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- Most CIOs are pleased with decision to delay ICD-10
An online CIO survey finds 72% of respondents think delaying ICD-10 helps ease some of the burden caused by overlapping federal mandates and allows them to focus on urgent priorities. Although 80% of respondents don't think ICD-10's cost-benefit ratio justifies continuing with the switch, 84% said they intend to pursue their plans rather than reassign resources. HealthSystemCIO.com
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- Health care law ruling likely won't curtail HIT efforts
 The industry push to transform care through health IT likely will forge ahead regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, writes Marianne Kolbasuk McGee. The bigger IT issues facing health care groups involve ICD-10, EHR meaningful use and other HIT goals contained in the separate HITECH law, she notes. InformationWeek
(3/28)
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- $200 million Big Data project unveiled
The White House unveiled its Big Data Research and Development Initiative on Thursday, an effort that aims to mine digital data for applications in biomedicine and other sciences, national security and more. Six federal agencies and departments have pledged more than $200 million to the effort, officials said. Healthcare IT News
(3/29)
- Study: Health data access leads to fewer lab test orders
Doctors at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General hospitals cut their lab test orders by up to 53% after establishing a health information exchange that allowed each facility to access patient EMRs, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The new data contradict the findings of a recent Health Affairs study suggesting imaging and lab test orders were higher for office-based doctors with electronic access to test results, although researchers point out there are some key differences in the two studies that may explain the different results. Modern Healthcare (subscription required)
(4/2), Reuters
(3/29)
- Hospital CIO shares best practices for successful EMR, CPOE rollouts
Jack Wolf, CHIME member and CIO of Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, offers six strategies that helped his organization achieve meaningful use of EMRs and fully implement a computerized physician order entry system. They include viewing meaningful use as a hospitalwide endeavor, not an exclusive IT department project, and engaging physicians in the effort. BeckersHospitalReview.com
(3/29)
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| | Nine Tips to Bring Order to Hospital Communications Chaos
With the amount of information today’s healthcare technology generates, communications have become intricate webs of guesswork, unknown mobile devices, confusing schedules, and just too many systems going beep. In this paper you’ll find nine tips to cope with this chaos and give it the order your patients and staff so desperately need. Download report now >>> | |
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- CMS doles out $738 million in EHR incentive payments in Feb.
The CMS has issued more than $738 million in EHR incentive payments to more than 20,000 participants in just one month, data from February 2012 reveal. More than 60,000 eligible hospitals, professionals and critical access hospitals have received incentive payments overall, with $3.8 billion in incentives being distributed to date. BeckersHospitalReview.com
(3/30)
- ONC proposal to integrate imaging in stage 2 MU gains support
A proposal by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to include imaging requirements in stage 2 of the meaningful use program for EHRs earned praise from the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. The ONC proposed that data from more than 40% of imaging tests ordered in stage 2 be accessible through a certified EHR. HealthImaging.com
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- CHIME online-only membership for small and rural hospital IT executives
CHIME’s online-only membership makes all of CHIME’s online resources, including our online education series, College LIVE and the benchmarkIT tool (created in conjunction with the AHA) available for half the cost of full CHIME membership. This membership level was developed to meet the needs of CIOs at hospitals with 125 beds or fewer and/or less than $75 million in annual revenue. Learn more.
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