A recent report finds that nearly half of federal agency records and management officials felt they would not be able to meet the December 31, 2013, deadline to digitize and streamline records management practices.
Find-A-Code is offering a free 7-day trail of its newest coding tool called Code-A-Note. Code-A-Note utilizes concept extractor software that analyzes the volumes of information contained in an electronic medical record's (EMR) text fields and provides the professional coder with highly relevant ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS coding suggestions. Find-A-Code's digital coding libraries then apply additional filters and data resources to the selected codes including a claim scrubbing feature. With the pending implementation of ICD-10 in October of 2014, Code-A-Note will offer its users unique documentation training opportunities as well as a coding tool. Code-A-Note was designed to decrease the amount of time that medical coders spend reading a patient's encounter note. The software analyzes the note in its entirety to produce relevant codes.
The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization has created a health IT hazard reporting system to make it easier to see trends. The Health IT Hazard Manager was funded by Abt Associates with the ECRI Institute and Geisinger Health System’s Patient Safety Institute. The project incorporates Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ) common formats and a tested, standardized taxonomy to index the content of a central repository of data.
Despite their instructions, almost half (46 percent) of federal agency records and information management professionals do not believe the presidential directive for digital records are realistic and obtainable. This came just days before the end of 2013.
Law firms are always looking for a seamless and efficient process and/or product to manage their digital and physical records. The RM Suite has been designed with law firm information governance in mind. As documents and emails are saved to eDOCS DM, they are automatically categorized and electronically filed in RM using the appropriate Client/Matter File Plan and Retention Schedule. This interesting information was found on Heraldonline.com in their article, “Matrix Logic Announces Records Management Legal Solution Suite for OpenText eDOCS RM at ILTA 2013 Conference.”