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Most Wired Hospitals List ‘Carries More Weight’ With Redesign

By Molly Merrill, Associate Editor, HealthCare IT News In its 13th year, the Most Wired hospitals and health systems list, put out by Hospitals & Health Networks, seems to have upped its value as an indicator of hospital care, rather than just a marketing tool. The hospitals on this year’s list showed strides in computerized…

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50 Top Grossing Non-Profit Hospitals in America

Written by Jaimie Oh, Originally posted at Becker’s Hospital Review  Here are the 50 top grossing non-profit hospitals in the United States listed by gross revenue, according to CMS cost report data analyzed by American Hospital Directory. Note: The hospital total patient revenues reported here are reported to CMS by the hospitals in their most…

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Report: Global Hospital Information Systems Market Forecast to Grow at a CAGR of 10% from 2010-2017

Originally published in TransWorldNews.Com The global Hospital Information Systems (HIS) market was valued at $7.4 billion in 2010, and is forecast to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10% to reach about $14.7 billion by 2017. The high growth forecast for the period 2010-2017 is significantly influenced by accelerated efforts from the…

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Transitioning Coding Professionals Into New Roles in a Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) Environment

Transitions are common in the healthcare marketplace today. Encoding of clinical data is a key element of the health information management (HIM) profession. It binds the provision of care to the systems serving both clinical and administrative needs. Coding professionals are experts at adapting to change, since the code sets and coding guidelines require frequent…

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No Code Left Behind

By Elizabeth S. Roop, For The Record, Vol. 23 No. 5 P. 10 Backed by a powerful engine, computer-assisted coding provides a comprehensive solution capable of reading and interpreting reports. With HIT system acquisition and implementation and the training required to meet a growing number of mandates, it is difficult to envision any hospital shifting…

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Dolbey Introduces Fusion SpeechEMR to Integrate Speech Recognition Directly With an EMR.

Orlando FL – While exhibiting at HIMSS 2011 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Dolbey, announced the release of Fusion SpeechEMR™, powered by Nuance’s SpeechMagic. Fusion SpeechEMR offers physicians the ability to utilize speech recognition within any EMR or third party application. The new feature of Fusion Expert™ allows a physician to use speech recognition with recognized…

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Dolbey is set to unveil the latest version of Fusion CAC at HIMSS 2010

HIMSS 2010, Dolbey is set to unveil the latest version of Fusion CAC™, computer-assisted coding (CAC) software at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in Atlanta this week. Fusion CAC utilizes unique, patent pending technology in a natural language processing software engine that can read patient charts to present appropriate ICD9-CM diagnostic, procedure…

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Fusion CAC Release

Orlando, Florida — At the 2008 HIMSS convention in Orlando, Dolbey announced the release of Fusion CAC™ powered by EMscribe™ for the hospital coding market. By utilizing advanced coding technology, Fusion CAC™ increases the efficiency and consistency of a human coder while resulting in a reduction in the amount of time between when a patient…

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Fusion Voice® Gets Even Better

New Orleans, LA – From the 2007 Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, Dolbey introduced a powerful and unique interface available for the Fusion Voice® dictation system. Utilizing a new digital pocket memo recorder from Philips Dictation Systems, the DPM 9600, Dolbey has developed this interface from a healthcare provider’s patient scheduling system to…

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