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Mammography and the Right to Choose
November 20, 2009 12:59 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This is a guest blog written by Valerie M. Chapman, RN, MSN, a pediatric nurse for 25 years. She is a 3-year breast cancer survivor and lives in Medford, NJ, with her husband and two children.) I am a wife, a mother of two awesome kids, Read More...
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What Makes You Tick? Part 2
September 4, 2009 9:47 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
The ADVANCE team likes to be inquisitive (it's part of our job, ya know). Sure, we've met you at conferences, chatted you up on the phone, but we want to know what really goes on in that head of yours. Thus, we introduced "What Makes HIM Professionals Read More...
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(Mis)information Overload
August 13, 2009 3:27 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following is a guest blog from Mark McGraw, staffer on ADVANCE for Health Information Executives ) Earlier this week, Bob Mitchell, our managing editor here at ADVANCE , posted a blog chastising the behavior of some overzealous attendees Read More...
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Health Care Reform: What Women Need
July 22, 2009 11:50 AM by Lisa Algeo
Guest commentary by Sabrina Corlette, director of health policy programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families In the halls of Congress, in the media, in the coffee shops and restaurants of Washington, D.C. -- health care reform is dominating Read More...
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Breaking Out of the PAC
June 5, 2009 9:27 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Medicare rules are tough to follow, even for professionals immersed in the world of coding, compliance and reimbursement. But if providers are struggling to monitor changes and understand the if-thens of Medicare policy, imagine the brain cramps lawmakers Read More...
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Not Exactly a Ringing Endorsement for EHRs
May 7, 2009 12:31 PM by Lynn Jusinski
An emergency department (ED) in a facility in Western Sydney, Australia, banned the use of its EHR, going back to paper and pen, after struggling with downtime on the system. While a North South Wales (NSW) opposition health spokeswoman claimed that government Read More...
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New National Coordinator for HIT Named
March 20, 2009 11:49 AM by Lynn Jusinski
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, is the Obama administration's pick as the new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. According to a Department of Health and Human Service press release , Dr. Blumenthal has his work cut out for him. "Dr. Blumenthal Read More...
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A Rally Cry for Reform
March 6, 2009 10:02 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Alas, the most coverage I caught of yesterday's health care summit was a poor attempt to read the closed captioning on CNN while pedaling away at the gym. So I was eager to get into work this morning and read up on what went down. Well, there weren't Read More...
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Abortion Records Go on Long, Strange Trip
February 24, 2009 4:05 PM by Lynn Jusinski
When patient records of women receiving abortions made their way from the Sedgwick County, KS, court to the Johnson County, KS, district attorney's office and then probably on to somewhere in Virginia and then back to Johnson County, KS, that's an issue Read More...
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AAPC Pleased With ICD-10 Implementation Date
January 16, 2009 2:39 PM by Lynn Jusinski
The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) scored a victory yesterday when it was announced that ICD-10 implementation would be pushed back from 2011 to 2013. AAPC took an opposing view to that of the American Health Information Management Association, 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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Invited, but Unexpected
December 18, 2008 10:04 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Obama's transition team has extended an open invitation to all Americans to participate in community discussions about health care reform over the next 2 weeks. It's a chance for the average citizen to air grievances and offer solutions to improve the Read More...
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Polls, Perks and Prosecution?
November 4, 2008 3:10 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
Whether you’ve been getting your political information from a news network, “Saturday Night Live” skits or right here on the ADVANCE Web site , we hope you exercise your right to vote today. And if the deluge of media coverage about the presidential election Read More...
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What's On the West Coast
October 10, 2008 11:36 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Before I wind my watch to Pacific Time, I thought I'd scan health care headlines from the West Coast. In California, the Governator just vetoed a legislative bill 2 years in the making that would have required medical facilities to inform patients of Read More...
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