs
56 million U.S. consumers have accessed their medical information on an electronic health record (EHR) system maintained by their physician, and an additional 41 million are interested in doing so. These findings come from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research’s new Cybercitizen Health® U.S. 2011 study of consumer digital health trends, which surveyed 8,745 U.S. adults (age 18 and over) online and on the phone in Q3 2011. Additionally, the company’s Taking the
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Specialty Article: HIT: Incentives May Not Always Serve Intended Purpose
Survey suggests some awards are going to doctors who have been using electronic health records for years by Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard
About half of the first batch of federal dollars meant to encourage doctors and hospitals to switch to electronic records went to providers who were converts to the technology long before the stimulus program was announced, an iWatch News analysis suggests.
The analysis could raise questions about whether the government will be able to meet its goal
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