Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s outpatient clinics has increased clinician productivity, enhanced the quality of documentation, and facilitated the delivery of better clinical information at the point of care through the implementation of Medicomp Systems' Quippe Clinical Documentation solution. In addition, Phoenix Children’s has virtually eliminated transcription in its ambulatory clinics, saving the organization over $1 million dollars annually on transcription costs.A strong partnership
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Medical Transcription & EHRs: Remaining Atop Technology and Industry Changes
A vital aspect of health care, medical transcription is a multi-billion-dollar industry, which is undergoing significant changes. Medical transcription has been a fundamental and necessary aspect of the healthcare industry for a long time. However, the continuing development of transcription-related technology is changing the way medical transcription works. To adapt and remain efficient, healthcare-affiliated institutions must adopt these new technologies as they come. Medical transcription
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Interview: Understanding Clinical Language Understanding with Carina Edwards, VP Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare
There is a growing demand to extract structured, "actionable" information from unstructured (dictated) medical documents. Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) technology allows a computer to read and understand electronic free text and extract data for use in countless applications across the healthcare spectrum. To understand and learn more about CLU technology, HIT Consultant spoke with Carina Edwards, VP, Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare for a deep dive into:
CLU
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Race to the ICD-10 Finish Line Infographic
Infographic highlighting that ICD-10 is almost two Years Away and healthcare organizations must have a plan in order to race to the ICD-10 Finish Line
*Update: CMS has officially delayed ICD-10 to October 1, 2014
With the AMA writing yet another letter, this time to the HHS in hopes of stopping ICD-10. There are no current plans to stop ICD-10 implementation; therefore, with less than one year away, healthcare providers must race to meet the 10/1/13 compliance date. The following
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Video: The Biggest Challenges HIM Depts Are Facing
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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