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23rd Annual Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week

Originally posted at www.AHIMA.org The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) invites all health information professionals to join the celebration and be recognized during the 23rd annual Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week. Formerly knows as Health Information & Technology Week, HIP Week will run from March 25 through March 31. This year’s event is themed,…

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HIPAA 5010 Enforcement Target Date Moved to End of June

By Bernie Monegain for PhysBizTech.com The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced on March 15 that it would delay enforcement of HIPAA 5010 transactions to June 30, 2012. It’s the second three-month delay on enforcement made by OESS. While the rule calls for compliance by Jan. 1,…

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The $4 Billion Typo in Obamacare’s ‘Louisiana Purchase’

By Avik Roy, for Forbes Do you remember the “Louisiana Purchase?” I don’t mean Thomas Jefferson’s acquisition of land from Napoleon, but rather Democrats’ acquisition of Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D., La.) support for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Landrieu, critics believe, pledged her vote in exchange for gaining $200 million additional federal funds…

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CIOs Need To Engage Docs In ICD-10 Transition

Focus group suggests that CIOs need to get clinicians enthusiastic about the new diagnostic coding system, but they don’t know how to make that happen. By Ken Terry InformationWeek Healthcare systems preparing for the ICD-10 transition are still not devoting enough attention to preparing physicians for the clinical documentation that will be required when the…

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D.C. Report: Stage 2 Meaningful Use Details, Guessing the ICD-10 Delay

By Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME, Originally published on Healthcare Informatics.com The Proposed Regulation Heard ‘Round the World  As the Senior Director of Advocacy aptly pointed out in a recent blog posting, the notice of proposed rulemaking for Stage 2 Meaningful Use was released late last week – and if this is…

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Dolbey Introduces DocAssist for Physician Guidance with ICD-10

HIMSS12 LAS VEGAS–From the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference, Dolbey introduced DocAssist™ Documentation Guides to help hospitals train their physicians to document patient reports according to the upcoming ICD-10 PCS requirements. “Our research found that as much as 60% of the documentation in a patient’s chart is still dictated and transcribed.…

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Dolbey Executes Interface License Agreement with 3M Health Information Systems

Dolbey Systems, Inc. has completed an Interface License Agreement with 3M Health Information Systems of Murray, Utah. The Agreement licenses the interfacing of Dolbey’s Fusion CAC™ computer-assisted coding solution to the 3M™ Coding and Reimbursement System (CRS). For more about Dolbey’s Fusion CAC solution visit www.dolbey.com. About Dolbey Dolbey is a leader in providing dictation,…

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8 Breach Prevention Tips

Action Items Based on Lessons Learned By Howard Anderson for GovInfo Security What can be learned from the more than 390 major breaches affecting more than 19 million individuals that have been reported as a result of the federal HIPAA breach notification rule? Plenty, breach prevention experts say. Here are eight key breach-prevention insights from…

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Physicians: iPad Not Ready For Clinical Use

By Ken Terry for InformationWeek Most doctors still use desktops because iPads lack speech processing capabilities. One expert, however, says iPad EHRs are coming. Eighty percent of physicians in a recent survey said they believe that the Apple iPad has an “exciting future in healthcare”–but they doubt it is ready for clinical use. The survey…

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Proceed With Caution

By David Yeager for For The Record Speech recognition can help reduce costs, but healthcare organizations should take steps to ensure they’re not sacrificing quality in the process. Everyone loves to save money but in today’s healthcare environment, cutting costs is more a matter of necessity than desire. Rather than allow the quality of care…

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