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ChartWise and Dolbey Announce “Best-of-Breed” Technology Alliance to Link Computer-Assisted Documentation Improvement and Coding

Organizations Join Forces to Improve Revenue Capture Through Improved Clinical Documentation CONCORD, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2013 — Dolbey Systems, a leading provider of Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC), and ChartWise Medical Systems, Inc., the leader in Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI), have formed a technology alliance enabling ChartWise:CDI and the recently announced second-generation ChartWise 2.0 software to…

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What to do (and what not to do) when your $1B system-wide EHR fails

By Erin McCann for Healthcare IT News ‘There really wasn’t any support from management on what was going on.’ The 24-hospital Sutter Health system in Northern California was the talk of the town late August after a software glitch rendered its $1 billion Epic electronic health record system inaccessible to nurses and clinical staff throughout…

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Avoiding the ICD-10 claims backlog

By Tammy Worth for Healthcare Finance News Hospitals must strategize now to keep their revenue cycle from stalling The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recommended that hospitals start testing for ICD-10 in 2013, but so far, many hospitals have not heeded that recommendation. That mistake could ultimately hit hospitals in the wallet. Business…

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AHA: Hospitals Will be Ready for ICD-10 in October 2014

The below article, published in Advance for Health Information Professionals, uses conflicting statistics from several groups and associations. Where does your organization stand? Will you be ready for ICD-10? We’d love to hear your comments! From Advance for Health Information Professionals The American Hospital Association (AHA) is optimistic that its members will be ready for…

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The ICD-10 Journey

ICD-10 testing is about knowing the answers. By Patrick McNeese for Advance for Health Information Professionals There’s an old maxim that says: “Lawyers should never ask a Georgia grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer.” ICD-10 testing needs to support that truism. Prior to development of test scenarios and scripts, an understanding…

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How to Fix Poor Dictation

By Julie Knudson for For The Record It bears repeating: Poor dictation habits can severely affect quality of care and timely reimbursement. For years, physicians have been dictating their patient reports and for years, transcriptionists have been trying to figure out what they’re saying. But as the health care system evolves, technology such as EHRs…

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A Tax Fight in Pittsburgh and the Future of Non-Profit Hospitals Nationwide

By Kate Pickert for Time-Swampland The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is one of the most powerful institutions in Pennsylvania, employing some 55,000 people at more than 20 hospitals and 400 outpatient clinics. Like many powerful organizations, UPMC has detractors. The health care system is under fire from local labor organizers who want to…

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Best Children’s Hospitals 2013-14: Overview and Honor Roll

By Kimberly Leonard for U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report has released its seventh annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, a guide to the best care for children who face life-threatening, rare or demanding conditions or procedures. In the 2013-14 rankings, 87 different hospitals are listed among the top 50 in at…

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