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Case Study:Healthcare IT Jobs Got A Big Break in the Big Easy

by Fred Pennic 04/06/2012 Leave a Comment

The Client Ochsner Health System is southeast Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system with eight hospitals and over 38 health centers in Louisiana. Ochsner has been named the Consumer Choice for Healthcare in New Orleans for 16 consecutive years and is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a “Best Hospital” across seven specialty categories.
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Importance of Healthcare Providers Improving Their CDI Program

by Fred Pennic 04/05/2012 Leave a Comment

Guest post from Alice Zentner,  Director of Auditing and Education for TrustHCS: Many providers have CDI programs. The belief is that more accurate, detailed clinical documentation is better for the patient, the institution, the government, researchers, and all aspects of quality of care. So why not have an improvement program for the improvement program?
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The Cloud in Healthcare – Top 10 Takeaways from iHT2 San Francisco

by Fred Pennic 04/04/2012 3 Comments

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Last week, our media partners, the Institute of Healthcare Technology Transformation hosted their 2 day conference in San Francisco. An emerging leader in the HIT cloud market, Cloud Prime alongside AthenaHealth sponsored the panel, "The Cloud in Healthcare" that discussed the following:
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Infographic: EHR vs. Traditional Paper Records

by Fred Pennic 04/03/2012 3 Comments

Infographic from Quest Diagnostics Care 360 that compares the differences between EHR vs. traditional paper records There are many differences between electronic health records (EHR) and traditional paper-based medical records – probably more than you would expect. The benefits of an EHR are numerous when you compare physicians’ time and finances, the health benefits for patients and the impact to the environment.
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Career Spotlight:Who Knows You’re Looking? Marketing Yourself

by Fred Pennic 03/30/2012 1 Comment

Guest post written by Cherie Lester, Senior Healthcare IT Recruiter from Holland Square Group We all market something everyday, some of us get paid for it in typical sales & marketing roles, the rest of us market all sorts of things free of charge via word-of-mouth.  When is the last time you chatted with a friend or relative or co-worker and recommended a restaurant or movie or a product you've used?  Each of us do it on a regular basis, we're great at telling someone why they should try
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Video:Understanding NLP Technology with 3M

by Fred Pennic 03/27/2012 Leave a Comment

Imminent delay of ICD-10 has not stopped the healthcare providers who have the foresight to charge ahead in their preparation for ICD-10. One of the biggest components that would assist healthcare organizations in that preparation for ICD-10 is purchasing a Computer Assisted Coding software product. One of the key components of a computer assisted coding product is it's Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology that provides the ability to highlight code-able terms in the patient record by
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6 Reasons Why Adopting an EHR Will Increase Practice Efficiency

by Our Thought Leaders 03/22/2012 4 Comments

Guest post from Irene Froehlich, Director of Marketing at DrFirst: Adopting an electronic health record (EHR) increases practice efficiency which translates to a profitable, organized practice that can focus on the quality of care provided to it’s patients. Here are six considerations for practices researching EHRs to improve efficiency and patient care:   Where’s The Chart? Not quickly locating a patient’s paper chart can be  frustrating and time consuming for everyone. A typical
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Video:Mobile Device Roundtable:Safeguarding Health Information

by Fred Pennic 03/21/2012 Leave a Comment

Last week, The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) hosted a Mobile Devices Roundtable with the public, industry, and subject matter experts to discuss how to better safeguard health information while using mobile devices. For those that were not able to attend or watch the webcast, the ONC has now made these videos available to the public.  Below is all of the videos from the entire event available to watch in one place. The ONC also  invites you to provide input on mobile devices' uses
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13 Women in Health IT You Should Know

by Fred Pennic 03/20/2012 9 Comments

Last month, Katie Matlack from Software Advice wrote about 5 women you should know in HIT. To further highlight the women in health care who are playing  key roles in changing the HIT Industry, I wanted to add an additional 8 women for a total of 13 women who should also be highlighted in this list of women you should know in HIT. Edit, after several responses I had to include Charlene Underwood who is truly the face of HIMSS for all of her efforts in the HIT community. Special thanks to
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5 ICD-10 Steps that Deliver Collateral Benefit for ICD-9

by Fred Pennic 03/13/2012 Leave a Comment

Guest post from Torrey Barnhouse, CEO of TrustHCS providing 5 ICD-10 steps that can deliver collateral benefit for ICD-9 While at HIMSS 2012, TrustHCS had the honor of sponsoring an executive roundtable on ICD-10.  During the roundtable, speakers discussed five ICD-10 projects that should be continued, full steam ahead, despite the delay. It’s a good list and worth sharing. In general, the panel’s advice was to identify ICD-10 tasks that have collateral benefit for ICD-9 coding. These are
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