| A Value-Based Proposition |
| Faced with the need to meet documentation challenges head-on to comply with various federal regulations, most healthcare organizations have already given the nod to clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs. Since these initiatives have a proven track record for improving revenue cycle initiatives and patient outcomes, they have become an essential element to the overall well-being of hospitals and healthcare organizations in today's lean, value-driven climate.
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Natural Language Processing in Electronic Health Records |
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80 percent of the clinical documentation that exists in healthcare today is unstructured. It is sometimes referred to as "the text blob" and is buried within electronic health records (EHRs). The inherent problem, with "the text blob" is that locked within it lies an extraordinary amount of key clinical data-valuable information that can and should be leveraged to make more informed clinical decisions, to ultimately improve patient care and reduce healthcare cost.
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In The Crosshairs |
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The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program may have gotten off to a snail-like start, but there is nothing slow about contractors' current rate of recovery.
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Lag in HIPPA 5010 Preparation Does Not Bode well for ICD-10 |
| Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, providers must use the new HIPAA 5010 transaction standards to conduct certain administrative transactions such as claims, remittance, eligibility and others, but with so many providers unprepared for the 5010 transition, ominous clouds could be coming over the ICD-10 transition as well, according to several healthcare consultants.
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EHR Adoption: The Evolution of Physician Acceptance |
In this "incentivized" era, the need to develop and implement systems that meet physician needs and enhance workflow is greater than ever. READ MOREMORE |
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Digital Doctors: Will technology help or harm? |
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At Blake Medical Center, the prognosis for pen and paper is poor: Doctors' traditional tools for tracking cases and ordering medications and procedures are being phased out in favor of computers.
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Insiders Responsible for Majority of Privacy Breaches, survey finds |
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A new survey on protected health information (PHI) privacy breaches found that 70 percent of the participants had suffered one or more breaches within the last 12 months.
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Mobile Mayhem |
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The emergence of smartphones, tablets, and related devices has added another layer of complexity to maintaining HIPAA standards.
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