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HIMSS10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead March 3, 2010 12:55 PM by Lisa Algeo: Editor's note: Associate Editor Mark McGraw filed this blog post while covering HIMSS10 in Atlanta. Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology, addressed an overflowing crowd of HIMSS attendees at this morning's keynote Read More...
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Patients Get Records After Year-Long Wait February 9, 2010 2:17 PM by Cheryl McEvoy: If my doctor closed up shop, I'd be miffed. If I couldn't get my records on file there, I'd probably say, the heck with ‘em. But as someone who's jumped around to a few docs over the past year, I know how helpful it is to have all your records in one Read More...
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Medical Records: Help or Hindrance in Haiti? January 19, 2010 9:40 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: Hundreds of thousands are injured, communications are scant and trauma centers are makeshift, at best. So how are medical records maintained? They're not, according to reports surfacing from Haiti. Eyewitness accounts tell of overrun hospitals resorting Read More...
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ICD-10 Final Rule Issued; Implementation Slated for 2013 January 15, 2009 12:22 PM by Lynn Jusinski: The eagerly awaited Final Rules for adoption of ICD-10 will be published in the next few days, and the implementation date has been bumped from 2011 to 2013. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a brief statement today Read More...
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