In a note to ONC staff, Karen DeSalvo announced that ONC Chief Nursing Officer and Director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety Judy Murphy will be resigning to become the new Chief Nursing Officer with IBM Healthcare Global Business Services. Murphy joined the ONC in 2011 as the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy where she led the HITECH funded program offices helping over 100,000 providers and 1,300 critical access and rural hospitals meet the meaningful use incentive
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ONC Interoperability Roadmap Draft Scheduled for Oct 15
The first draft of the 10 year ONC interoperability roadmap will be unveiled at the joint meeting of the Health Information Technology Policy and Standards committees on October 15, according to Karen DeSalvo, ONC National Coordinator.
On Monday during the opening session of AHIMA's 2014 convention in San Diego, DeSalvo stressed that health IT interoperability is a top priority for the ONC. The new roadmap will be finalized with feedback from private sector stakeholders to successfully
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Medfusion Launches New Integration to Allscripts Pro EHR
Medfusion, a leading provider of patient portal software for more than 9.7 million patients, has launched its new integration to the Allscripts Pro EHR, available now for customers. This integration enables discrete data and secure messages to flow more efficiently between practices and their patients and creates a foundation for Medfusion to independently launch innovative new features to customers in the years to come.
To ensure there would be no interruption to customers’ 2014 Meaningful
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Optum to Acquire MedSynergies to Boost Revenue Cycle Market Share
Optum, a data services division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. announced it will acquire MedSynergies Inc., which provides physician practice management, revenue management, physician referral management and other business services to physician groups aligned with large health systems. Terms of the deal has not been disclosed and is subject to to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
MedSynergies will provide Optum with innovative physician practice management
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Nuances Launches Clintegrity 360 Compliance Services at AHIMA 2014
Today at AHIMA, Nuance announced the expansion of its healthcare consulting services to help organizations more holistically respond to compliance, physician engagement, ICD-10, and shifting payment models. The newest offering, Clintegrity 360 | Compliance Services, provides the management tools and training required to effectively monitor complex coding requirements, and leverage technology to avoid issues that may affect the reliability of hospital reimbursement.
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WEDI Survey Reveals ICD-10 Delay Negatively Impacted Provider Readiness
The ICD-10 delay to October 1, 2015 has negatively impacted provider progress causing two-thirds of providers to slow down efforts or place them on hold altogether, according to recent Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) industry preparedness survey results. The survey reveals that while the ICD-10 delay was supposed to provide healthcare organizations more time to be prepared to the ICD-10, many organizations are failing to take advantage of the additional time.
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Practice Fusion and Quest Diagnostics Partner for Electronic Lab Test Ordering
Today, cloud-based EHR provider Practice Fusion and Quest Diagnostics, has announced a partnership agreement that will allow a tip-to-tail electronic lab test ordering and management for Practice Fusion’s community of more than 112,000 medical professionals.
Partnership Details
Beginning as early as the first quarter of 2015, providers that use the Practice Fusion EHR and receive results electronically from Quest Diagnostics will also be able to place laboratory test orders electronically to a
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Mana Health’s Patient Portal Achieves Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification
Mana Health, a healthcare technology company, announced today that its award-winning patient portal, Patient Gateway, version 1.0.0, has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular EHR certification. Eligible healthcare organizations (HCOs) participating in Stage 2 meaningful use achievement can use the Patient Gateway to demonstrate that they have met the Patient Electronic Access objective and qualify for incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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Patient Deception: Half of Patients Have Knowingly Deceived a Doctor
The reality of patient deception in the doctor-patient relationship is real. In fact, half of patients admit to deceiving a doctor or other healthcare professional, according to an online survey of 3,075 American patients conducted by EHR selection group Software Advice. One-quarter of patients admitted to giving incorrect information or omitting information about their health at least “sometimes.” Another one-quarter of patients “rarely” withhold information, and half say they have “never”
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EHR Design and Dissatisfaction: EHRs Should Create Time for Patients
Dr. Edmund Billings shares his insights on the growing trend of dissatisfaction with EHR design.
As reported last year at HIMSS and by many online news and opinion sources since, physician dissatisfaction with EHRs is growing. Indeed, while this article does not focus on the broader picture, general physician career dissatisfaction is disconcertingly high.
The breakneck push for more and better EHR use as a component of regular medical care is a significant part of that malaise, but it is
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