As healthcare organizations around the country struggle with the impacts of the latest ICD-10 delay, many are looking for ways to mitigate the financial and productivity impacts. Healthcare organizations can now take advantage of the additional time and refine their ICD-10 plans in such a way that minimizes impacts on productivity and reimbursements to more fully realize cost and quality improvements. Here are five ICD-10 areas that should not be delayed according to Wolters Kluwer Health:
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IBM Partners with Epic to Bid on $11B DoD HIM Contract
IBM today announced that it will team with Epic to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract worth potentially $11 billion dollars. With 9.7 million beneficiaries, including active duty, retirees and their dependents, DHMSM will replace and modernize the Military Health System (MHS) clinical systems.
IBM and Epic will propose a solution to transform the MHS leveraging Epic's high performance, interoperable and secure EHR software which is
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Epocrates Ranked #1 Top Medical Reference App Among U.S. Physicians
Epocrates, Inc., an athenahealth, Inc. service has been ranked the number one medical reference app on smartphones and tablets among U.S. physicians for the fifth consecutive year, according to Manhattan Research's 2014 Taking the Pulse® U.S. study.
The newly released Taking the Pulse U.S. study reports on technology adoption and behavior trends among physicians across the U.S. More than 3,000 physicians shared their opinions. Key findings include:
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Lifespan’s $100M Epic Implementation Erodes Cashflow
A $100 million Epic implementation for Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health system has resulted in eroding cash flow and bond rating, according to Moody’s Investors analysts. The rating agency gave the health system a negative financial outlook and downgraded their rating to Baa2- only two levels away from junk status, Modern Healthcare reports.
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The Future of Biosensing Wearables Report by Rock Health
The Future of Biosensing Wearables research report by Rock Health encompasses an in-depth review of the current landscape of wearables, how products evolve into narrower use cases (by improving functionality, reliability, and convenience), and business models for wearable companies in the face of technology giants Apple and Samsung moving aggressively into digital health.
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Dell,Texas A&M Health Science Center Team Up to Create Health Technology Academy
Dell and Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) have announced the creation of a health technology academy to provide customized information technology education to the ever-evolving health professions workforce. The pioneering collaboration will empower current and future caregivers to improve patient outcomes through enhanced health information technology practices.
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Smart Health Hero by LyfeChannel Wins Code-a-Palooza Challenge
Smart Health Hero by LyfeChannel of San Carlos, California was announced the winner of the second annual Code-a-Palooza challenge during the 2014 Health Datapalooza. The team develped a new electronic tool designed to help patients and their families use Medicare claims data to make health care choices. Fifty-six developers submitted proposals to Code-a-Palooza for new visualization tools that help consumers use the 2012 Medicare Provider Payment data released by the Centers for Medicare &
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Availity Acquires RevPoint to Enable Enhanced Patient Access Tools
Availity's acquisition of RevPoint addresses demand for improved reimbursement management tools; simplifies “up-front” payment processes for providers and their patients.
Availity, provider of health information networks, today announced it has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based RevPoint Healthcare Technologies, an innovative provider of revenue cycle tools that increase patient collections at the beginning of the revenue cycle process.
Unlike traditional collection tools developed to
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Validic Expands Their Digital Health Ecosystem With New Clients & Integration Partners
Validic, the healthcare technology platform for accessing digital health data, announced today the addition of several new clients and integration partners, as they continue to expand and grow their global digital health marketplace.
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2 in 5 Physicians Believe Digital Health Will Improve Patient Outcomes
Two in five physicians agreed that using digital health technology to communicate with patients will improve patient outcomes, according to data from Manhattan Research's Taking the Pulse® U.S. 2014 study. The study found more than a third of physicians said that they had been evaluated or rewarded based on metrics measuring cost of treatment, patient outcomes or referrals over the past year. The Taking the Pulse® U.S. 2014 was fielded online among 3,066 U.S. practicing physicians in Q1 2014.
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