The Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Journal is now an official journal of AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association. The ACI Journal is published and owned by Schattauer Publishers for Medicine and Natural Sciences.
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The number of mobile health applications available to consumers now surpasses 165,000, as developers incorporate innovative data collection features linked to sensors and wearables, according to a new report released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of a public issue brief on “The Fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations.”
New AHIMA Service to Answer the Toughest ICD-10 Questions, Support Healthcare Organizations During and After Transition. AHIMA’s highly educated, experienced and credentialed experts are now available to the industry to answer the most challenging coding questions for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, CPT and HCPCS.
The American Academy of Nursing has released a policy brief that endorses the capturing of social and behavioral determinants of health in the electronic health record (EHR). The policy brief identifies several recommendations for health care industry leaders to foster standardization and promote interoperability.
In comments filed on September 8th with CMS, the National Partnership for Women & Families commends proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Part B, and particularly applauds CMS’ proposal to reimburse providers for high-quality, effective advance care planning.
Building Global e-Health Solutions on the IBM Watson Health Cloud. IBM Watson Health and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that Teva has been selected as its first Foundational Life Sciences Partner for the Watson Health Cloud.
WEDI announced the release of two new resources produced to ensure a smooth transition to ICD-10 including the ICD-10 State Workers’ Compensation Readiness List and the List of State Medicaid Sites with ICD-10 Information.
TASCET, Inc., released its “Unique Patient Identifier,” or UPI, solution to the healthcare industry– resolving a long, contentious search by providers, patient privacy advocates and public agencies.