Hackensack University Medical Center is at the forefront of adopting technology solutions aimed at arming clinicians and patients with information that can help them make…
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It’s been a long road to get to this point, but today the nation’s healthcare system takes a major step forward in being able to capture more detailed data about patients and their conditions. ICD-10 has nearly five times more codes than were used in ICD-9. Building more robust medical records should ultimately result in more efficient and better quality care.
Health Catalyst, provider of data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement, announced that it has acquired Health Care DataWorks (HCD), a provider of business intelligence for health systems. The cash-and-stock purchase closed on July 31.
CHIME joined a diverse group 18 industry stakeholders today, urging the CMS to finalize the rule that sets meaningful use requirements for 2015 through 2017. Provider and vendor concerns build surrounding delay in rule’s release.
Health data security and patient engagement are top priorities for the nation’s hospitals, according to results of the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired™ Survey, released by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
In recommendations submitted to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) identified several solutions for improving patient care delivery and supporting the nation’s transition to electronic health records.
Calling all developers and entrepreneurs. Check out these healthcare related challenges for prize money from CHIME, HHS Idea Lab, Aetna Foundation, eHealth Initiative, and PriMed.
Co-founder and former President and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Richard A. Correll announced his plans to retire at the end of the month, after 23 years.
In a hearing convened by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), witnesses outlined opportunities to improve health information exchange, citing the absence of a nationally-recognized identifier as an ongoing challenge to matching patients to their healthcare data.