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71. 5 ICD-10 Challenges Facing Every IT Project Manager 5/9/2013

    On Jan. 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule that mandated adoption of ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2013. The adoption mandate has since been extended by CMS to Oct. 1, 2014. The shift to ICD-10 is intended to be a significant enhancement in the coding and classification of diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures. CMS’ recent action will provide healthcare organizations in the United States with the opportunity to adapt the same platform used by many industrialized nations today, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, and Canada.

72. Patients Trust Online Reviews As Much As Doctor Recommendations (And Other Shocking Facts About Transparency In Healthcare) 11/9/2018

    Businesses everywhere are feeling the pressure to be more transparent. Online ratings and reviews started with retail shopping and quickly expanded from there. Now they’re a fixture that people expect to see when they’re searching for anything, from dog walkers to job opportunities.

73. EHR Systems Have 3 Major Hurdles To Overcome Before They Can Truly Improve Patient Care 3/13/2019

    The vast majority of healthcare facilities have now adopted some form of electronic health records (EHRs), but the transition has been a challenge for many providers. A recent survey by Stanford Medicine has revealed what many doctors already know: that a majority of them are unhappy with their current EHR systems. In fact, more than half of respondents said their current EHR systems need a “complete overhaul.”

74. Private Physician Plaintiff Not “Employee” Of Hospital For Title VII Purposes 9/3/2019

    A federal appeals court recently rejected a physician’s employment discrimination lawsuit against a hospital that revoked her privileges because it found her not to be an “employee” eligible to bring such a claim. The lessons you can learn from this decision might help your organization defend a similar claim in the future.

75. Wireless's Big Role In The Hospital Of The Future 8/29/2018

    Hospitals can be very intimidating places. The barrage of people, equipment, sounds and even smells can compound the stress associated with any visit – from a traumatic injury to a blessed event like a child birth.

76. Case Study: Blood Systems Relies On Juniper Networks Integrated Security, Access And Data Center Acceleration Solutions To Give Life To Its WAN 11/11/2009
    Blood Systems, one of the country’s oldest and largest blood service providers, has been offering its life-giving services throughout the Western U.S. Through its non-profit community blood centers—United Blood Services and Blood Centers of the Pacific—the company provides blood, blood components and special services to patients in more than 500 hospitals in 18 states ranging from California to the Gulf Coast and from Texas up to the Canadian border. By Juniper Networks
77. Your Secret Weapon For Effective Data Analytics Isn't What You Think It Is 7/24/2017

    Healthcare organizations know how to move mountains with limited resources — particularly IT resources. Hospitals, medical research firms, biopharmaceutical companies, and more work to deliver outstanding patient care, drive breakthroughs in the field, and jump hurdles in real time as they arise. By Ellen Rubin, CEO and co-founder, ClearSky Data

78. Cybercrime Is Bad For Your Health 5/18/2016

    Hardly a week goes by without a hospital, healthcare provider or health insurer falling prey to some form of ransomware — a big problem that is only getting bigger. Leading hospitals such as Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, MedStar Health’s Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and Methodist Hospital in Henderson, KY have fallen victim to these attacks. The recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) saw ransomware attacks rise 16 percent overall this year and, according to Brookings Center for Technology Innovation study, 23 percent of all data breaches occurred in healthcare, tripling over the last two years alone.

79. The Death Of Meaningful Use 1/26/2016

    MU did not die because something better was developed: it died because it was impossible to work from the onset. Who killed it? CMS hinted they heard doctors’ voices but, in reality, they did not. By Linda M. Girgis, MD, FAAFP

80. Guest Column: Providers' Perceptions: A Conversation With WellStar's Ron 2/1/2011
    WellStar senior VP and CIO, Ron Strachan discusses the IT turnaround he has initiated during his tenure, and his facilities' path to Meaningful Use, Health Information Exchange, and Accountable Care Organizations. By Ron Strachan, senior VP and CIO, WellStar