PwC US announced Google Inc. is a part of the PwC team in the bid for the Department of Defense (D0D) Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) contract.
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By Summer Humphreys – Now that Congress has rejected requests to delay ICD-10, it’s time to get on the bandwagon or risk significant financial implications. ICD-10 touches virtually every aspect of your organization’s processes and systems, and failure to prepare and comply with the mandate will have a significant impact on your reimbursements.
By Chuck Buck – Despite a significant lobbying effort mounted by a small but very vocal minority within the healthcare industry, the implementation of ICD-10 is expected to proceed without further delay. The failed push marked a third attempt to delay the Oct. 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation deadline well into 2017.
Online registration for the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting closes Friday January 16, so register today! We look forward to seeing you here in Washington, DC in just a few short weeks at the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting: Interoperable Health IT for a Healthy Nation.
By William Hyman – At the first of 10 webinars on Health IT Safety sponsored by ONC, The Joint Commission presented its findings on Health IT events derives from its Sentinel Events program. The other presenter was the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
By Kathy Kenyon, JD – The ONC posted a final summary report on Health Information Technology Adverse Event Reporting: Analysis of Two Databases. Patient safety thrives in health care organizations where reporting of adverse events, including near misses and unsafe conditions, is encouraged.
It has been a rapidly changing landscape for health information technology these past few years. A lot of factors have contributed to this. Leading the…
By Matt Fisher – A recent survey of HIPAA compliance conducted by NueMD revealed a startling range of knowledge and compliance with HIPAA. Even though HIPAA has been around since 1996 and was updated to include the HITECH Act modifications in 2009, many medical practices revealed they were unaware of the full scope of HIPAA requirements, did not necessarily understand what they did know, or have not implemented full compliance programs.
By John Halamka – 2014 was quite a year. Thinking back to December 2013, I cannot believe that so much has happened. Let’s take a look at the major HIT events that shaped 2014 and what they portend for 2015.