(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Julie A. Dooling, RHIA, AHIMA Director, HIM Practice Excellence.)People are powerless to control unexpected events. What we can control is our response.When an unexpected event occurs in healthcare, instincts kick in, and professionals execute what they have learned through training.There are two ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Jill Hoffman, managing editor of Executive Insight.)  At the third annual PharmEHR Summit April 17, leaders in the electronic health record (EHR) and pharmaceutical industries gathered to discuss the status of EHR adoption and potential collaboration between EHR and pharmaceutical ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Susan M. Lucci, RHIT, CHPS, CMT, AHDI-F, who is president of Privacy Officer Services LLC and an at-large director on the AHDI National Leadership Board. She can be reached at slucci128@hotmail.com.)In the wake of superstorm Sandy and the enormous devastation brought to the area, including the ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Chris Giancola, principal consultant at CSC Global Healthcare Group, Falls Church, Va.) This is an exciting time for health information exchange. The objectives for meeting Stage 2 of the meaningful use of electronic health records were shared with the public March 7, and the 60-day comment period on ...

In a feature story posted this week, the author tells a story of a future physical therapist who uses mobile technology to create electronic health records and videos to document her patients' progress. But for this tale to come true for more healthcare practitioners, major EHR vendors will need to reconfigure their platforms for mobile access. In ...

In an April 20 press release, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that it discovered a breach of patient information, which resulted when a document sent to an individual outside of UAMS for analysis of billing charges was not properly de-identified. A UAMS physician sent financial data to an individual who was not ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Erica Drazen, managing director, Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices at CSC.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Stage 2 proposed rules for meaningful use released Thursday have many changes; some are subtle. In addition to the new requirements to be a meaningful user of ...

For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation. So what's the problem? According to the 23rd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, released on Tuesday, one-quarter of respondents said adequate staffing resources within their ...

Editor's Note: For an executive summary of IVANS 2012 Healthcare Provider Survey, contact Cecile Locurto at Cecile.Locurto@ivans.com or (203) 905-7330.IVANS Inc. a national health information exchange, announced in a Feb. 20 press release that while 42 percent of healthcare providers surveyed currently use either electronic health records or ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) named InfoGard Laboratories Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA, as an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB). The addition of InfoGard Laboratories as an ONC-ATCB provides more options for EHR vendors to have their products tested and certified for compliance ...