In the first post of this 2 part blog we explored the big challenges with the demands that the ARRA HITECH and other compliance and regulatory impositions have impacted Healthcare IT: HIPAA’s Version 5010 conversion, ICD-10 migrations, Meaningful Use of EHRs and their Attestation and Accountable Care Organizations. We also briefly touched the popular topic […]
Posts Tagged ‘HL7’
The Healthcare Domain Model: Where to start?
Let’s say you are tasked with modernizing an age old payer system with no documentation and it is business critical, with hundreds and thousands of lines of code: where would you start? Evaluation of technology stack, infrastructure, assessing the skill sets available, cost, etc. are all part of standard operating procedure, but we’ll save that […]
Could EMR software make healthcare worse?
This post is based off of an interview posted on the IBM Impact Blog. Visit us in the Industry Zone at IZ-4 or check out our IBM Impact landing page Widespread electronic medical record (EMR) adoption is hanging on hope that social and economic benefits will be received through the reduction of information silos in […]
3 Reasons for using a Managed Private Cloud for Interoperability
Cloud computing is a popular topic in IT circles today, and with this year’s Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS, the cloud’s impact on Interoperability will be an interesting topic of discussion. In healthcare circles, cloud computing conjures up fears for protecting private healthcare information and security concerns. There is a business case for a special type […]
“Help! We are getting a late start on 4010 to 5010 migration . . .”
If your healthcare organization is getting a late start on 4010 to 5010 migration, you are not alone. While you should be testing the new 5010 transaction sets with trading partners already, you may just now be getting budgetary funding to pursue a solution. At Perficient, we understand the challenge of catching up to meet […]
Is HIPAA 5010 Compliance making you feel like this guy?
Join us Thursday, January 27, 2011, 12:00 PM CT for HIPAA 4010A1 to 5010 Migration: Rapid Compliance with a Step-up/Step-Down Approach Register at: www.perficient.com/webinars As part of the final rule for HIPAA 5010 implementations, CMS has defined specific milestones that help healthcare organizations evaluate their progress towards compliance. Many organizations have just now begun the […]
The Digital Nervous System for Healthcare Providers
Does your organization need to take advantage of the HL7 messages created by your healthcare applications, outside sources and medical devices? Then now is a good time to organize the digital nervous system with an Integration Competency Center.