Healthcare IT News
Maine receives grant to connect behavioral healthcare to HIE
The State of Maine and HealthInfoNet have received a $600,000 grant to help support electronic sharing of health records among behavioral health providers and general medical providers in Maine.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 9:53 am
CMS adds infection data to Hospital Compare website
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a(CMS) announced Tuesday it will add hospital infection rate data to its consumer website, Hospital Compare.
CMS said it is adding information on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), the most serious of all healthcare-associated infections, resulting in thousands of deaths each year and nearly $700 million in added costs to the U.S. healthcare system.
[See also: U.S. healthcare performance score declines.]
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 9:46 am
Colorado leader in IT, but balks at insurance exchange
Colorado, which is a state leader on all things health IT, especially EHRs and HIEs, is digging in its heels when it comes to health insurance exchange. It is one of the 26 states whose attorney general joined a lawsuit to overturn the health reform law.
The arguments are slated to be heard by the Supreme Court in March.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 9:20 am
eRx makes steady gains in California, report shows
Electronic prescribing is continues to grow steadily in California, potentially increasing the safety of the prescribing process, according to a new report from Cal eConnect.
About 25 percent of the state's physicians are sending prescriptions electronically, the report estimates, compared with 3 percent in 2007. At the same time, just 16 percent of eligible prescriptions are routed electronically, despite the fact that most community pharmacies are set up for ePrescribing.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 9:13 am
5 stages of EHR maturity and patient collaboration
By now, it’s apparent EHRs need to grow up. But, as patient-centered business models become increasingly popular, the EHR is also shifting into a vital part of the success of these organizations.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 12:27 pm
Premier's QUEST collaborative expands reach
The Premier healthcare alliance announced this week that its QUEST: High Performing Hospitals collaborative has expanded from 157 charter members to include 293 hospitals across 40 states -- an 87 percent increase in participation.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 9:14 am
New primary care model in the making in New Orleans
The Crescent City Beacon Community will get assistance to strengthen the New Orleans healthcare infrastructure and health IT to improve care coordination and population health in 18 participating practices, including community health centers.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 3:40 pm
'Obamacare' a lightning rod, but what about health IT?
Healthcare reform is arguably the hot-button political issue of our time. And with the Supreme Court locked and loaded to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act this summer, it's a safe bet the controversial two-year-old legislation will have a huge impact on the 2012 election and beyond.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 1:50 pm
10 most outlandish kinds of ICD-10 codes
Although the debate over the delay of ICD-10 has been heated, if there’s one thing both sides can agree on, it’s the sometimes-hilarous specificity of some of the new ICD-10 codes.
That’s why we asked our readers, tweeters and LinkedIn users to weigh in on some of the most ridiculous codes they know of. They outlined 10 of the most outlandish types of ICD-10 codes.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:31 pm
OIG issues fraud self-disclosure info online
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced Monday it has posted a video and audio podcast on the agency's self disclosure protocol, the most recent of its video and audio presentations on top healthcare compliance topics.
The new video and audio podcast shows how to disclose and resolve potential fraud issues identified by an organization's compliance program by using OIG’s Self-Disclosure Protocol.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:52 am
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