EHRs

One of National Nurses United's most attention-catching new TV spots, "Nurses vs. Computer Care," portrays a hospital where patient care has been mostly given over to a glitch-ridden computer and hapless IT staffer. When a patient's condition suddenly worsens, the…

Agfa HealthCare and Hyland have collaborated to integrate Agfa's enterprise imaging platform with Hyland's OnBase content management technologies.

Nearly half of providers, 45 percent, are concerned about interacting with accounting and billing systems when utilizing ICD-10 codes, according to a HealthData Management report.

Congressional representatives, particularly those in the Republican Doctors Caucus, have begun to question what exactly the meaningful use program has achieved, according to a report in Politico.

Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, W. Va., has implemented Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit direct radiography system in its X-ray room.

In order to help providers with their preparation efforts for ICD-10 in light of the one-year delay, CMS will host a national provider call on June 4.

Last week, CMS announced the ICD-10 transition will take place Oct.1, 2015, resolving the uncertainty that followed the passage of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which stated HHS could not compel providers to switch to ICD-10 before…

In light of the implementation delay, CMS has canceled end-to-end ICD-10 testing scheduled to take place from July 21 through 25.

In an in2itive blog post, Dawn Houston, coding supervisor at in2itive the ICD-10 implementation delay to October 2015, and why this does not mean coders and their employers can procrastinate on getting ready for the eventual transition.

In the wake of President Barack Obama signing a bill last week that will delay the transition to ICD-10, healthcare leaders must reassess their plans to switch to the new coding system.