The Greater Good and ICD-10
The Value of Precise Morbidity Data By Rosann M. O’Dell, D.H.Sc., MS, RHIA, CDIP Twitter: @RosannMODell In May of 1990, the 43rd World Health Assembly…
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EHRs: New Risk Management Issues and How to Deal with Them
EHRs: The Promise to Simplify and Streamline By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity Electronic health records (EHRs) promise to help simplify and streamline…
New Series Looks at Latest Health IT Trends Starting with Google Glass
Health IT Stuff I Found on Google Glass By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios The Health IT landscape and culture is fast-paced. In…
Critical Access Hospitals Report Challenges
Yet Forge Ahead with Advanced Health IT Capabilities By Leila Samy/ Rural Health IT Coordinator, ONC , Meghan Gabriel/ Economist, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and…
Electronic Health Records and Liability Concerns
Issues that can Result in Potential Liability By Matt Fisher, Esq Twitter: @matt_r_fisher Electronic Health Records (“EHR”) have widespread adoption at an incredibly fast rate…
Clinical Decision Support and Workflow
Stage 2 Requires 5 Clinical Decision Support Interventions William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author…
Aligning for Better Patient Care
Five Strategies for Success By Jeff Wood, Vice President, Product Management, Navicure Twitter: @Navicure The healthcare industry is in the midst of a major transformation….
Promoting Patient Safety by Managing Health IT Risks
From the ONC Buzz By Kathy Kenyon, JD/ Senior Policy Analyst , and Amy Helwig, MD, MS Everyone agrees that health IT safety is important….
July meeting of the HIT Standards Committee
Discussions on Certification for Post Acute Care and Behavioral Health By John Halamka, MD Twitter: @jhalamka The July meeting of the HIT Standards Committee included important discussions…