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Use of ‘Free’ EHRs May Violate New HIPAA Rule
Better get out those checkbooks. The new HIPAA rule may put the kibosh on “free” EHRs, according to FierceHealthIT.
Hospital Video Mocks Patient Care Under Health Reform
A New Jersey hospital produced a video that’s sure to put a smile on the faces of health reform opponents, according to FOX Business. |
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Optum, Mayo Clinic Collaborate on Data Mining Project
Optum and the Mayo Clinic recently launched Optum Labs, an open, collaborative research and development facility with the goal of improving patient care. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Optum Labs provides an environment where the healthcare industry can come together to combine information and ideas that benefit patients today while also driving long-term improvements in the delivery and quality of care.
Optum and the Mayo Clinic will make their information assets, technologies, knowledge tools, and scientific expertise available to organizations interested in pursuing practical new solutions to patient care challenges. The Mayo Clinic also will contribute valuable insights directly from patient experiences.
The Mayo Clinic’s extensive clinical expertise will be instrumental in guiding Optum Labs’ research agenda and applying research results and insights directly to the patient care environment. Combining the clinic’s extensive clinical insights with Optum’s healthcare claims information will help doctors better understand all aspects of the patient care experience and refine approaches to care that consistently help patients achieve the best outcomes. Other Optum Labs participants will include academic institutions, life sciences companies, commercial and government payers, and other care providers.
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Industry Disconnect
Are educational institutions offering the appropriate coding curriculums to help new graduates land that elusive hospital position? Read more »
Left to Their Own Device
The rise in the number of personal mobile devices being brought to the workplace has created security concerns for healthcare organizations. Read more »
Setting the Stage for MU’s Next Act
There’s no rest for weary hospital officials and staff as the initial comment period for stage 3 of meaningful use gets under way. Read more »
Change for the Best
An accomplished change management plan can help alleviate staff fears about making the transition to an EHR. Read more » |
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Jazz Up Your HIM Education at HIMSS13
By Heather Hogstrom
HIMSS13 is set for March 3 through 7 in New Orleans, a city known for jazz music, Mardi Gras, and Creole cuisine. While you’re enjoying your gumbo or beignets, take time to examine the parade of exciting things happening in the HIM field.
Meaningful use will be a hot topic for HIMSS13. A meaningful use workshop focuses on addressing the new requirements of the EHR incentive program for small ambulatory practices, while the “Meaningful Use Symposium: Transform MU From an IT Project to an Organizational Initiative” will discuss the challenges involved, share success stories and lessons learned, and help attendees prepare their organization for a meaningful use audit and the 2014 certification requirements.
And be sure to stop by the new, interactive Meaningful Use Experience on the exhibit floor where you can check out proven, certified EHR solutions; connect with vendors; and view side-by-side demonstrations to compare products and determine which meet your facility’s needs. The experience also features presentations, where you can hear about meaningful use compliance in areas such as emergency departments, specialty medicine, and multidisciplinary mental health practices.
Think achieving meaningful use is too complicated? Then get some tips from one provider’s successful experience during a presentation that suggests “Meaningful Use Can Be Easy.”
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52 Weeks for Women’s Health App
52 Weeks for Women’s Health offers women access to a year’s worth of practical health information, highlighted week by week. The mobile app, created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), can help women identify health risks, and create and maintain healthy lifestyles. It offers questions to ask healthcare providers, a glossary of health terms, and health screening information and links to additional information from NIH institutes and centers. The app is available for download to iPhones, iPads, and Android devices, and content also is accessible without a handheld device. Learn more »
BodyMaps Full-Body Anatomy iPad App
Healthline BodyMaps for the iPad is a 3D interactive visual learning tool to help medical students, doctors, and consumers understand the human body. The app features anatomy models of both sexes, including anatomical structures for common specialties such as orthopedics, cardiology, and neurology. Key features include full-color, high-resolution display 3D images depicting more than 1,000 anatomical structures; 30 rotatable models of parts of the body such as the eye, knee, and heart; 200 videos covering specific conditions and related symptoms, procedures, and treatments; a fully immersive user experience that supports effortless navigation of all layers of the anatomy: pinch, expand, drag, and tap your way through the body and related content; the ability to search using either clinical terms or everyday language; and a mark-up tool to draw directly on an image to illustrate specific conditions, procedures, or therapies. Learn more »
mVisum STEMI Alert App
mVisum, Inc’s STEMI Alert smartphone app helps shorten the time between a heart attack and treatment. STEMI Alert is a comprehensive tool designed to gather patient data surrounding an acute cardiac event and securely push it to physicians’ smartphones where it can be quickly viewed, assessed, and acknowledged. The app is supported on all major smartphone-operating platforms and helps guard against network and device malfunctions, protecting patient data and assisting customers in meeting HIPAA and HITECH requirements. Learn more »
SCAI Quality Improvement Toolkit AUC Calculator App
Coronary revascularization appropriate use criteria (AUC) are just a click away with the SCAI Quality Improvement Toolkit AUC and Guidelines App, launched by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). Once members of the cardiac catheterization lab team input facts about a patient’s case, the app will indicate where a “typical” case with those same characteristics would fall on a spectrum of “appropriate,” “uncertain,” or “inappropriate” for revascularization, as defined by the latest recommendations from cardiology societies. Learn more » |
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