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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Posted in ACO | View Comments
On Nov. 3 we published a six-question, multiple-choice HIT Quiz on the final ACO regulations, which were released Oct. 20 by The Department of Health and Human Services. (For background reading on the revised rules, see Final rule eases ACO regulations, ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Posted in ACO, EHR, Healthcare IT | View Comments
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Posted in Healthcare Integration, HL7 Messaging | View Comments
...ns exactly one line of report text in the OBX-5 field. OBX|1|FT|||FX OF LT FIBULA OBX|2|FT OBX|3|FT OBX|4|FT|||Technique: Three views left ankle. OBX|5|FT OBX|6|FT|||Findings: There is an oblique fracture of the lateral malleolus at the level OBX|7|FT|||o... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Posted in Meaningful Use, Radiology IT, Radiology Workflow | View Comments
...of California, San Francisco, states (RSNA News, February 2011): “Radiologists have historically been at the forefront of HIT. We are the solution, not the problem.” Recently, there has been a great deal of confusion on whether HITECH and Mean... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Posted in Healthcare Integration | View Comments
The IHE Connectathon took place last week in Chicago. It is an annual event where Health Information Technology vendors gather to test their adherence to IHE Integration Profiles. The newly-incorporated IHE uses existing HIT standards to develop Integrat... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Posted in EHR, EMR, Health care, Healthcare IT, Nursing | View Comments
...n times didn’t. Why? Because the nurses had to stand in line to access the machine. Identifying potential issues in using HIT is essential to success. If technology is cumbersome or slows clinicians down, they’ll find ways to work around it, g... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Posted in #HITsm, Healthcare Integration, Social Media | View Comments
...ITstrategy (Klout 59) – Visionary Health-Sciences IT Evangelist & Author -’Health-Science Strategy’ Blog. Views are my own. @Healthstandards 2010 #HITsm Awardee. @DrNanN (Klout 57) – Concierge Pediatrician, EHR experimenta... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Posted in Healthcare Standards, HL7 Terms, Meaningful Use | View Comments
... Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE). Two key resources to review: HITSP: HITSP Patient Level Quality Data Document Using HL7 QRDA Component AHIMA: A Standard for Quality Reporting What does... Read entry ⇒
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Posted in #HITsm, Healthcare IT, Social Media | View Comments
...k Blog: http://motorcycleguy.blogspot.com/ @john_chilmark (Klout 51) Twitter Bio: IT analyst focusing on consumer-facing HIT. Fanatic cyclist, skier, happiest outdoors Blog: http://chilmarkresearch.com/ @HITstrategy (Klout 45) Twitter Bio: Vis... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Posted in EHR, HIE, Meaningful Use, PHR | View Comments
...s… It automatically pulls together your bank, credit union and credit card data, and provides up-to-date and amazingly accurate views of your financial—life from the big picture to specific details, in a friendly and intuitive way. Plus, Mint makes it fas... Read entry ⇒
