Sunday, March 27, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Task force creates framework to define skills, education for clinical informatics execs
Task force creates framework to define skills, education for clinical informatics execs: Required education and skills for chief clinical informatics officer roles (CCIO) is necessary for 'a dynamic, motivated workforce,' according to a report from an American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) task force
Find improvement at the junction of patient experience and clinical performance
Find improvement at the junction of patient experience and clinical performance: Hospitals can improve their performance in a consumer-driven environment by adopting core tenets based on the intersections of patient experience and clinical performance, according to a new market report by Press Ganey Holdings.
AHA, AHIMA laud early release of new ICD-10 codes
AHA, AHIMA laud early release of new ICD-10 codes: Both the American Hospital Association and the American Health Information Management Association this week lauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the early release of thousands of new ICD-10 procedure coding system and clinical modification codes prior to Oct. 1.
AHIMA petitions White House on national patient identifier
AHIMA petitions White House on national patient identifier: A petition asking the White House to recognize the need for a national patient identifier has been created by the American Health Information Management Association.
AHIMA petitions White House on national patient identifier
AHIMA petitions White House on national patient identifier: A petition asking the White House to recognize the need for a national patient identifier has been created by the American Health Information Management Association.
Veterans open to using health IT for mental healthcare
Veterans open to using health IT for mental healthcare: Veterans being treated for mental health issues show interest in using technology to receive care, with a few caveats, according to research published at Telemedicine and e-Health.
Hospital IT official resigns, compares organization's EHR launch to Challenger disaster
Hospital IT official resigns, compares organization's EHR launch to Challenger disaster: Following a report Wednesday by the New York Post that NYC Health Hospitals official Charles Perry, M.D., resigned in the wake of an electronic health record implementation he compared to the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, a hospital spokesperson says the organization is not compromising patient safety.
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