Regulatory Compliance

The Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives defined in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act may be the best first step toward more robust healthcare provider analytics and reporting. However, the beauty of these tools is not limited to meeting regulatory mandates alone. These data analysis and reporting requirements can usher […]

Michael Planchart, my colleague, posted a blog a few days ago about the Fed’s decision to delay the ICD-10 implementation deadline. He makes some great points and I don’t completely disagree with his view that the delay will have negative impacts. Michael asks, “Could someone please explain to me why we should halt any national […]

The point of healthcare technology is to close the gap between quality, cost and access. As we have said before, EMRs don’t close the gap, but they are a very necessary piece to closing the gap. However, a gap still exists between the information in an EMR and the information a clinician needs in the […]

Regardless of the pending ICD-10 deadline extension, the healthcare industry will still need aggressive effort in refinement of defensible ICD-10 General Equivalency Maps (GEMs), remediation of impacted processes and systems, and a roadmap to figure out how payers and providers can work together to achieve neutrality objectives. To date, there has been only limited guidance […]

The newest announcement regarding Meaningful Stage II requirements was made on February 22, 2012, and met an equal balance of fanfare and disappointment from the healthcare sector. Apparently, a fair number of players were hoping that Stage II of Meaningful Use would raise the bar to better tie HIT adoptions, such as EHRs, to improvements […]

We spoke with Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (@healthythinker) at HIMSS 2012 on the evolving economics of healthcare as we move from volume based to value based care.

We interviewed Bill Crounse, MD (@MicrosoftMD) on Microsoft innovations in Healthcare.

At HIMSS 2012 we spoke with Herb Larsen of Edifecs (@EdifecsToday) on the impending delay of the ICD-10 timeline by CMS.

I heard this question while wandering around the HIMSS conference. It made me pause and think. The healthcare system in the US is designed to fix problems after they occur. Payments are made this way and patients are, with few exceptions, accustomed to waiting until something is really painful, bloody, or non-functioning before they seek […]

In 2010, a study was conducted by Georgetown University and Booz Allen Hamilton to define trends, challenges and lessons learned surrounding the implementation of ICD-10 and to provide actionable information to serve as a resource for organizations navigating the transition. The participating health care organizations were large hospitals, integrated health care systems and other national […]

Looking back at the last two days of meetings, panels, vendor meetings and sharing I met up with a very close colleague of mine who is one of the brightest CNO’s I have ever met. Mary Jo and I decided to grab a bite to eat and digest what we saw and learned these past […]

Health IT leaders are in the midst of handling a myriad of business challenges. Each year at HIMSS, we interview today’s biggest Health IT influencers on the hottest topics of our time. This is your chance to join those experts and tell us what YOU think are the Greatest Health IT Challenges. This quick two […]