The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announced that Kaiser Permanente will create approximately 900 IT jobs by 2019, bringing Kaiser Permanente’s total presence in Georgia to more than 4,000 employees and physicians.
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Physician anesthesiologists can now choose from 36 reporting measures when participating in the ASA QCDR, the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA) Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
By Joy Rios, Health IT Consultant at Ask Joy Health IT Consulting Twitter: @askjoyrios HIMSS, just like a multitude of other healthcare events, is a…
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced its Payment Models Workgroup is forming a project team to advance its work in the specific area of Bundled Payments.
By Karen B. DeSalvo – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is committed to advancing an interoperable learning health system that impacts individual, community and population health. To achieve this goal in the next several years will require collective action from all public and private stakeholders, including consumers and community-based groups outside of what is traditionally considered the expected set of technology and health care entities.
At the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, HIMSS released the results of the 2015 Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey – a survey of nearly 600 participants including C-suite executives, clinical analysts and informatics nurses.
By Karen B. DeSalvo & Jodi G. Daniel – The secure, appropriate, and efficient sharing of electronic health information is the foundation of an interoperable learning health system—one that uses information and technology to deliver better care, spend health dollars more wisely, and advance the health of everyone.
HIMSS released the results of the 26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey. The survey examined key trending issues impacting the business of healthcare including patient considerations, security concerns, insurance models and policy mandates.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the associations to collaborate and share educational benefits with their members.