Health Information Technology

• Denied Claims Harm Patients and Providers

• The Role of AI and Automation in Enhancing Patient Privacy Teams

• CDS Evolves Under Patient-Centered Care

• Risky Business

• The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Health Care

• Autonomous Coding and Data Integrity

• Best Practice Advice: Implementing RPA in the Revenue Cycle

• Triaging Your Automation Needs in Five Steps

• Automating ROI Workflows Is the Future. Is Your HI Team Prepared?

• The Evolution of Clinical Documentation

• Evolving Nurse Informaticist Skill Sets

• How Technology Is Overcoming Challenges in Clinical Trial Matching

• Patient Identity Management

• Automation and Documentation in Health Care

• Effective IT and HIM Collaboration

• Medical Coding Is Going Hybrid

• The Digitization of ROI

• RADV Medical Record Reviewer Guidance and Preparedness Utilizing AI

• The Complexity of Denials in Today’s Claim Culture

• Patient Data Integrity and AI/Advanced Analytics

• Clinical Documentation Integrity’s Technological Evolution

• Five Things Every Medical Coding Technology Should Deliver and How to Find the One That’s Right for You

• Cancer Registries Use Natural Language Processing in Data Abstraction

• Race in CDS Tools

• Take a Diligent Approach to Revenue Cycle Automation

• Referential Treatment

• The Possibilities Abound

• Prompt Response Required

• Helping Care Partners Access Patient Portals for Older Patients

• Keys to Managing Chronic Disease and SDoH

• How to Solve Both Coding Issues and Staffing Shortages

• Words Have Power

• Diagnosis: A Serious Case of Note Bloat

• Defining the Designated Record Set

• Automated Data Collection Can Improve Information Sharing

• Career Paths Expand for Health Informaticists

• Security Tips for Personal Devices in the Workplace

• Health Care’s Digital Health Balancing Act

• Person Matching Supports Data Exchange

• Prior Authorization Denials: Building for the Future

• Moving Document Exchange Beyond Manual

• Patient-Generated Health Data — Managing the Inflow

• CISA Report Sounds the Alarm on Cyber Threats

• CDI Flexibility Key to Value-Based Care Success

• How APIs Help Deliver Better Outcomes

• Extending the Value of HIM Services

• Stand Tall Against Information Blocking

• Cultivating Interoperability in the Next Normal

• What the Biden Administration Means for the HIT Industry

• Mastering the Patient Index

• Health Care’s Telehealth Conundrum

• Can HIT Salvage the Nation’s Pandemic Response?

• Moving Beyond Basic EHR Secure Messaging

• Locked & Loaded Against COVID-19

• The Logic Behind Computer-Assisted Coding

• A Look Inside Intelligent Automation Platforms

• Multilayered Response

• Telehealth Caretakers

• Molding Tomorrow’s HIT Professionals

• Health Care Communications Could Use an Upgrade

• Documentation Integrity in the Age of Speech Recognition

• ROI Processes Adapt to a New World

• Fine-Tune the Alert Volume

• Consistent Financial Processes Key to Multilocation Health Care Practices

• Patient Identification During a Crisis

• Record Release Party

• The Expedition to Realize Interoperability

• Data Capture Enables Digital Transformation

• Can AI Turn the Corner Into Clinical Settings?

• Big Tech Companies Cast Large Shadow in Health Care

• Why Are HIEs Not Meeting Expectations?

• Smooth Data Migration Boosts EHR Implementation

• Diving Deeper Into Denials

• Harm Index Improves Patient Safety

• Analytics Provides a Window Into the Revenue Cycle

• Down but Not Out

• Overcoming Obstacles to Obtaining Medical Records

• OpenNotes — What We’ve Learned So Far

• How C-Suite It Is

• Opening the Door to Data

• Know Thy EHR

• What the FHI Says About Telehealth

• Balancing Policy and Technology

• Meaningful Detection

• New Care Delivery Models Mold Health Care’s Future

• Is TEFCA 2.0 — Finally — the Harbinger of True Interoperability?

• AI Initiatives Extract Value From Data Assets

• The Emergence of Ambient Clinical Technology

• Information Blocking: Is It or Isn’t It?

• CAC: Temper Expectations With Reality

• Data Standardization Can Improve Patient Matching 

• Demand for Data Sharing Mounts

• Breach Preparedness Know-How

• The Labyrinth That Is HIPAA

• Strategies to Survive the AI Revolution

• Four Ways Big Data Advances Telemedicine

• How to Calculate ROI in Digital Health 

• Natural Language Processing Emerges in Health Care

• Continuous Surveillance: The New Standard in Patient Safety

• Shutdown or Not, Washington Wheels Turn

• Five Ways Technology Is Changing Patient Care

• The Rise of the Chatbots

• EHRs Pose Malpractice Risk

• Fax Machines Still Prevalent

• Diversity Key to Patient Matching

• FHIR Blazes New Path Toward Interoperability

• HIT Must Put Physicians Front and Center

• Artificial vs True Intelligence — What the C-Suite, HIT, and RCM Need to Relearn From HIM

• Harnessing Data

• Surviving the Storm — And Other EHR Downtime Disasters

• Hidden Treasure: The Value of Unstructured Documentation

• Quality Data Key to New Payment Rule

• Self-Documentation Challenges

• Medical Device Security

• Interoperability and The Sequoia Project

• Can Technology Solve the Technology Problem?

• Tale of the Tape

• Can TEFCA Ensure Interoperability on a National Scale?

• Print and Save This Article

• Deidentification Done Right

• Hospitals Need to Make Peace With the Data Masters

• How to Improve the Query Process 

• A Ransomware Wakeup Call

• Conflict in the EMR

• Free Innovative Spirits to Deliver HIT's Promise

• Education's Role in the Precision Medicine Movement

• Shopping for Data Analytics Solutions

• Tools for Tough Decisions: Analytics in Palliative Care

• Precise, Purposeful Health Care

• Keep an Eye on KPIs

• Net Neutrality Questions Loom Over Telemedicine

• Damsels in Distress

• Education Initiatives Keep Pace With the Dynamic HIT Landscape

• Patient Matching: The Saga Continues

• Clinical, Technical Innovation Characterize Sepsis Strategies

• A 'Ribbon' Takes Top Prize

• ICAs Help Harness the Power of Patient History

• Artificial Intelligence Forges a Path in Health Care

• What's in Store for Behavioral Health Incentives?

• CAC's a Tool, Not a Panacea

• The Quest for a Better Records Request Strategy

• The Price of EHR Downtime

• The Proof Is in the Proofing

• Information Governance's Role in Value-Based Care

• Digital Engagement Demands a Nimble HIPAA Strategy

• New Jersey Partnership Set to Curtail Patient Mix-Ups

• Patient Safety Is a Shared Responsibility

• In Case of Emergency …

• Next-Generation Patient Recruitment for Clinical Trials

• Five Ways to Leverage NLP to Boost Outcomes

• What to Consider When Implementing Streaming Video

• The Right Mix

• How to Make Registry Abstraction Less Stressful 

• HIEs Serve Communities of All Sizes

• A Matter of Location

• Interoperability's Secret Weapon: Nurse Informaticists 

• Blame Analytics for Slow HIT Progress

• How to Adopt a Security Culture

• Can Health Care Trust Its Security Practices?

• Technology's Role in a Fee-for-Value Universe

• NLP: An Evolving Dictation Opportunity

• Health Care Needs a Revolution

• How to Conquer Compliance Challenges 

• Is Texting Physician Orders 2G2BT?

• CDS Systems: Common Malfunctions, Practical Solutions

• Telehealth: Betting the Minimum or All In?

• Is Speech Recognition Viable in the ED?

• Preventing and Preparing For IoT Attacks

• The 21st Century Cures Act

• Transcription Shell Game

• The Evolution of Personalized Cancer Care

• Specialists Join the Data Revolution 

• HIT Tackles the Nation's Drug Epidemic 

• The Perfect EMR Application

• Make Patient Privacy a Priority

• Security, Value Top HIT Concerns

• The Regulatory Challenges of Population Health Management

• Hope or Hopeless?

• New Metrics Spotlight Interoperability Progress

• What Lies Ahead?

• Make a List, Check It Twice

• Integrate Technology With Process Improvement

• Documentation's Circle of Strife

• Location, Location, Location — CIMS Adoption Differs Between Rural and Urban Facilities

• HIT's Public Health Report Card

• The Future of Speech Recognition

• Clinical Image Sharing Outgrows Radiology

• Is Your Hospital Adapting to Network Demands?

• Evolve or Be Left Behind

• Gain Insight With Predictive Analytics

• Oversight of HIT Safety a Top Priority

• Eliminate EHR Holes With ECM

• On High Alert for Hackers

• Leveraging Risk Management During Disaster Recovery

• Health Care Can Learn From Social Networks

• Using Technology to Fight Drug Abuse

• Speech Recognition Meets the Web

• Information Governance: A Bright Future in the Cloud

• OpenNotes Takes Hold in the Northwest

• Assemble the Perfect Financial Analytics Team

• Partnership Leads to Improved Dictation App

• The Road Ahead for HIT

• Informatics Poised for Job Growth

• Dive Into Data, Save Lives

• Joint Developments Raise Intellectual Property Concerns

• A Solution Inside a Problem

• Poor Documentation: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

• Data Integrity Challenges Loom Large

• Take Charge of Discharge Summaries

• Words Matter

• Mitigate Medical Necessity Denials

• What's Your HIT Hiring Strategy?

• Middleware Matters

• Data Banks or Garbage Bins?

• Research Analyzes Physicians' Mobile Search Habits

• Evidence-Based Practice Centers Offer Clues to Quality Care

• Front- vs Back-End Speech Recognition: Which Fits Better?

• Preparing Tomorrow's HIT Leaders

• Uniformity Key to Useful Imaging Data

• HIM Ingenuity on Display

• The Long and Short of EHR Documentation

• Cybersecurity: Locking the Vault

• Advice to EMR Vendors: Get Parallel

• Tools, Teaching Lead To CDI Success

• The State of HIEs

• Health Care's Fortunes on the Rise

• Beyond Words: Terminology's Role in Meaningful Use

• Health Care's Patient Matching Challenge

• Care Connection: Ensure Wi-Fi Works

• How to Maximize an EHR Investment

• It's All on the Wrist

• Population Health Management in Action

• A Life Without Meaningful Use

• Dress Rehearsals Key to Speech Rec Success

• Bring Nurses Back to the Bedside

• What to Do About CPOE Alarm Fatigue

• The Evolution of ECM

• Get at the Heart of Clinical Information

• Documentation During EMR Downtimes

• Community Colleges to the Rescue

• Women Look to Make Leadership Inroads

• The Human Touch

• How Togetherness Can Divide

• How to Meet Value-Based Care Demands

• Long on Potential, Short on Results

• MU: Keep an Eye on the Future

• Is Mobile the Answer to Closed-Loop Dictation?

• HIEs Search for Solid Footing

• Can Smart Cards Reduce Medical Fraud?

• Marrying Voice and Text Within the EHR

• Where's the Payoff?

• Keep Text Messaging Secure

• Enlist Consultants Wisely

• A Realistic Approach to Speech Recognition

• The Business Case for Process Management

• Telemedicine Faces Off Against Chronic Disease

• Training Program Helps Vets Gain HIT Skills

• Birth Data at Risk

• Where's HIT Headed in 2015?

• Dependable Data Key to Better Care

• The HIT Challenge in Children's Hospitals

• The ONC's Idyllic Interoperability Idea

• Voice Command Technology Enters the OR

• The Search for HIT Talent

• The Reward of HIPAA Risk Assessment

• 10 Ways to Reduce Go-Live Stress

• CAC’s Effect on Accuracy Rates

• Permanent Discharge

• Groundwork Key to Speech Recognition Success

• Who’s Gauging the Cost of HIT?

• Health Care’s Semantics Challenge

• Measured Steps Toward Interoperability

• How to Keep HIT Projects on Track

• NLP Shows Off Its Versatility

• Patient Portals: How to Balance Security vs. Usability

• Prepare for the Worst

• Cloud Computing on the Rise

• New Best Practices Optimize Wi-Fi 

• Tips for Integrating Speech Recognition With an EHR

• Alternative CPOE Solution Earns Plaudits

• What Can Health Care CIOs Expect in 2014? — A Top Five List

• EHR, ECM Tandem Packs a Punch

• The Challenges of Capturing Meaningful Use Data

• ONC Challenge Spotlights EHR Access

• Experts Stack Up Front-End Speech Rec

• Terminology Tools Help Providers Meet Initiatives

• NLP Deciphers Clinical Notes

• The Ongoing Quest for Interoperability

• How to Select a Perfect CAC Solution

• Staffing Shortages Plague HIT

• Interoperability in Its Truest Form

• The Essentials of Policy and Procedure Management

• Funding Cuts Threaten HIEs

• CPOE Anytime, Anywhere

• EHR Data Power Learning Health System

• EHRs Underutilized for Infection Control

• When Disaster Strikes

• HIT Curriculums Continue to Evolve

• How to Measure MPI Duplicate Rates

• Speech Recognition: A Work in Progress

• Healthcare Information: The New Terrorist Target

• CDS Tools and Patient Satisfaction

• Mining Untapped Data

• Get the Most Out of Abbreviated EHR Document Input

• ACOs Embrace HIT Challenges

• Partial to Dictation

• Harried CIOs Try to Keep Up With Technology

• NLP Works to Improve Documentation

• Patients, Providers Partner to Boost Care

• Mobile Device Security Concerns

• Meet a New Breed of MTs

• Technology: Just One Piece of the HIT Puzzle

• Speech Recognition Goes Mobile

• Breaking Into the HIT Job Market

• A Progress Report on the HIT Pro Exams

• ACOs Face Quality Measure Challenges

• Learn What to Avoid When Financing HIT Projects

• In Search of Clinical Decision-Support Standards

• NLP and EMR Data Make a Powerful Combination

• The Direct Project Simplifies Messaging

• ICD-10 Testing Strategies

• Using HIT to Combat Diabetes

• Aligning Dictation Processes With Workflow

• New Thoughts on EHR Design

• Real-Time Prompts Promise to Change CDI

• Emerging Technologies for Chronic Disease Care

• A Broad Plan for Broadband

• Smart Move—The Health IT Curriculum Project Gets Updated

• Armed for Care—Sutter Health Takes Its EHR on the Road

• How to Acquire Top HIT Talent

• Can EHRs Satisfy Physician Dictation Cravings?

• Secrets to a Successful CAC Interface

• Patient Portals Open Windows to Better Care

• Patient Engagement, Interoperability Key to ACO Success

• Data Solution Focuses on Specificity

• Speech Recognition Studies Yield Interesting Results

• Identifying Patients in HIEs

• The Value of HIT Competency Exams

• Clinic Uses Tracking Software as HIPAA Tool

• Cancer Registrars Step Up to New Challenges

• Make Disaster Planning a Priority

• iPad App Helps Manage Cardiac Devices

• Negotiating Cloud Computing Contracts

• Inside Cornell’s Thriving HIT Program

• Proceed With Caution

• Go Inside Two Successful HIT Projects

• The Coding Enabler

• CIOs Discuss ICD-10’s Impact

• How to Stay Relevant in the HIM Biz

• The Continuity-of-Care Document Becomes More Meaningful

• Can Telehealth Reduce Costs?

• Raising Public Awareness of HIT Tools

• The Ins and Outs of the ACO Final Rule

• The Hazards of Note Bloat

• An Uncertain Future

• How Tweet It Is

• Discovery Processes in the Electronic Age

• A Service-Oriented Approach

• How to Dispose of Retired PCs Properly

• Finding the Best Candidates for HIT Positions

• Ophthalmology’s View of a Well-Built EHR

• Coding’s New World

• The iPad Invades Healthcare

• Mobile Devices Create HIPAA Concerns

• Can IBM’s Watson Reshape Healthcare?

• Conquering Wireless Barriers

• Old Reliables Like Microcassettes Can Help in a Pinch

• Information Not-So-Super Highway

• The Aurion Project Makes HIE Inroads

• EHR Data Get Personal

• Go Inside the VA's Telehealth Initiative

• Successful Attestation: It’s All in the Details

• How to Fill HIT Staff Needs

• Medical Device Integration — More Than Meets the Eye

• EHR Adoption: The Evolution of Physician Acceptance

• Bank on It: Speech Rec Shows Measurable ROI

• The Advent of Accountable Care Organizations

• Patient Portals: Opening Doors, Improving Care

• Natural Language Processing Enhances Patient Narrative

• Sorting Out Meaningful Use

• Finding Holes in IT Security

• Innovative Care: Mobile Devices Heed the Call

• Decision Support: A Foundation for Success

• Cloudy Forecast for Healthcare

• Where Do Images Fit in the Interoperability Puzzle?

• Student Counsel: HIT Grad Survival Guide

• Social Media Makes Inroads in Healthcare

• RFID Signals Innovation

• Ten Elements of a Successful HIE

• Family History Project

• See What's Cooking in an HIT Lab

• Hospitals Battle to Stay Solvent

• Inside HL7 Standards

• The Benefits of Bar Coding

• HIT Training Programs Offer Opportunity

• Behavioral Health Seeks Federal Incentives

• The Connection Between ICD-10 and MU

• Web-Based EMRs OFfer an Alternative

• How Will MU Rules Affect Radiology?

• Major mHealth Disconnect

• PHRs Bring Power to the People

• Hospitals Make Use of Smartphones

• Search Technologies Deliver Rich Data

• Reap the Rewards of Enterprise Content Management

• Recording Daily Health Data to Improve Care

• Patient-Centered Medical Homes: An Old Concept Gets Recharged

• How Do You Define Interoperability?

• A Unique Approach to HIT Implementation

• HIT Safety Proposal Draws Criticism

• The EHR Life Cycle

• Explore How Hospitals Can Reach ARRA Incentives

• National MPI: Why Such a Numbering System Raises Concerns

• HIT's Job Outlook

• Cell Phone Camera Use in Hospitals

• Telemedicine in the ICU Makes the Connection

• Verizon Launches HIT Platform

• Tips for Successful RTLS Implementation

• How Three Organizations Plan to Use Stimulus Funds

• RECs Help Achieve Meaningful Use

• From DNA to Dashboards: Data Mining on the Brink of a Breakout

• E-Prescribing Standards: More Clarity Needed

• Maximize the Value of Partial Dictation

• The iPhone's Impact on Healthcare

• Plug Into the Future of Cancer Registry Practices

• A New Era in Physician Documentation

• Bearing the Burden of Meaningful Use

• UW Hospital's Stage 7 Achievement

• Wireless Technology Transforms Care

• Telehealth Initiatives Are Gaining Traction

• Tap Into the Power of PHRs

• Create a Patient-Centric Medical Record

• EDIS Implementation Challenges

• IT Vendor Negotiations in the ARRA Era

• Healthcare 2010: What's in Store?

• E-Prescribing at the Tipping Point

• A Snapshot of Healthcare 2009

• The Impact of New Communication Tools 

• Beware the Lure of EHR Incentives

• Transcription Technology Wars: ASP vs. ASR

• Signs of the Times: Digital Signature Technologies

• A New Kind of Office Visit: Interactive Patient Portals

• A Coding Balancing Act

• Crush Medication Errors With Bar Coding

• Cloud Computing: IT in the Sky

• CAC: It Still Needs the Human Touch

• Get Buy-In Before Buying

• Georgia Uses HIT to Battle Cancer

• Learn CPOE From a Master

• HIT Streamlines Nursing Home Operations

• Uncoupling BCMA from its Unintended Consequences

• Maximize HIT Investment

• Pulling It Together — The HITECH Act & HIPAA

• Making Wireless Technology Work

• Keep Data Contained

• HIEs Seek a Cash Injection

• Speech Recognition: Vive La Voice

• Opening Doors to EHR Adoption

• Spring Into E-Prescribing

• eCare Programs in the ICU

• The Value of Clinical Decision Support Systems

• Digital Signatures Come of Age

• Stimulus Plan and HIT

• The NHIN: A Country Connected

• Precious Commodity — Beds at a Premium

• Get Your Piece of the Stimulus Pie

• Enter the Age of Interoperability

• EMRs Aren't Perfect

• Prudent Data Security Practices

• Managing the Ebb and Flow of the Emergency Department

• Is RFID Technology Too Nosy?

• Telemedicine: Miles Don’t Matter

• Healthcare Technology — It’s Not Foolproof

• Collaboration Technologies Have Arrived

• Basic Training — Going Beyond the Traditional for Speedier End-User Adoption

• MPI Integrity: The Foundation for Patient Safety and Quality Care

• Does the NHIN Already Exist?

• Scanning Technology: Improving Images

• A Little Bit Country, a Lot of Technology

• On the Right CPOE Track in Massachusetts

• Unique Rural HIE Challenges

• Striking Gold or Striking Out? Data Mining Delves Into Private Information

• It Takes a Community — Technology Serving the Underserved

• Data Governance — Make It a Priority

• Data Sharing Between Facilities

• All Aboard — Building Consensus to Make Change Happen

• Coding’s Support System — Computer-Assisted Coding

• Tools to Tackle Uncompensated Care

• eDiscovery Advice: Get Your Records Network in Order

• Open Sesame: Entering the Realm of Open Source Technology

• HIT Workers Wanted, Says Study

• Tales of the Scripts — Successful ePrescribing Stories

• Rest Easy With Bedside Bar Coding

• Buried Treasure — Unearthing  Quality Data

• RFID: Playing Tag

• State Expectations — The eHealth Initiative

• Point of No Return? — Point-of-Care Solutions

• Analyze This: HIS Workflow Analysis

• Take EDIS to the Next Level

• Virtual Neighbors — The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange

• Reshaping Cancer Registry — Connecting Data, Improving Care

• Quill Power — Is the Digital Pen Mightier?

• NAHIT Outlines Five Key HIT Terms

• The Power of Telemedicine

• Data Recovery: Preparing for the Worst

• Presenting a New Number: The Voluntary Universal Healthcare Identifier Project

• Energize Your System — The Promise of SOA

• Note-Taking With a Flair

• Making EHR/PHR Integration a Reality

• RHIOs — Struggling to Bloom

• Georgia Hospital Upgrades ED Operations to Eliminate Survey Stress

• Maine Objective: HealthInfoNet