National Nurses Week 2013
Delivering Quality & Innovation in Patient Care In 1954, 100 years after Florence Nightingale’s mission to Crimea, the first National Nurse Week was observed in…
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CHIME Responds To Senators Request for HITECH Reboot
CHIME Recommends Delaying Stage 3 Last month a group of six Republican Senators released a public letter questioning just how and where the HITECH Act funds are…
Should you be using Email for Patient Service?
By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions The HIPAA Security Rules allow you to communicate with emails that include Protected Health Information as long as the patient…
AHIMA advises CMS to adopt coding guidelines
EHRs Can Lead to Better Coding, More Accurate Reimbursement Electronic Health Records (EHRs), when used correctly, produce more accurate documentation leading to more complete coding, and…
Bill Introduced to Prohibit HHS from Mandating Move to ICD-10 Codes
Bill HR 1701 Seeks to Halt ICD-10 Compliance Last week at AHIMA’s ICD-10 CM/PCS Summit, Denise Buenning, Deputy Director of  CMS’ Office of E-Health Standards…
AHRQ Study to Look at Health IT Impact on Ambulatory Workflow
Patient-Reported Health IT Technology and Ambulatory Workflow The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is conducing a study to look at the impact on…
Industry Responds On How to Advance Health Information Exchange
Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange On March 7, 2013 CMS and HHSÂ filed a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on policy and program…
ONC Hosts Million Hearts Webinar
Using Health IT Tools to Reduce Heart Disease and Stroke In September of 2011 HHS launched the Million Hearts®. This national initiative wants to prevent…
ONC Developer App Challenge
Apps4TotsHealth Challenge In September 2009 President Obama outlined and initiated his Strategy for American Innovation. He called on agencies to “increase their ability to promote…