MGMA research released recently suggests that the overall readiness of the industry to meet the Oct. 1, 2014, compliance date to adopt the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) continues to be slow. The greatest concern is the lack of communication and critical coordination between physician practices and their essential trading partners (such as … Read More
We are all familiar with the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and consumerization of IT trends that have taken the modern workforce by storm in recent years. And during that time, there has been no shortage of controversy over whether the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to the use of mobile devices and remote working, particularly … Read More
Healthcare is always changing. Information technology is always changing. Put them together in today’s acute care setting, and you have a prescription for change on an extraordinary level. Listed below are the top 10 healthcare IT game changers that affect all stakeholders — patients, clinicians and hospital IT departments. They represent both opportunity and challenges, … Read More
We’ve all heard the story: a practice invests a lot of money in a new electronic health records system and is never able to match the productivity level they had prior to EHR implementation. On the other hand, there’s this story: a practice invests a lot of money in a new electronic health records system … Read More
Startup companies are coming up with new technologies aimed at getting people to take medicine only as directed. Taking medication haphazardly—skipping doses, lapsing between refills or taking pills beyond their expiration date—has been linked to health complications and hundreds of millions of wasted dollars for insurers and hospitals. “After six months’ time, only half of … Read More
A little more than a month after the Boston Marathon bombing put healthcare IT under the microscope, the tornadoes that devastated Moore, OK are testing the industry again. Following the Boston Marathon bombing much was written about the strengths and weaknesses of healthcare IT as it is currently structured, including this feature by Healthcare Technology … Read More
Telemedicine must move to the forefront of medical efforts in the U.S. for domestic care efficiency and quality improvements to be considered anything better than “marginal,” according to an editorial published this month in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health. Rashid L. Bashshur (pictured), director of telemedicine at the University of Michigan Health System and the … Read More
According to USA Today, U.S. physicians and hospitals are in the digital dark ages when it comes to using the latest mobile devices and Internet services to deliver patient care. As a result, U.S. hospitals are absorbing an estimated $8.3 billion annual hit in lost productivity and increased patient discharge times, according to a Ponemon … Read More
All too often I come across headlines along the lines of “Data breach affects millions” or “5 hospital workers fired over inappropriate EMR behavior,” which has caused a lot of people to conclude that EMRs are unsafe. In reality, though, electronic medical records are actually more secure than paper records, but people can’t simply plug … Read More
The global healthcare industry in the year 2020 will be a highly connected environment powered by large data networks, cloud computing, and mobile devices. There will be widespread increases in the number of connected healthcare networks providing seamless integration between care providers, patients, pharmaceutical companies, health insurers, and other invested parties anywhere in the world. … Read More
