In 2015, healthcare information technology will continue to drive towards solutions that respond to the industry challenges of providing increased quality of care at a lower cost in a changing regulatory environment.
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Is it going to be Twitter or Facebook? How about Pinterest or Instagram? Clearly, social media must continue to play a role in the current consumer-driven healthcare arena, but how do marketers manage this growing field?
In his recent speech to the AMA House of Delegates, AMA president Dr. Robert Wah characterized the planned implementation of ICD-10 as analogous to the dark forces controlling the galaxy in the movie Star Wars: “If it was a droid, ICD-10 would serve Darth Vader… For more than a decade, the AMA kept ICD-10 at bay – and we want to freeze it in carbonite!”
The Internet of Things has profound implications for the healthcare sector. But along with the new possibilities comes an increased risk of a data breaches and non-compliance with HITECH privacy rules and HIPAA patient protections.
The AMA is calling on Congress for another ICD-10 delay during this current lame duck session. AHIMA was quick to respond, urging Congress to stick to the current deadline, saying another delay will only further deter progress and cost the industry money.
The need to share patient information with other providers and the use of financial incentives are key drivers in why many providers adopt and use health information technology tools like EHRs, according a data brief released today from the ONC.
The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The organization is…
In today’s digital world, electronic patient data is growing exponentially and moving faster than healthcare organizations can imagine. At the same time, clinicians suffer from information overload, and high-volume and increasingly complex clinical patient loads, alongside dwindling time and resources.
There is much debate whether the long awaited ACO reimbursement model introduced through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be successful in achieving the goals of health reform. I think critics are missing the point.