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In HIM circles, information governance has become a chart-topper on many organizational to-do lists. AHIMA has stressed the concept’s importance and the role HIM professionals can play in the equation.
This month’s E-News Exclusive offers valuable pointers on the initial steps in launching an information governance initiative. Its bullet points make for interesting reading.
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The IG Journey: Getting Your Initiative Off the Ground
By Nancy Twombly
The volume of information in the health care industry continues to grow exponentially. With meaningful use, ICD-10, mobile health, and telehealth all contributing to the data deluge, there is a strong need for health care organizations to develop an information governance (IG) framework to get control over this pool of rapidly growing and increasingly distributed information. Sounds easy—right?
Health care organizations are required to manage their information on an enterprisewide basis, particularly as the landscape shifts to an accountable care framework in which access to information is required anywhere and at any time. To address these challenges, organizations must address the people, process, policy, and technology that are required to support the shift to enterprisewide IG. By doing so, they can enhance their ability to obtain the business intelligence that can turn their information into insight. While this may seem intuitive, getting to the end state of enterprisewide IG is easier said than done.
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ICDLogic, Allscripts Partner on CDI Tool
ICDLogic joined the award-winning Allscripts Developer Program to build an integration using the Allscripts Open API [application program interface]. The planned integration will enable Allscripts EHR users to access CypherLink, a clinical documentation guidance tool, from within their clinical workflow. CypherLink rapidly generates the most accurate and specific ICD-10 codes while providing expert documentation guidance to communicate the complexity of care each patient receives.
CypherLink was designed for and by clinicians to make ICD-10 code specification and clinical documentation fast and easy.
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Uncharted Territory
The arrival of a value-based care paradigm provides HIM professionals with an opportunity to expand their roles. Read more »
ICD-10 Flexibility Raises Questions
CMS and the AMA provided some leeway to physician practices, but it has not entirely put provider fears to rest. Read more »
Health Care’s Fortunes on the Rise
Really, what’s a new year but a random cutoff point? Nevertheless, Journalism 101 requires us to take a peek at how 2016 is shaping up. Read more »
The State of HIEs
Placing an emphasis on meeting market needs has helped HIEs become a valuable tool in a health care environment laden with federal requirements. Read more » |
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FTC Reaches Settlement
With HIT Vendor Over Data Encryption
An HIT vendor will pay a $250,000 settlement after the Federal Trade Commission found it falsely advertised the level of data encryption it provided, Modern Healthcare reports.
EHRs Continue to Cause Frustration
Wyoming’s Powell Tribune chronicles the EHR frustrations of a local hospital. |
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