Legislation Could Impact ICD-10

After years of planning and complaining, healthcare organizations are beyond knee-deep in preparing for the ICD-10 coding classification transition due by October 1, 2014. Ironically, there is now legislation introduced in the U.S. House would prohibit the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) from mandating that physicians use ICD-10 diagnosis codes.

Technology Leaders Recognized for Contribution

Coveo is the recipient of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) TechFUTURES “Audience Favorite” Award for spring 2013. This honor was given for their discussion about the future of knowledge and content management on May 8 at the Technology Services World (TSW) 2013 Best Practices conference in Santa Clara.

New Options for Storage

Combining their cloud-based storage with the voice recording skills of Orange Trading Solutions, Bloomberg can now integrate voice data into the Bloomberg Vault and produce electronic records in almost real time.

The Key to Being Prepared

With the preparations amplifying for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, the demand for trained medical coders is expected to increase. It is reported that many current medical coders are planning on retirement before the switch, leaving an even lesser amount to be trained.

Proper Motivation Required

Medical coding is changing. Those that have been in the “biz” for years have faced a decision: either retire or learn the new coding classification system. The latter being a daunting task for most. However economy, job security, etc. make for strong motivators to learn a new system. Unfortunately, physicians have no such motive – or so they think.

DSM-5 Losing Favor

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) has announced that the DSM-5 diagnostic manual project will not be the focus of their work. With only weeks before the launch, the NIMH said, it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. Those familiar with this project find this move somewhat surprising.

Thorough Search with Solid Indexing

SearchYourCloud provides a single search interface to find documents stored on a desktop or several cloud-based services and now they have broadened their reach to include Box in their latest version of client software. The goal is make it more of a search once-find many kind of experience.

The Bigger Impact

The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is expected to impact healthcare organizations and providers in many areas – coding, technology, and reimbursement, just to name a few. Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) suggests the impact will be tougher on specialists.

Are You Ready?

With the ICD-10 coding classification transition countdown seemingly going faster, how ready are providers for the implementation? A survey by Aloft Group, a Newburyport, Massachusetts healthcare branding and marketing firm, sheds some light on just that.

Managing All That Data

Big data. Unstructured data. Semi-structured data. Data, data, data. It seems like everyone is talking about data and the challenges that comes with it.

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