New Report Indicates ICD-10 Delay Has Hurt Provider Readiness
Providers Show Lack of Progress from October 2013 Survey The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), has released its findings from a August 2014 ICD-10…
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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September
Top Guest Posts of the Month One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The…
Twitter #AHIMAcon14 Highlights
Following #AHIMAcon14 This Week The AHIMA 2014 Convention & Exhibit took place in San Diego this week. It focused on addressing and troubleshooting the challenges…
EHR Vendors Partner with Apple HealthKit
Cerner and athenahealth join Epic to Bring Apple HealthKit to Customers After months of hype and anticipation, bugs and delays, Apple’s HealthKit has arrived. HealthKit…
Turning Intranets Social for Healthcare
An Intranet that Does not Disrupt Daily Activities By Matt Gretczko, Healthcare Practice Director, Silverline Twitter: @MattGretczko Twitter: @SilverlineCRM One of the many complexities of…
ONC Health IT Safety Program
Progress on Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan In July of 2013, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published…
HIMSS Releases 6th Annual Ambulatory EHR Study
HIMSS Analytics Brief Looks at EHR Adoption Trends Since 2009 HIMSS Analytics has released its 6th Annual Ambulatory EHR study. The study looks at EHR…
Health IT Business News – Monday, Sept. 29, 2014
Today’s Business News Modernizing Medicine has announced its inaugural EMA Nation Users Conference. The conference will provide a venue for users of this specialty-specific electronic health record (EHR)…
Test Your Software Before Implementation
Save Yourself and Your Organization a Headache By Tom Maher, Hayes Management Consulting Twitter: @HayesManagement As I visit client sites I am constantly exposed to the…