Five features missing from most EHRs |
While EHRs are increasingly essential for healthcare providers, their efficacy can be constricted by the nature of their design, their use and the interpretation of data.
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| Majority of U.S. physicians adopting EHRs |
More than half of doctors in the country are now using electronic health records, according to the latest data brief from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
According to the brief, 55 percent of physicians had adopted EHRs by the end of 2011, and half of those providers who hadn't will (or already have) purchase one within the year. Of those physicians who have an EHR, 77 percent of them reported that their system meets the criteria of the Meaningful Use incentive program, and 85 percent are either somewhat or very satisfied with those systems. READ MORE |
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For those healthcare organizations that don't yet have a picture of the advantages ICD-10 will bring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined some of the most important ones.
Joining the all-too-sparse collection of reports explaining such ICD-10 advantages, CMS, when it updated its ICD-10 FAQs, replied to the simple question "what are the benefits of ICD-10?"
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| Dispelling Some ICD-10 Myths |
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Myths and urban legends flourish in an array of settings-business, sports, storytelling, and even healthcare. They may not all be as famous or as colorful as the legends of Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, but myths even abound as part of the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding, scaring off providers and others from taking the plunge to transition. With the ICD-10 deadline in a state of limbo, hospital leaders are wise to stay the course on this major initiative.
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