February 15, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
When acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said Feb. 14 that CMS would take another look at the timeline for converting from the ICD-9 billing code set to ICD-10, she unleashed a barrage of response across the healthcare industry.

February 2, 2012 | Larry McClain, Contributing Writer
Healthcare technology stocks don't have the obvious roadblocks facing many other healthcare sectors in 2012, according to industry analysts who spoke to an audience of 600 at the Nashville Health Care Council on Feb. 1.

January 31, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City will roll out a new enterprise master patient index that will enable the insurer to meet new demands for comprehensive, aggregated patient data in the health information exchange environment.

January 26, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Former Microsoft Health Solutions Group executive Peter Neupert will join Health Evolution Partners, a venture capital firm launched by former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, as an operating partner.

January 24, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
UPMC aims to reduce supply chain costs by moving all electronic transactions with suppliers to an electronic data interchange (EDI).

February 14, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Studies show that more than 60% of key clinical patient information resides within narrative text or scanned documents, effectively hidden from care providers and mission-critical care or payment systems. Frequently, health care records are widely dispersed and duplicated across many data silos in multiple forms and structures. Therefore, it is becoming more difficult for healthcare systems to efficiently leverage patient data to meet specific patient and quality care objectives. With physician revenues increasingly tied to achieving quality or cost goals, it is critical to apply insights derived from analysis of clinical information. View this webinar to learn how using Apixio’s intelligent information mining and retrieval within clinical workflow tools, such as electronic health records, can effectively use the entire patient record to optimize care coordination, quality and safety, as well as provider revenue.

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
If we are at or approaching a technological tipping point in the history of healthcare, then it has never been more important for physician practices to select the right electronic health record (EHR) – and there are tangible reasons to believe so.  This whitepaper comments on recent customer surveys, and discusses foundational criteria for selecting the right EHR solution, determining your “game plan” and the process for assessment and selection. Justin Barnes is chairman emeritus of the national Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), and is vice president of marketing, industry affairs and government affairs for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
There are many important factors to consider when rolling out an EHR implementation, and one of the most important is getting your people behind the change. This paper provides insight into where your staff may be in terms of resistance to or support for new EHR system, and walks you through the process of making sure they have tools, training and support to move through the transition successfully.

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
Medical practices have been contemplating the prospect of moving from paper-based records to electronic health record (EHR) systems for decades. But relatively few have begun taking steps to make the transition – until now. This white paper examines the factors that have kept many medical practices from moving forward with EHR over the years and the factors that are prompting action today; explains some of the technological requirements of making the transition to EHR and how to begin to meet them; and explores the significant operational, clinical and administrative benefits to be gained in the process.

November 28, 2011 | White Papers
The emergence of a new class of Android (TM) mobile devices creates an opportunity for doctors and medical professionals to access patient data wherever they are. Read this white paper to learn how to access patient data and view medical images on Android devices.

December 16, 2011 | Jennifer Dennard
In this week's edition, I continue my conversation with Sean Duffy, CEO and co-founder of Omada Health, a start-up out of San Francisco focused on prediabetes prevention via online tools.

October 17, 2011 | James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
With uncompensated care, low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and incredibly large overhead costs, emergency departments (EDs) are one of the costliest sectors of a hospital.

August 23, 2011 | Nancy Barton, MSN, RN, and Heather Wood, MBA, RN
Hospitals and health systems often purchase acuity systems as a valuable tool to allocate nursing resources based on patient care needs. However, these organizations don’t always use their acuity systems to their full capability.

June 7, 2011 | Gai Elhanan, MD, MA
The HITECH initiative and the promise of effectively coordinated care are fundamentally based on the adoption of standards as an integral part of the larger adoption of healthcare information technology.

February 9, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
What with meaningful use, EHRs, HIPAA 5010, and countless other healthcare projects, ICD-10 is on the backburner at many organizations. Yet, the deadline is approaching, achieving compliance is more complex than it may appear and the time is here to move ICD-10 up that priority list.

September 30, 2011 | Industry News Release
H.I.M. ON CALL, a technology and outsourcing services company for health information management (HIM), coding and revenue cycle, announced the availability of its latest AVIANCEHealth™ technology solution, AVIANCE DNFB Management today at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The announcement was made by Joseph J. Gurrieri, RHIA, CHP, Vice President and COO.

August 9, 2011 | Industry News Release
Zynx Health, the market leader in providing evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support (CDS) solutions, today announced the launch of ZynxValue+, a portfolio of services that identifies measurable gaps in hospital and healthcare organizations’ CDS, and recommends potential improvements in clinical content and processes.

June 28, 2011 | Industry News Release
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected The Lewin Group to help reduce the number of hospital readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries, and improve quality and outcomes when patients transition from hospitals to other settings, such as their homes or long-term care facilities.

June 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
CapSite announces the release of the 2011 U.S. Patient Access Study. The study represents the latest in a series of CapSite strategic industry reports focused on the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) market.

June 2, 2011 | Industry News Release
University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced today that the state's only comprehensive academic medical center has joined the High Value Healthcare Collaborative ( HVHC ), a national effort by leading health care systems to improve care, lower costs and move best practices out to the national provider community.