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Integrating claims systems with practice management and electronic medical record systems has been floated around the industry for a few years.
The Obama administration’s validation that it would extend to Oct. 1, 2013, the deadline for conversion of the healthcare coding system from ICD-9 to ICD-10, may give a false sense of relief, industry observers say.
Physicians in Massachusetts have the highest electronic prescribing rate in the nation, and they have adopted basic electronic health records at twice the rate of the national average, according to a recent study that gives the credit to incentive programs.
Caritas Christi Health Care, a community-based hospital network, serving Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island, is in the second wave of an electronic health records implementation for its 1,200 physicians in its IPA.
The American Medical Association is planning to offer a health information exchange solution to its 240,000 member physicians and other interested physicians.
A physician who makes house calls may seem retro and quaint, but thanks to innovations in information technology, doctors can redefine the way healthcare is delivered.
Web-based technology continues to play a critical role as more cases of swine flu are being reported throughout the world.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius went before the full Senate Tuesday for confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Technology that helps keep more eyes and minds on patients in the intensive care unit has meant that critical care patients in seven Chicago-based hospitals have avoided complications that lead to extended hospital stays.
The 20th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, released at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference last month showed the economy is having an impact on IT budgets, staffing and projects. However, many respondents completed the survey before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law on Feb. 17.