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AMIA Launches “Why Informatics?” Campaign
AMIA recently launched a new public education campaign entitled Why Informatics? to meet the increased demand for knowledge in health care. With the explosion of data available in health and health care, informaticians have been critical to discovering the insights that are accelerating the transformation of health care.
The campaign, which features informatics professionals discussing the impact of their research, is vital to helping define the field at a time of rapid change in health care. “Informatics has reached a tipping point in its growth,” says Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, president and CEO of AMIA. “Using insights obtained from data throughout health and health care is the driving force of informatics and its ability to innovate critical advancements that directly benefit people. We need to share this story widely to continue transforming health care.”
Since the founding of AMIA nearly 30 years ago, informaticians have played important roles in many of the major health discoveries, treatment advances, and public health improvements defining today’s health and health care. “Informatics is more than collecting and managing data; it is the profession that encompasses the scientific analysis and use of data that helps patients, increases effectiveness, improves safety, and reduces care costs,” Fridsma adds.
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Do you have any clear advice on how to use the new Anesthesia codes 99151–99157? Our office uses qualified nursing staff when performing moderate (conscious) sedation. We were coding the drug administration codes for the nursing staff as they were administering the medications when the procedures are being performed on an outpatient basis prior to the new codes for 2017.
Now, with the new codes added, my take is that we can eliminate the administration codes and now use the new CPT codes provided for moderate conscious sedation. These codes could now be used by the qualified nursing staff when they’re in attendance during the procedure for monitoring the anesthesia care, which would start at the administration of the sedation and end when the procedure has been completed.
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Partnership Brings Genetic Tools to the Physician Office
Aprima Medical Software, a provider of EHR, practice management, and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices, plans to integrate the ActX Genomic Decision Support platform within the Aprima EHR. The addition of the ActX platform provides Aprima clients with access to genomics in everyday patient care and delivers clinically actionable insights that facilitate personalized medication and screening choices based on a patient’s unique genetic profile. The integration of ActX real-time genomic decision support into the Aprima EHR means providers will get drug genomic interaction alerts as part of their normal prescription workflow and be informed of possible issues regarding medication efficacy, adverse reactions, or dosing. The combined solution will help providers personalize therapies and manage actionable hereditary risks. The ActX Genomic Decision Support platform will be available through the Aprima EHR beginning in late summer 2017. Learn more about Aprima and ActX.
Availity Launches Digital Authorization Platform
Availity, a real-time health information network, announced the launch of its automated prior authorization platform, which eliminates the cost, time, and administrative burdens associated with manual authorization processes. Availity Authorizations utilizes a HIPAA-compliant, secure cloud platform to automatically check whether a prior authorization is required or has been obtained. The platform also helps provider organizations avoid costly denials by ensuring that services are rendered only when an authorization has been approved. Availity Authorizations automatically checks CPT eligibility and benefits, payer edits, and client history, ensuring users don’t waste time when an authorization isn’t required. Availity Authorizations also streamlines front-office workflow and reduces the prior authorization process from weeks to minutes. If an authorization cannot be obtained automatically, the solution helps the provider team members answer clinical questions by automating the remaining steps required to obtain an authorization. Other key functionality includes e-mail alerts based on defined parameters; integrated, intuitive dashboards for managers to monitor and control flow cases; and a ‘touchless’ experience for many authorizations, allowing users to work only those that require manual intervention. Availity Authorizations will initially be launched for radiology and imaging units. Learn more »
EHR Platform for Telehealth Introduced
PlushCare, a direct-to-consumer online urgent care provider, announces the launch of Lemur, the first EMR for the telehealth industry. Lemur, a cloud-based and HIPAA-compliant EMR platform, allows PlushCare doctors to diagnose, treat, prescribe, and provide ongoing treatment throughout the course of a medical issue directly from the platform itself. Lemur requires the fewest clicks in the industry to complete tasks such as writing a note, sending a prescription (eRx), ordering labs with full price transparency, and reviewing lab results. PlushCare has collaborated with Surescripts, Eligible, and Elsevier, among others, whose capabilities are integrated into Lemur. Lemur revolutionizes virtual health through its physician-driven design that enables smarter, more meaningful interactions between physicians and patients. It streamlines cumbersome physician tasks and consolidates data across a siloed health care landscape. Learn more » |
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