ICD-10 Delay Doesn’t Address Procedural Hurdles, Critics Say
Update From HealthLeaders Media Dated April 10, 2012 The federal government’s proposed rule that would delay for one year the implementation date for ICD-10 buys providers more time but does nothing to address underlying procedural problems that could wreak havoc when the diagnostic code set eventual goes live, one observer says. “Yes, an additional year [...]
Read moreThe All Important Medical Transcription Resume
Resume creation is a vital part of getting a job in any field. When applying for medical transcription positions, this is the case as well. When a hiring employer sees your resume, it is their first impression of you and you want that to be a good one. There are specific ways to make your [...]
Read moreHow Much of Your Personal Health Information Should Be Online?
Original Article By Brian S. McGowan and posted on TheAtlantic.com It’s time to move beyond the isolated patient experience, but the social outlets we’re using aren’t made for sharing high-stakes information. “Has anyone else gone through this before?” That’s one of the first things a person asks himself after being anointed a “patient.” In illness, [...]
Read moreElectronic Submission of Medical Docs Trial Goes Live
Article posted March 13, 2012 on HealthLeadersMedia.com A year ago this month, CMS announced its esMD tool, which is an option for providers to electronically send medical documentation that is requested of them by recovery auditors and other government entities contractors. Phase 1 of esMD kicked off on September 15, 2011. During this period, providers [...]
Read moreMT vs. Dictation Editor — What’s the Difference?
By Denise M. O’Neal, For The Record Vol. 24 No. 2 P. 5 In more than a decade of transcribing, I had always been called a medical transcriptionist (MT), and I had never known the occupation to be termed anything else—until recently. When I was hired for my present position a little more than three [...]
Read moreAmerican Docs Question Health IT’s Benefits
Original article appears on InfoWeek.com U.S. physicians are less likely than doctors in other countries to think that healthcare IT can improve diagnostic decisions, according to an Accenture survey of 3,700 doctors in eight countries. Additionally, only 47% of U.S. doctors report that healthcare technology has helped improve the quality of treatment decisions, compared to [...]
Read moreEHRs Linked to Errors, Harm, AMA Says
From InformationWeek article by Ken Terry A new AMA report on patient safety in ambulatory care finds that safety problems are widespread but that little is known about which problems cause the most harm. Among the uncertainties cited by the AMA researchers is the contribution of electronic health records (EHRs) to patient safety. “The use [...]
Read moreThe 5-year plan: Where will healthcare be in 2017?
Posted on HealthcareITNews.com Now is time of year when people dust off their crystal balls, polish up their powers of prognostication and make predictions for the annum ahead. What will 2012 hold in store? But with healthcare information technology evolving at warp-speed, Healthcare IT News wanted to cast a longer view: What can we expect [...]
Read moreUnhealthy: 2011 Saw Surge In HIPAA Compliance Issues
From article posted on Forbs.com on line By: Alex Blau: The wrath of HIPAA. It’s one of the less pleasant healthcare trends of 2011: information is becoming less secure while enforcement is growing more stringent. According to a recent Ponemon research study, data breaches alone have risen by 32%. Ninety-two percent of all healthcare institutions [...]
Read more9 ways health IT – beyond EHRs – helps patients
Article by: Kristine Martin Anderson, Senior VP, Booz Allen Hamiton, Inc. Even among very knowledgeable people, the concept of health information technology is often equated with its most familiar element, “Electronic Health Records.” Adoption of electronic health records are a critical first step to realizing the transformational power of Health IT – but getting out [...]
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