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Dolbey Announces Fusion CQM for Hospital Core Measures and Care Quality Management

CONCORD, OH – Fusion CQM™ is a complete quality and Core Measures management and reporting system which stands uniquely in the industry by offering concurrent quality review for better patient care. Hospitals track the quality of the care they provide and report these statistics to The Joint Commission for voluntary accreditation and to The Centers…

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Docs Seek Health Information Management Pros for ICD-10 Prep

By Jennifer Bresnick for HealthIT Analytics The ICD-10 transition is a large, complex, and complicated task for the healthcare industry, but if one thing is clear about the drawn-out process, it’s that many providers are lagging behind where they should be to meet the October 1, 2015 deadline.  Despite a lengthy preparation period and years…

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An old-school fix to doctors’ tech woes: Medical scribes

by Claire Zillman for Fortune A booming health care profession is helping ease doctors’ frustration with growing digital demands. Three years out of residency, Kevin Hopkins, the medical director of a family health and ambulatory surgery center in Strongsville, Ohio, was buried in emails, phone calls, and patient notes. And as a self-described “poor typist,”…

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Sticky: AAPC’s 2014 Salary Survey: See How Your Salary Stacks Up

By Michelle A. Dick and Rachel Momeni for AAPC Employment rates and salaries reflect healthcare business professionals’ rising marketability. AAPC’s 2014 Salary Survey proves that it’s a good time to be working on the business side of healthcare. Employment opportunities continue to rise for members, especially for apprentices. More members are earning higher education degrees than we’ve ever seen.…

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Report: 61% of Struggling Hospital CFOs Expect to Be Fired by 2016

By Fred Pennic for HIT Consultant 61 percent of hospital chief financial officers (CFOs) and business managers in “struggling” hospitals expect to be fired by 2016 due to outdated revenue cycle management solutions, according to a recent Black Book report. The report reveals hospital CFOs could potentially lose their jobs because their outdated revenue cycle…

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ICD-10: Managing the Doubt

By Linda Reed, R.N. for Hospital & Health Networks Despite widespread doubt that ICD-10 actually will happen next October, hospital leaders can ill-afford to stand pat. The consequences of doing nothing are severe, says CIO Linda Reed, R.N. “The deadlines are not changing. … Let me repeat that, the deadlines ARE NOT changing.” Karen Trudel,…

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ICD-10: Why Should the CEO Care?

By Marty Fattig for Hospital & Health Networks The transition to ICD-10 may have been delayed a year, but that doesn’t mean hospital executives can tune out what’s happening in their organizations. It is up to the CEOs to make sure that their organizations have smooth transitions. Well, they put off ICD-10 implementation once again…

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ICD-10 queries: Where real time is likely to be lost

By Carl Natale, Editor, for ICD10Watch Are you worried that ICD-10’s granularity will take a hefty toll on productivity? Then you’re not alone. One of the major issues with ICD-10 implementation is the concern that the increased specificity will create more work for medical practices and damage productivity. To document that increased specificity, physicians are…

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