ICD-10 are a set of new medical diagnostic codes that will be used beginning October 1, 2014, but a new study shows that many health-care providers still don’t understand the value of these codes. The study, conducted by eHealth Initiative and the American Health Information Management...
Some health-care organizations do not grasp the magnitude of the changes demanded by Stage 2 meaningful use, according to a panel convened at The Institute for Health Technology Transformation's Denver Health IT Summit earlier this summer. In Stage 1 meaningful use, health-care providers had to demonstrate...
Marketing has changed drastically since the integration of social media. It's now expected that as a business you will have a social media presence and that it is active. One major problem many small businesses face though is that social media is always changing, often...
In the era of cloud computing, security has become a hot button issue. It seems like almost weekly there is some announcement of a system being hacked or information being leaked. In truth, this will never disappear and may only get worse unless you take...
Data has always been an important part of the decision making process in business, it's also proven integral in day-to-day operations. That's why the idea of Business Intelligence (BI) is starting to catch on with businesses. The ability to capture and analyze data is tempting,...
One of the major setbacks to the exciting evolution of technology is that exciting developments mean there are always security issues cropping up. It can be a seemingly uphill battle to keep your systems secure. One of the best ways to ensure that your systems...
Disasters can affect a business at any time and to any degree of severity. In an effort to reduce or hinder the damage that can result from a disaster, while also keeping the business working, many companies have taken to adopting business continuity plans. These...
Health care, which has always been based on the doctor-patient interaction is facing a challenge in the era of meaningful use stage 2: How do you reconcile the importance of in patient-doctor interactions with the need for standardized structured data capture? For many health-care providers, the...
It’s impossible to know what will happen on October 1, 2014, but you can get a head start on your preparations by asking your payers some questions about their ICD-10 plans. Will you conduct external testing? Medicare says CMS contractors will not conduct full external testing...