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By Mark Hagland for HCI | Healthcare Informatics Rush University Medical Center CMIO Brian Patty, M.D., shares his perspectives on physician documentation reform As the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) has moved towards universalization, one of the unfortunate unintended consequences of the rapid shift to electronic form for patient records has been that of…
By THR Staff for The Hollywood Reporter Robert De Niro Bill McCay/ Getty Images “We do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for.” Andrew Wakefield’s Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe has been officially pulled from this year’s Tribeca Film Festival lineup after criticism from filmmakers. The news comes just a day after Robert De…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare IT News CMS said it plans to add about 1,900 diagnosis codes and 3,651 hospital inpatient procedure codes to the coding system. On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will add another 5,500 codes to the ICD-10 diagnostic library, officials announced in a March 9 meeting. The addition will…
By Lisa Vaas for naked security Every week seems to bring news of another case of ransomware. It’s nasty stuff. Nasty enough that the US and Canada on Thursday issued a rare joint cyber alert warning about the recent surge in ransomware attacks, in which data is encrypted and crooks demand payment for it to be unlocked. The…
By Dhruv Khullar, M.D. for The New York Times Sometimes, before I interview new patients, while I’m waiting for them to be transported from the emergency department to the medical floor, I play a game. I look through their lab tests. I peruse their imaging studies. I read other doctors’ notes and recent discharge summaries. Then I guess…
By Becker’s Hospital Review Staff for Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to release the 2016 edition of “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.” The list features U.S. healthcare provider organizations, such as hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgical centers and home health agencies, as well as other types of healthcare-specific companies, like consulting…
Presbyterian Medical Center has paid $17,000 to hackers who took over its computer systems. By Todd Campbell for The Motley Fool After hackers used malware to commandeer computers at Presbyterian Medical Center on Feb. 5, the Hollywood hospital paid them over $17,000 in ransom to regain control over their systems. The cyber-ransom is the latest threat posed by…
By Vicky Mahn-DiNicola, RN, MS, CPHQ, and Kim Charland, BA, RHIT, CCS for VBP monitor The healthcare industry is almost five months into ICD-10 implementation. While the conversion seems to have gone rather smoothly, it may be too early in the game to evaluate the impact of how coded data has impacted quality measurement. However, because there…
By Rajiv Leventhal for HCI | Healthcare Informatics Just three percent of survey respondents believe their organization is highly prepared to make the pay-for-value transition, according to the 2016 HIMSS Cost Accounting Survey, unveiled at last week’s HIMSS conference in Las Vegas. Indeed, as more and more healthcare organizations begin adopting some form of a…
By Michael Walter for Radiology Business IBM has announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based analytics company, for $2.6 billion. The deal will give IBM access to the data of more than 200 million unique patients, helping it further strengthen the power and capabilities of its cognitive Watson Health unit. “With this acquisition,…