By Rosann M. O’Dell – In May of 1990, the 43rd World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization endorsed the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) and recommended it for international use.
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In his recent speech to the AMA House of Delegates, AMA president Dr. Robert Wah characterized the planned implementation of ICD-10 as analogous to the dark forces controlling the galaxy in the movie Star Wars: “If it was a droid, ICD-10 would serve Darth Vader… For more than a decade, the AMA kept ICD-10 at bay – and we want to freeze it in carbonite!”
I experienced the “pain” of accessing and managing multiple provider portal sites firsthand following an injury and subsequent surgery earlier this year.In the months following…
The purpose of the Argonaut Project to rapidly develop a first-generation FHIR-based API to enable expanded information sharing of electronic health records and other health…
On Monday, December 8th, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services announced another new HIPAA settlement. As with most recent settlements, the latest settlement is being used to set up an example of what not to do.
The purpose of the Argonaut Project to rapidly develop a first-generation FHIR-based API to enable expanded information sharing of electronic health records and other health information technology based on Internet standards and architectural patterns.
In 2015, healthcare information technology will continue to drive towards solutions that respond to the industry challenges of providing increased quality of care at a…
At this year’s American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2014 Annual Symposium, I was honored to be asked, along with fellow Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) faculty member Dr. Joan Ash, to deliver one of the annual Year in Review sessions.
What Are They and How Are They Useful? CCDs are a type of electronic document that summarize patient information and help providers communicate clinical information…