Joseph Goedert | Feb 22
The Department of Health and Human Services has sent to the Federal Register two notices of proposed rulemaking for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
The idea of a clinical visit in a “virtual world” populated by realistic computerized mannequins may seem farfetched. But Ivana Steigman, M.D., offered a glimpse into a potential clinical world of the future at HIMSS12. Steigman is chief medical officer at Thrive Research, a software development company that’s building communications platforms utilizing virtual reality and related technologies. …
Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
Many health systems are aggressively acquiring physician practices, but there may be an I.T.-driven alternative to a spending spree ...
Feb 22
Health Data Management is hosting the Healthcare Analytics Symposium & Expo, July 24-25 at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 21
“Anyone who claims to be an accountable care organization expert is just blowing smoke,” Gary Austin, president, TranzformHealth, in opening the ACO symposium, explained how the model is too new for anyone to claim expertise.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 21
The final rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2012 expands bundled payments for inpatient stays to include all services within three days of admission by a wholly owned or operated physician practice.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 20
The majority of hospitals fall considerably short when it comes to having the I.T. needed to succeed as an accountable care organization.
Greg Gillespie | Feb 20
Public health agencies aren’t making it easy for providers to attest to the public health objectives folded into the meaningful use program.
Greg Gillespie | Feb 17
Health care empowerment is really about customer service, though health care social media has a role to play. --www.healthdatamanagement.com
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
A new survey finds patients overwhelmingly believe electronic health records improve the quality of care, but are worried about security of their information.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
The Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 16 issued a statement announcing its intent to push back the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance deadline for ICD-10 “for certain health care entities.”
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
There are indications that the proposed rules for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program will come out on Feb. 17, a few days before the giant HIMSS Conference in Las Vegas.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 15
Standards development organizations OMG and Health Level Seven International have announced availability of the hData Record Format and hData RESTful Transport specifications for electronically exchanging patient information.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 15
A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association explores changes in development of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 15
The Optum technology unit of UnitedHealth Group, which includes the former Ingenix, has launched the beta version of a cloud-based platform designed to facilitate health information exchange and improved collaboration of care.
