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Mon, Aug 31 2009 11:59 PM EST
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Before revealing the secret, let me establish credibility. I first implemented electronic health records in 1995. A few years later, while CIO at University Hospitals, we achieved a 95 percent CPOE rate at our academic medical center. Currently, with 12 of our 14 hospitals implemented at Texas ... [MORE]
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Thu, Aug 27 2009 9:47 PM EST
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I'm a huge music fan. I find American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's (ARRA) Healthcare Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) has simultaneous rudiments of harmony and elements of cacophony. I think the ultimate goal is like striking a beautiful musical chord a... [MORE]
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Wed, Aug 26 2009 3:26 PM EST
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Last week was a busy week, with outreach from Dr. Blumenthal, a new meaningful use matrix, and new grants announced.
Timing is everything – meaningful use to be defined in Spring 2010. Dr. Blumenthal announced that the preliminary definition for “meaningful use&... [MORE]
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Fri, Aug 07 2009 6:33 AM EST
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In the payer and revenue cycle world, standardized vocabulary has been around for as long as most can remember, with ICD-9, CPT and the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). However, in the clinical world — for clinical documentation, orders and observations — there wa... [MORE]
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Fri, Aug 07 2009 4:37 AM EST
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Every few years there seems to be a compelling event in the world of technology that creates a groundswell of conversation and accompanying anxiety. Ten years ago it was Y2K . . . today, in healthcare, it’s "meaningful use."
I know few organizations or physician practices who are... [MORE]
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