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By Bernie Monegain | 11:29 am | February 09, 2015
It looks like the stars could at last be aligned for ICD-10. After years of angst and multiple delays, a new government report indicates that CMS has done the necessary testing to move forward.
By Mike Miliard | 11:23 am | February 09, 2015
In a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner this past Friday, a who's-who of healthcare stakeholders laid out their list of desired improvements to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
By Chris Nerney | 10:51 am | February 09, 2015
HIMSS15 briefings will help health IT professionals prepare disaster survival plans.
By Tom Sullivan | 09:02 am | February 09, 2015
3M president JaeLynn Williams has a unique purview into the preventable events, reduced readmissions and population health work resulting in success stories among a handful of states.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:17 am | February 08, 2015
Developers who translate clinical voices into health records are expecting big breakthroughs this spring in natural language processing.
By Anthony Vecchione | 01:08 pm | February 06, 2015
Increased adoption of electronic health records is helping pharmacists who work for payers and pharmacy benefit management companies improve outcomes, thanks to access to high-quality clinical data.
By Erin McCann | 12:05 pm | February 06, 2015
Healthcare industry, listen up: you're a prime target for cyberattacks. Just ask virtually every IT security expert out there. Or ask Anthem, who learned the hard way.
By Mike Miliard | 12:03 pm | February 06, 2015
Analytics tools are increasingly being deployed across healthcare, but in few places are investments in those technologies more important than at small and rural hospitals.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:09 am | February 06, 2015
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is calling on Congress to add its influence and energy to the push toward nationwide healthcare interoperability.
By Mike Miliard | 12:17 pm | February 05, 2015
The American Medical Association has partnered with MATTER, a health technology incubator, setting up a "physical and virtual infrastructure" where physicians and entrepreneurs can innovate new models of care.