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At HIMSS12 ICD-10 Symposium, industry associations explain the benefits of ICD-10, and the need for the new classification system.
It's essential to take the steps necessary to prepare against a data breach, but after one does occur, knowing how to respond can make all the difference. Mahmood Sher-Jan, vice president of product management at ID Experts, offers five steps to take once a breach has happened.
States have expanded Medicaid rolls throughout the program’s history and have had flexibility in how to do it, AGs said in their brief.
American Health Information Management Association said healthcare industry should continue to press on with ICD-10 implementation.
Officials at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) said Friday they plan to urge the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) for no ICD-10 delay.
Adventist Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system, based in Roseville, Calif., has its sights on interoperability. The organization has launched an initiative to expand electronic health record systems across more than 130 outpatient clinics.
Albany Medical Center has set the stage to exchange patient clinical data between its electronic health record and the EHRs of its affiliated physicians. With one large physician practice connected last month, Albany Med has more in the pipeline.
Some sobering news came from across the pond this past year. On September 22, England's Department of Health announced it would finally scrap the country's decade-long, problem-plagued health information technology initiative, the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
“In 2012, meaningful use will soar," said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari at the Jan. 10 meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee.
Rick Schooler, vice president and CIO of Orlando Health, a seven-hospital health system with a 355-member IT staff, is the 2011 John E. Gall CIO of the Year – an award given by both CHIME and HIMSS. It’s a designation that Schooler finds particularly gratifying.