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Most Health Care Records Are Now Electronic

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An ever-expanding amount of the nation’s medical records — millions of prescriptions, medical reports and appointment reminders — are now computerized and part of an ambitious electronic medical records program, the Obama administration…
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Top 6 Benefits of Integrating ICD-10 Codes

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The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes in October 2014 goes hand in hand with the goal of healthcare reform to improve quality and decrease the cost of care. With more than 171,000 codes as compared to just 17,849 in ICD-9, ICD-10 will…
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How EHR Adoption Impacts Patient Safety In The ED

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The usability of EHR systems as defined by meaningful use has implications on care quality and patient safety and no more so than in emergency departments, according to a recent… (continue reading article at EHR Intelligence – How EHR…
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Patient Portals, A Stepwise Approach

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Here, David Linthicum discusses the importance of data integration in the realm of patient portals. Data integration is an important aspect of heath data management. However, it’s often overlooked as a core health care I.T. strategy.…
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Understanding Meaningful Use — Testing the HL7 V2 Messaging Standards

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Understanding Meaningful Use with a Focus on Testing the HL7 Version 2 Messaging Standards Use of electronic health records (EHRs), especially systems with clinical decision support capabilities, has been shown to enable quality improvement…
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Electronic Health Data Gaining Favor

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More than half of U.S. doctors have switched to electronic health records and are using them to manage patients’ basic medical information and prescriptions, according to federal data set to be released Wednesday. The Department of…
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Bill Would Prohibit HHS From Mandating ICD-10 Transition

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Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) has introduced a bill (HR 1701) that would prohibit HHS from mandating that health care providers switch to ICD-10 code sets, ICD-10 Watch reports (Natale, ICD-10 Watch, 4/25). About ICD-10 U.S. health care organizations…
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ONC Offers Rural Providers Some Health Information Exchange Guidance

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Made available through the ONC’s National Rural Health Resource Center, the toolkit provides a set of “practical” HIE resources designed to help rural health stakeholders, including State Offices of Rural Health and Flex Programs,…
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Lawmakers Call For ‘Reboot’ of Meaningful Use Program

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Six Republican Senators have formally requested that U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provide a written plan to address how the agency is implementing the Health Information Technology for Economic and…
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CMS and OIG Propose Extension of Electronic Health Record Donation Protections

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have each proposed new rules to extend existing protections that allow hospitals to donate…