Category: Analytics
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Health IT execs talk survival strategies
Working in a hospital IT department is no walk in the park. Complying with federal regulations such as meaningful use and ICD-10 have most IT teams strapped, stressed and constantly shifting their priorities in attempt to meet the requirements that keep piling up — all this in addition to their regular workload. read more …read…
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Stage 2 changes are unlikely, says ONC
Wish there could be a delay of Stage 2 meaningful use? Talk to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. And don’t hold your breath. read more …read more
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Docs blame EHRs for lost productivity
Nearly 60 percent of ambulatory providers surveyed for a new IDC Health Insights report say they’re unsatisfied with their electronic health records, citing frustrations with usability and workflow. read more …read more
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EHRs can’t do everything
Like many other industries, healthcare is becoming more consumer-focused. As Eric Wicklund and Mike Miliard have recently documented for Healthcare IT News, patients and doctors alike have spoken out against EHR solutions for interfering with rather than facilitating doctor-patient interactions. read more …read more
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Why is an EHR-induced drop in doc demand generating so little interest?
I’m never surprised when readers comment on my editorials, either on the FierceEMR website or to me personally. I try to address timely, thought-provoking topics that give readers pause, as well as the opportunity to weigh in. But I was a bit surprised when a news story I wrote last week about a study published…
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Strategies for a Meaningful Use Audit
In this podcast, with Impact Advisors principal, Laura Kreofsky, we’ll look at what provider organizations should do if they get a letter audited from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that states they’ve been randomly selected to be audited to ensure they met all the requirements for Meaningful Use. Five-to-10 percent of eligible…
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Report Finds Paper-Based Strategies Still a Critical Element to Successful Healthcare Information Exchange
HIMSS Analytics has released a new report on the barriers, challenges, and opportunities of healthcare information exchange. The report examines the current state of information exchange among U.S. hospitals and explores the opportunities for improving the collection and exchange of patient data. Survey respondents – 157 senior hospital information technology executives – indicated that there…
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Readers Write: Provider Charges: An Excellent Start
Provider Charges: An Excellent Start By Data Nerd Any data nerd worth his or her salt will tell you that a thorough analysis starts with vetting, mining, scrubbing, and purging compilations of data. Most of my time on any analysis project is spent understanding the context and cleansing data to the point that I can…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/16/13
I mentioned in last week’s EP Talk that I’m preparing to sit for the Clinical Informatics board exam next month. At the board review course I attended recently, there were several comments about the recommended reading list published by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. At some point during the last few months it grew…
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How big data is changing the role of HIM professionals
The challenge of big data is to harness it, understand it and use it to cut costs, create more predictive healthcare and improve outcomes. To that end, providers are realizing the need for more sophisticated IT systems that allow healthcare information management professionals to meet the challenge in various new roles, according to an article…