PHI data sharing and secure collaboration made easy Today’s technology facilitates secure compliance and fast user adoption. It’s no secret that collaboration...
A prescription for healthcare security Healthcare organizations with strong security programs share five common elements. A recent Wall Street...
It pays to integrate anesthesia One hospital’s integration of more than 200 devices (including anesthesia machines) with its medical...
Interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to optimize clinical decision support Evidence-based CDS has the potential to lower costs and improve outcomes by standardizing care. Since...
The ICD-10 delay clarified: What it means for you Five implications of CMS' proposal to push back compliance to October 2014. CMS released a proposed...
AHIMA: Top 10 reasons we need ICD-10 now Editor’s note: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on April 9 a proposed rule...

CHIME files comment letter on ICD-10 compliance ANN ARBOR, MI, May 9, 2012 - The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) today submitted comments to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding a notice of...
AMA comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 EHR proposal CHICAGO – May 7, 2012 – The American Medical Association (AMA) and 98 state and specialty medical societies today submitted formal comments on the proposed rule outlining the measures that physicians...
CCHIT responds to proposed rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use CHICAGO – May 8, 2012 –The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has submitted its comments on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation...
AHIMA calls for a more ‘consistent approach to nationwide interoperability’ CHICAGO – May 8, 2012 – The proposed rules for Stage 2 of the ARRA-HITECH Meaningful Use electronic health record systems (EHR) were the focus of two comment letters filed by the American Health Information...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 proposed rule Princeton, N.J. — May 8, 2012 — The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has provided formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule for the Electronic...

Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning The push to adopt EHRs is creating new data management challenges for healthcare...
Conquering the complexity of storage Converged medical infrastructure can increase storage capacity by improving...
Is cloud storage right for your organization? Many healthcare organizations are looking to third-party vendors for help....
Network upgrade saves thousands Navos, a non-profit mental health organization based in Seattle, went from...
Getting the lead out Hamilton Medical Center is shifting from conventional sealed lead acid...
More functions, better healthcare Tablet PCs help increase efficiency, accuracy and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated...
Overcoming today’s PACS/RIS challenges Health Management Technology asked select experts the following question:...
Financial, operational assessment key to improving RCM By establishing a committed partnership of third-party resources and internal...
Keep RCM in check Practices that are successful technology adopters consistently outperform...

Reimagining healthcare Laboratories have long been the domain of scientists; a place where they are free to experiment, to collaborate, to invent and to see what works and what doesn’t. What if that same model for improving...

ICD-10 delay: Seven things you should do with the extra time Dawn Duchek Shelly Guffey On April 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a proposed rule...
Publications HIE guide is HIMSS Book of the Year “The Health Information Exchange Formation Guide,” co-authored by well-known health information consultants Laura Kolkman, RN, MS, FHIMSS, and Bob Brown of Mosaica...
Roadmap for interoperable HIEs only a click away National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) recently released “Health Information Exchange Roadmap: The Landscape and a Path Forward,” a no-cost, downloadable resource that offers stakeholders a clear picture...

RCM/Financial Info Systems Solutions Guide Eliminate paper-based payments VeraFund Manager uses advanced payment and remittance processing support from BNY Mellon to deliver an end-to-end automated patient/payer solution for healthcare providers....
Products and Services Optimize clinical decision support ZynxValue+ offers healthcare organizations a customized portfolio of services that rapidly assess a group’s existing clinical decision support. Assessments look beyond...

How to choose the right tablet Save time, reduce errors and ensure that the most up-to-date information stays at the clinician’s fingertips throughout all stages of the care-delivery process. With the ever-changing technology landscape...

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