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Determining the best way to identify patients statewide or nationally is one of the hottest topics of debate within today’s health IT community.

Plenty of folks said this would be coming and now it has begun - computer-assisted coding tools started rolling toward ICD-10 in the form of one acquisition, a trio of partnerships, and a new tool. Hardly the first such CAC wares to support ICD-10 but, taken together, they represent a collective wave of what's to come.

If ever there was a compelling story in favor of EHR adoption, Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin told it at the 82nd annual AHIMA convention and exhibition.

The Vocabulary Task Force of the HIT Standards Committee is hard at work specifying the vocabularies and codesets that should be publicly available to accelerate certification and meaningful use efforts.

Who doesn't like to expose urban myths? In the case of EHRs, stripping away falsehoods will serve the healthcare industry well.

As physicians seek more efficient ways of accessing and managing clinical information, they are relying more and more on mobile technologies to increase patient safety and improve productivity.

As healthcare organizations work to meet meaningful use criteria, concerns continue to grow about the necessary capital investment in technology and the impact of electronic health records.

KLAS' latest report revealed many interesting things about the EMR market, specifically in the area of acute-care EMRs for large hospitals with 200-plus beds. It's a snapshot of a market in transition, thanks to the ARRA funding.

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee has confirmed that ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes will be frozen - but there's both good and bad news about that for provider and payers.

Last week, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the six winners in four categories for its 2010 Davies Awards of Excellence. The winners are being recognized for their innovative use of EHRs to improve care.