ICD-10, What next?
ICD-10, What next? By John Halamka, MD After the senate vote on HR 4302 last night , I sent an email to the CIOs of…
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Upcoming eLearning Event on IT HIPAA Hazards
Avoiding IT HIPAA Hazards: Understanding Compliance & Exceptions Live webinar: Thursday, April 3, 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT With the passage of the Omnibus Final…
Counterpoint: ICD-10 is an Opportunity
The First Opportunity for Physicians to Take Back Control of Healthcare in 30 Years By Charles Pope, Managing Director of Health Information Technologies Twitter: @CharlesHPope…
Why Ergonomics and EHRs Make for Happier Practitioners and Patients
Ergonomics and Patientricity By Steve Reinecke, CLS/MT, CPHIMS, AVP Ergotron Healthcare Twitter: @ergosteve Ergotron Healthcare: @ErgoHIT Today, healthcare organizations are being challenged to provide quality care while…
Twitter #NoDelay Hashtag Highlights
Following #NoDelay This Week The new hashtag #NoDelay was started by AHIMA to rally against delaying ICD-10 any longer. Starting with a “virtual rally” on…
EHR Features That are Changing Medicine
EHR’s Clinical Decision Support By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv The United States healthcare system is in the midst of a technological revolution. Less than a…
Indemnification and BA Agreements
Indemnification: Is It Needed In A Business Associate Agreement? By Matthew Fisher Twitter: @matt_r_fisher The requirement for Covered Entities under the Health Insurance Portability and…
Senate Passes Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, Pushes ICD-10 Compliance Date Back
Delay of ICD-10 Now in the Hands of the President It’s been a whirlwind few days for the healthcare industry. Last Thursday the House of…
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – March
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…