Cook Memorial Library in La Grande, Oregon are gaining two new databases of interest to family history researchers and genealogists — HeritageQuest Online available from home or office with a library card, and Ancestry Library Edition, available only in the library.
There has been a lot written about the unpreparedness of healthcare providers for the October 2013 deadline of the ICD-10 coding transition. I admit it, some of that has been here and by me. However, the closer we get to the deadline the more the news and surveys are reporting that healthcare IT departments are making preparations.
This time of year I read a lot of trends and reviews. What happened last year and what will happen in the coming year is a popular topic and it is in fact a good time to take stock and think about initiatives for the year ahead. So here is what I see coming down the road for 2012.
The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) recently voted to “work vigorously” to stop the implementation of ICD-10 diagnostic coding system. This new classification of diseases contains five times the number of codes and its implementation is slated for October 2013. The resolution believes it will present significant burdens on the practice of medicine.
T-System, Inc. has acquired Practice Management Associates who specialized in providing coding and billing services for emergency departments.
With the October 2013 deadline looming for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, it should be no surprise that training is kicking into high speed. ICD-10 Coders Academy & ICD-10 Connect have jointly developed a "Hybrid Training Model," a combination of ICD-10 Online & Onsite training.
With the many and varied health IT initiatives in progress or around the bend, healthcare organizations fight a tough battle just keeping up. Business intelligence software might be the solution.
Early Internet communications were based on telephone long-distance switches, which became ports allowing computers to connect with modems. Remember Compuserve? They were one of the pioneers in indexing the huge amounts of data that were generated in the early information superhighway, that was really more like a county road at the time compared to the data created and transmitted today.
The Eighth Annual Data Harmony® Users Group (DHUG) meeting, scheduled Feb. 7-9, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico will focus on helping users get the most from their investment in the knowledge management software suite, which helps users organize information resources based on a well-built and systematically applied taxonomy or thesaurus.
Never before in healthcare has one specific field gotten such a boost of job security; at least if they are up to date on their training. With the impending October 2013 of the ICD-10 coding classification transition, medical coding and billing have become very popular careers.