Tom Sullivan
Aileen Black, vice president of public sector at VMware, discusses what those rumblings about cloud computing in the government mean to the federal health IT sector.
Keeping its "eye on the prize, but feet on the ground," the advisory panel to the HIT Policy Steering Committee recently took a step closer to pushing back Stage 2 of meaningful use. Such a delay, the committee said, would grant providers more time to incorporate other deadline-driven health IT projects – most notable, the massive ICD-10 conversion – into their agendas.
The advisory committee's intent would create more time for implementing the mandated code sets – but holding out for the final rule stands to make ICD-10 even more excruciating.
Leading up to the GHIT 11 show, CMS' Jessica Kahn discusses what Medicaid providers are finding from using certified EHRs, forthcoming HIE guidance, and the usability blues.
The beauty of the ONC's Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is that it's vague enough to remain flexible – a fact that also draws criticism.
Given that ICD-10 compliance day is still nearly three years from now, most of the chatter about a total industry-wide sum for new code sets has leaned toward projecting an overall cost. But there's a flip-side: the cost-savings that converting to ICD-10 will bring the healthcare realm – and to the tune of billions of dollars.
What with many healthcare entities already so far behind on both HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 implementations as to render industry timelines almost worthless, WEDI and NCHICA reworked their recommendation.
The healthcare industry might not yet realize this simple fact: Although this does not garner much in the way of media attention, ICD-10 promises to improve the business of healthcare in numerous ways.
McKesson presented three common ICD-10 misconceptions, and what the firm considers to be the truth opposing each.
Allocating resources, financial and otherwise, for ICD-10 is certain to be a complex, multi-layered and ongoing achievement. The range of software applications and personnel has garnered much attention thus far, but hardware will cost healthcare organizations, too - and that's not just servers.