With the Oct. 1, 2014 deadline for the transition to ICD-10 diagnosis and procedures codes apparently set in stone, technology experts like Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, forecast how the change will unfold.
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Modern Healthcare asks industry leaders such as Dr. William Bria, Dr. Farzad Mostashari and Dr. Eric Topol to identify the next big healthcare apps.
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari, speaking at HIMSS, pushed back against bad press about the federal programs to help providers buy and meaningfully use electronic health-record systems.
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While they spoke to a much smaller crowd than former President Bill Clinton did the day before, political strategists James Carville and Karl Rove closed out the HIMSS annual conference and exhibition in lively fashion, and may have engaged the audience more than the former president did—even...
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Paul Barr, reporter for Modern Healthcare, runs through highlights of the last day of the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, which included a keynote by Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology at HHS.
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One of the last HIMSS speakers began by telling the audience he may be causing problems for them in the near future.
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Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, describes how patient-focused medical technology is going to change healthcare, in part two of an interview with Merrill Goozner, editor of Modern Healthcare.
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Stephen Lieber, President and CEO of HIMSS, chats with Modern Healthcare Reporter Joseph Conn about why he thinks this year's HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans was a success.
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Dr. Carolyn Clancy defined AHRQ's role in its relationship with the ONC as “anticipatory troubleshooting.”
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Lisa Gallagher, director of technology for HIMSS, talks with Reporter Joseph Conn about her upcoming work as a recent addition to HHS' Health IT Standards Committee, in an interview at the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans.
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Rapid advancements in medical technology have transformed how we look at our health -- and our privacy. Today, HIPAA, HITECH and PHI compliance regulations compel healthcare professionals and institutions to protect the privacy of electronic patient records. 3M™ Privacy Filters and 3M™...
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Oracle's Healthcare Interoperability solution helps provide healthcare workers with a real time patient medical summary irrespective of where the patient has previously been treated to help improve outcomes, increase healthcare efficiency and reduce costs. Oracle's solution also supports...
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With the 3M 360 Encompass System, you get the right clinical information at the right time. By merging clinical and financial data, the system allows you to analyze, supplement and proactively execute on key clinical and financial data—at the point of care—resulting in a significant...
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