This article from Healthcare IT News provides the results of a recent survey on the the major EHR vendors. Surveys were sent out to users culled from the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Enterprise Unified Database and almost 400 replies were received. Nine vendors made the final cut […]
This article from the EMR & HIPAA website makes the case that the upcoming ICD-10 roll out is yet another reason for claims to be suspended or denied and that follow-up on claims payment is essential to ensure that payment is received. The article provides a handy infographic to guide follow-on […]
This article from Harvard Business Review website by the Chief Medical Officer of athenahealth provides insight garnered by patient use of the athenahealth portal. The findings includes the following: Adoption and use rates are similar for all age groups. Specialists can benefit just as much as primary care providers. Default to opt-in for […]
This article by the Kaiser Family Foundation notes that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes streamlined enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program). As someone who has worked in Medicaid managed care plans, I can personally attest that one of the more vexing issues has […]
This article from the iHealthBeat website provides some background on the use of Direct messaging – who uses it, when they use it, the benefits of using it, and some of the impediments to using it. The article references a post by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society that contains an additional […]
This article from the iHealthBeat website mentions and summarizes the recently released report by Accenture on the 5 macro healthcare IT trends impacting the industry (by way of Healthcare IT News). The Healthcare IT news article does a good job at summarizing the 5 trends, so they won’t be repeated here. The […]
This article from the Healthcare Informatics website is a good statement on the law of unintended consequences – how the recent announcements concerning mergers in the healthcare industry will have a downstream impact on the healthcare systems employed by those market players. It also argues for more flexible approaches in the design […]
This brief article from the Healthcare Informatics website suggests one of the next phases arising from the explosive growth in the collection and use of healthcare data – machine learning, and it mentions the “Accenture Healthcare Technology Vision 2015” report as the source of that prediction. Machine learning will, in turn, […]
This article from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) blog is the second of a three-part posting concerning the establishment of an HIE, particularly for patients who are deemed vulnerable due to lack of regular access to the healthcare delivery system and the presence of one or more chronic diseases. […]
This article from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) blog is the first of a three-part posting concerning the establishment of an HIE, particularly for patients who are deemed vulnerable due to lack of regular access to the healthcare delivery system and the presence of one or more chronic diseases. […]
