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In light of concerns regarding the lack of ICD-10-readiness, healthcare organizations are turning to third-party consulting firms to help overcome challenges with the technology and provide training, according to new data from KLAS. In the report — ICD-10 Perception 2012: Can Technology Relieve Readiness Issues — the majority of providers said they have tapped consultants [...]
As part of an ongoing strategy to meet Meaningful Use requirements and cut costs, a growing number of providers are turning to revenue cycle services, according to a new report from KLAS — Revenue Cycle Services: Which Firms Deliver Big Returns. The study found that ICD-10 preparation and reduced reimbursements are also contributing to the [...]
Lessons learned from the early CIO years
From Japan to Seattle
CIOs need to “take that leadership role and lead”
MU & ICD-10 — “The more we can get standardized in healthcare, the better off we are”
The developing partnership between government entities and healthcare organizations
Finding a place to call home
An Allscripts Sunrise Clinical Manager Shop
Tying MU activities to ICD-10 preparation
Front-end physician documentation/progress notes
Voice recognition, CAC and Hyland for document imaging
Kudos to the ICD-10 delay
Balancing need for discrete data with burden on clinicians
About CHI (76 hospitals in 19 states)
Weighing in on federal legislation
Thoughts on the ICD-10 postponement
Lessons of 5010
Dangers of disrupting the revenue cycle
Building strong clinical partnerships, staffing the CMIO role
WK Provation for order sets
M*Modal for speech recognition
Balancing the desire for data with the burden on front-line clinicians
Meeting MU is “not in the top 3 things we’re focused on here at Duke”
Thoughts on ICD-10
The challenge of being on an EHR implementation that isn’t being led by IT
Reporting to the COO & chief physician officer
Extending Epic out to affiliated physicians (after taking care of owned docs)
Waiting on the Epic rollout to attest to MU for ambulatory
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