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| Collaborative Intelligence & the EHR |
The meaningful use-compliant electronic health record (EHR) has quickly become very adept at capturing and sharing standardized, structured clinical content that can be communicated, stored, and to some extent consumed by other systems. Unfortunately, this strength is also the EHR's greatest limitation. Amid the structured templates and required fields of the EHR, the essential critical knowledge a provider needs to know is often so obscured that the EHR becomes more of an obstacle or annoyance than a truly useful source of clinical information.
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| Two Steps to Simplify ICD-10 Transition at Your Medical Practice |
There is a lot of panic-inducing marketing going on out there like: "ICD-10 is going to clog up the process so badly that no one will be paid"; "ICD-10 will not be accepted by everyone, which means double submissions in order to be paid by someone who has a secondary policy, etc."
While much of that is probably true, there is a way to start getting ready for the transition that is not totally disruptive to your practice. READ MORE |
2011 Lessons Learned and 2012 Advice | |
Congratulations! You survived the first year of Medicare's permanent RAC program. Rolled out to all 50 states and in full force, RACs have published more than 1,000 approved review issues and complex reviews are on the rise. How are hospitals coping? What takeaways can we apply to established audit programs and our 2012 improvement initiatives? In this month's column, we'll explore the lessons learned in 2011 and predict what challenges lie ahead in 2012.
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| ,Q&A: Farzad Mostashari on Meaningfil Use, Privacy | |
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, is the national coordinator for health information technology at the Department of Health and Human Services. In a telephone interview with HealthLeaders Media Mostashari spoke about the challenges his office faces, the importance of patients being involved in their care, and how his office is working to protect patient medical records.
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The CCD and Meaningful Use: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship |
As the continuity-of-care document undergoes refinement, some view it as a lynchpin in the quest to effectively share patient information.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) opted against specifying standards in its criteria for stage 1 meaningful use. However, in setting the expectations for how information follows patients as they transition across care settings, the agency may inadvertently have given favor to the continuity-of-care document (CCD) over the continuity-of-care record (CCR).
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| EHRs Linked to Errors, Harm, AMA Says |
Clinicians can introduce errors when they copy and paste sensitive patient data into electronic health records, according to AMA research.
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| Small medical practices greatly at risk for data breaches | |
Data breach experts are issuing a warning to small practices -- don't be the vulnerable target that data thieves assume you are.
The Top Cyber Security Trends for 2012, as compiled by Kroll's Cyber Security and Information Assurance, reported that small practices are more susceptible to security vulnerabilities because they are "the path of least resistance." Many rely on outdated technology. Basic security protections, such as proper use of encryption, often are overlooked as practices focus on meeting regulatory requirements, such as those related to meaningful use.
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7 health data privacy and security trends to track in 2012 | |
Happy Leap Year! We're jumping into a challenging 12 months - lawsuits are up, budgets are down, and advances in technology have made protecting medical data a whole lot harder. Our list of top trends in 2012 reveals difficulties ahead; read and proceed with caution.
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