The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is partnering with CMS and other public and private organizations to develop the ICD-10 Implementation Success Initiative. The first phase of the Initiative, a searchable database of ICD-10 issues.
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It is day three of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts and like three French hens, the three stages of meaningful use marched along in 2014. It was not a drama-less year though as organizations pressed CMS to continue the 3 month reporting period requirement for Stage 2 and beyond.
Interoperability is the current health IT buzzword because it’s the essential ingredient in creating a system that benefits patients, doctors and hospitals. Almost everyone in healthcare is pressing for it and is frustrated, though probably not surprised, that Meaningful Use did not get us there.
In the months following my hospitalization, I walked away with paperwork and access codes to five different patient portal sites, including my PCP, surgeon, the initial hospital where I received emergency treatment, the hospital where I had surgery, and in addition (not related to my injury) my OB/Gyn, and recently, my dentist!
On day two of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts we turn to Twitter. What would our year have looked like without Twitter? Our version of an alternate ending to It’s a Wonderful Life?
Technology is always changing in the medical industry. New medical devices, drugs, and techniques are constantly emerging. Not all innovations lead to improved patient care or lower operating costs, but many of them do so your health care operations needs to stay current with the latest breakthroughs.
Today marks the start of our annual line up of 12 Days of Christmas Posts. From now through December 25th we’ll be featuring all of our favorite things that made 2014 so meaningful to us and to the world of health IT.
On Monday, December 8th, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services announced another new HIPAA settlement. As with most recent settlements, the latest settlement is being used to set up an example of what not to do.
The purpose of the Argonaut Project to rapidly develop a first-generation FHIR-based API to enable expanded information sharing of electronic health records and other health information technology based on Internet standards and architectural patterns.