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Contributing Writer · August 27, 2010
Science Fiction Becoming Health IT Reality
Robot nurses? Virtual doctor’s visits? Face recognition sign-on? Tablet computers with Clinical Decision Support? These concepts have existed in science fiction for decades. And unlike flying cars, they’re quickly becoming a reality in the healthcare sector.
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Contributing Writer · August 24, 2010
Hospital EMR usage can help achieve new Joint Commission accreditation standards
Measuring quality of care in hospitals is undergoing change. Two interrelated factors are fueling this change: changes from the Joint Commission as they accredit hospitals, and changes in what is expected from hospital Electronic Health Records(EHRs) for Meaningful Use.
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Contributing Writer · August 12, 2010
How to connect Health Information Exchange (HIE) with Electronic Medical Records
Health information technology (health IT) is seen as central to improving healthcare delivery, and is the focus of the HITECH section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (which sets up and funds bonuses for Meaningful Use of Certified EHR technology). A...
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Contributing Writer · August 5, 2010
ICD-10 Conversion: Coming to your EHR
The way we have all become accustomed to encoding diagnoses in health care will be changing quite dramatically in 2013. Since 1977, healthcare has captured structured diagnosis documentation using the ICD-9 system – in the U.S. the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) expanded on...
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Contributing Writer · July 29, 2010
Patient access to their own EMR data
Involving patients as active participants in their own care is an important goal of improving American healthcare. The national priorities called out by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), as it has elaborated rules for the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health...
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