(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA's Health Information Integrity Summit by Sandra Kersten, MPH, RHIA, AHIMA director of HIM Solutions.) The American Health Information Management Association's Health Information Integrity Summit: The Quest for Safe, Usable, Quality Data in EHRs opened Thursday in Chicago with great insights ...

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: This guest blog is written by Dan Pelino, General Manager, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences.) At many hospitals, there is a virtual turnstile at the front door -- clicking every time someone walks in. As a hospital administrator, you win by 15 percent if the patient walking in is privately insured but you take a six percent hit if ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Carole Hodsdon. As executive vice president and chief technology officer, Hodsdon is responsible for the overall formulation, implementation and management of technology strategy at MEDecision, a provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions.) I continue to be amazed at the speed at which ...

Get up-to-date and accurate information about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs from CMS here. Visit the website to get specifics about the program and download the new tip sheets. Tip Sheets for Eligible Professionals: Medicare EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals -- This tip sheet describes which types of ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), a laboratory manager and freelance writer.) There's an episode of The Simpsons in which Prohibition briefly comes to Springfield. By the end of the story the streets flood with booze, and Homer toasts atop a barrel, ''To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's ...

To mark the important role health information technology (HIT) plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, more than 170 partner organizations have joined together for National Health Information Technology Week, June 14-18. With the theme: One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care, the 5th Annual National Health IT Week kicked ...

With patients across the country voicing a growing desire for greater engagement in and control over their medical care, a new study involving patients in Boston, Pennsylvania and Seattle will examine the impact of letting patients see the notes that doctors record during and after their visit. Funded through a $1.4 million grant from the ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $83.9 million in grants to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT) systems. The funds are part of the $2 billion allotted to HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the ...

At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is further delaying enforcement of the ''Red Flags'' Rule through Dec. 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation that would affect the scope of entities covered by the rule. ''Congress needs to fix the unintended consequences of the legislation establishing the ...