March 30, 2012
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The Orange, Calif.-based CalOptima Regional Extension Center (COREC) has announced one thousand primary care providers have agreed to partake in access services that will help the doctors transition from paper to EHRs. COREC achieved the 1,000-member goal ahead of its self-imposed project timeline.
March 28, 2012 John DeGaspari
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Healthcare data security spending is growing rapidly, and is expected to reach $40 billion in 2012—a 22-percent increase from 2011. The higher cost of maintaining data centers has led healthcare organizations to consider lower cost cities in which to locate these operations, according to a recently released report by The Boyd Company, Inc., Princeton, N.J. The study estimates that data security spending will top $70 billion by 2015.
March 22, 2012
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According to research from Kansas City-based Integrated Healthcare Strategies, a national healthcare consulting firm, more hospitals have begun to staff changes based on the ICD-10 transition. The research, the sixth variation of the firm’s Salary Increase, Incentive, and Benefit Updates Survey, states nearly 60 percent of the respondents reported that they anticipate some type of staffing change based on ICD-10.
March 21, 2012
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The Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has been recognized the Mayor of Houston, Annise D. Parker for their efforts in the HIMSS Latino community to promote the adoption of health information technology in underserved areas in and around the city.
March 1, 2012
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The National Quality Forum (NQF), a Washington D.C. based non-profit organization, has announced through its Board of Directors that President and CEO Janet Corrigan has submitted her resignation, effective late June 2012. Corrigan has served as NQF’s President and CEO for more than six years.
February 29, 2012
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According to a new study released by the health information technology practice of the New York-based consulting firm PricewaterCoopers, LLC (New York, N.Y.) health organizations are worried that there aren’t enough people with skills to handle the volume and complexity of health information as use of electronic health records (EHR) grows.
February 27, 2012 Gwen Darling
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In addition to several client meetings, this was the day of two big events that promised to be the most satisfying of the week from my perspective, and neither let me down. Additionally, two fantastic meals were included - bonus! I just wish I had read the sign on the minibar.
February 14, 2012
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According to various media reports, Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), told the attendees at an American Medical Association (AMA) conference that the agency is considering delaying the ICD-10 implementation.
February 10, 2012
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The Washington, D.C.-based National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) recently released the results of a survey to the attendees of its NeHC University recent program on health information exchanges (HIEs), called, "Introduction to the HIE Landscape." NeHC says the results of the survey will determine the development of future NeHC University programs and provide valuable insight into key issues and challenges facing the world of HIE.
February 8, 2012 Gwen Darling
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We all know that when the home life suffers, the work life suffers. So it isn’t really a stretch for a Healthcare IT Careers blogger to offer love life advice, right? Plus, I worked in a flower shop in my early years, and I’m female – so I know a bit about these matters, too. So without further adieu, here are 3 secrets that every man should know about sending flowers on Valentine’s Day:
February 1, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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More often than not, if you aren’t in the medical field, going to the doctor can be like seeing a foreign language film without the English subtitles. Plain and simple, not everyone knows medical speak. For this reason, health literacy has become an emerging issue in the healthcare industry.
January 30, 2012
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The Chicago-based American Medical Association (AMA) recently sent a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-Ohio) asking him to put a stop to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) required implementation of ICD-10. In the letter to Boehner, the AMA says the ICD-10 “create significant burdens on the practice of medicine with no direct benefit to individual patient care” and will be costly.
