New Twitter list! Tips to ease the ICD-10 switch, implementation guidelines for interoperability and security, meeting Meaningful Use stage 2, healthcare marketing and (surprise) gridlock in Washington. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. Brad Justus 13 Tips to Ease the ICD-10 Switch http://bradjust.us/13YpL68　 KentBottles Partisan ...

New tweet list! Interoperability breakthrough near, treating Oklahoma victims, patient-centered medical homes and the Triple Aim, and graduation advice you wish you'd been given. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. FierceHealthIT CCHIT: Interoperability breakthrough near http://t.co/TemVnX9IPm Gunter F. Wessels SM Hospitals scramble ...

The AACC is urging laboratory professionals to contact their members of Congress and request that they support H.R.1248, the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, which would preserve recent advances in state newborn screening programs. Earlier legislation contributed to a dramatic expansion in newborn screening for treatable ...

There’s a scene in the 60s-era AMC series “Mad Men” that involves a pregnant woman smoking and drinking while her friend’s child runs around with a dry cleaning bag over her head. All of this happens in the space of about a minute, and there are so many things done wrong during that time that, by today’s standards, you can’t help but wonder ...

Bumping up patient experience scores, emergency management after the Boston Marathon bombings, reducing ER overuse, knowing how much ICD-10 training you're going to need, and more! Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. iHT2 Hospitals can bump up their patient experience scores with these simple tactics from University of Utah Health ...

The idea of making a potentially dangerous drug less prone to abuse is something that stands out in the effort to stop prescription drug misuse in the United States. Many companies have incorporated time release capsules to curb the possibility of abuse, but sometimes that just isn’t enough. According to a recent New York Times piece, Purdue ...

New tweet list! Social media and security, quality care for less money (is it possible?), and why bad perfomers are happier. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. Huntington Hospital Big data initiative seeks to make a searchable cancer care database of 100s of 1,000s of cancer patients for doctors ow.ly/jtYkq Kip Piper Small, ...

The introduction of two new hospital facilities in the US marks the beginning of a shift in the healthcare industry. According to a recent news release from Dark Daily, a nationwide change from inpatient- to outpatient-based treatment approaches has resulted in the construction of “bedless hospitals.” In preparation for changes due to the ...

New tweet list! IT security innovations, boosting accounts receivable, AHIMA ... and are we heading for a BYOD backlash? Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. WK LB Health Health law could boost use of temp workers ...

The ethical implications of genetic sequencing are really only just beginning to be fully realized, and these questions continue to contribute to the growing debate over information provided by the human genome.  A recent story from NPR chronicled Henrietta Lacks and the surprisingly indefinite life of her cells. In the article, Rebecca ...