The Sixth Annual National Health IT Week kicked off today with a Capital Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics Technology Showcase. The annual collaborative forum where public and private healthcare constituents will work in partnership to educate industry and policy stakeholders on the value of health IT for the US healthcare system. There is no better time for the health IT community to come together under one umbrella to raise national awareness!
Comprehensive
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How Experienced Physicians are Transitioning to EMRs
IT Consultant Bruce Kleaveland, and learned how experienced physicians are transitioning to EMRs to keep pace with advancing technology
Many experienced physicians are facing career-changing decisions these days. One of the toughest is whether to invest in electronic medical records and keep pace with advancing technology.
Cost is an issue for some, and some physicians told us that changing workflow habits is a major concern. But as veteran Miami physician Dr. Arnold Oper tells us,
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Selects 3M ICD-10 Conversion Software
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected advanced ICD-10 code translation technology from 3M Health Information Systems to assist the federal agency in converting systems, applications, and reports based on ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes into the language of ICD-10. The 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool will be used to streamline the code translation process and support ICD-10 transition planning at CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD.
CMS has also licensed the
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Webinar: Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Registration and Attestation for Eligible Professionals
Friday, September 9, 20111:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Americas) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Target Audience:
Eligible Professionals (EPs): Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, Doctors of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine, Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Doctors of Optometry, Chiropractors, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Physician Assistants (PA) who practice at an FQHC/RHC led by a PA. (NOTE: Hospital-based EP’s may not participate- An EP is considered hospital-based if 90% or
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Case Study: Virtua Implements CPOE
THE CHALLENGE
Virtua was implementing the Siemens Soarian Clinical Information System (CIS) at its Voorhees hospital, a 295-bed regional medical center in the heart of Camden County in Southern New Jersey. Keeping in line with its focus on continued process improvements to enhance the patient care experience and digitize the healthcare system for the future, Virtua wanted to ensure that the technology was live at the its existing hospital before transitioning to a replacement facility in May
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Video: How to Prevent Costly Healthcare IT Security Breaches
It's every CIO's worst nightmare: a laptop computer with patient health information goes missing or is stolen. Not only does this breach jeopardize your patients' privacy, it almost always means costly penalties for your organization.
Now, thanks to advancements in anti-theft technology, many CIOs have enabled laptops to protect themselves in these types of situations. The latest anti-theft technology triggers an automatic remote lockdown scenario, or "poison-pill," to keep patient data safe
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Video Case Study: Revenue Cycle Management at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Chuck Podesta, CIO of Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) in Vermont discusses his academic medical center's use of the Centricity Business revenue cycle management solution from GE Healthcare. Podesta addresses ICD-10 readiness, Accountable Care Organizations, connectivity with Epic clinicals, and FAHC's new population health management patient portal tool, MyHealth.
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GNAX Health Named by VMware as First vCloud® Powered Provider in HIT
GNAX Health Named by VMware as First vCloud® Powered Provider in HIT as the first and only healthcare IT company to meet VMware's criteria
GNAX Health, a healthcare technology infrastructure service provider located in Atlanta, Georgia, proudly announces certification as the first and only healthcare IT company to meet VMware's criteria as a "vCloud Powered" services provider. The announcement was made by Mariano Maluf, CTO, GNAX Health, and President, Global VMUG, at VMworld 2011.
"We're
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How Will We Care for Six Million Centenarians by 2050?
There's no doubt that people are living longer these days. In 1950 only 3,000 people on Earth were over the age of 100. By the year 2050, six million people may reach that century mark. What will healthcare look like for this generation?
Global aging will require us to adopt a very different healthcare model, according to Intel Fellow Eric Dishman. He says healthcare reform will revolve around what he calls the 4 C's: complexity, coordination, collectivity and community.
Let's hear from Eric
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GE Healthcare Launches Centricity Business 5.0
GE Healthcare, a leading provider of health information technology, today launched Centricity Business 5.0, their next generation of revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practice, and physician billing groups. With the rising costs of healthcare associated with healthcare reform and ICD-10, Centricity Business 5.0 will help healthcare providers achieve greater profitability and efficiency by streamlining administrative tasks from front desk to
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