The Academy of Professional Coders has announced a comprehensive, five-year ICD-10 training plan, which is intended to guide providers, payors and coders through the ICD-10 implementation process, according to an AAPC news release.

Approximately 1.5 percent of hospitals have comprehensive electronic health record systems in place in all clinical units, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A new Web site, www.pa-hospital-search.com, will allow consumers to make more informed decisions when choosing a hospital, according to a news release by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., the law firm that compiled the data.

Somerset's Health Care Team has published informative service sheets offering legal, operational and IT guidance addressing the impact of the recent HITECH Act on hospitals and physicians' groups.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota introduced Care Comparison, a new online tool that customers can use to estimate the total treatment cost of dozens of common elective procedures, according to a BCBS news release.

Kaiser Permanente will cut 860 information technology jobs nationwide due to an agreement the company signed with IBM, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

A study conducted by the American College of Physician Executives showed that more healthcare organizations are using technology, but physicians are still frustrated with the new systems and do not find them user-friendly, according to a report in the Physician…

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MAKO Surgical Corp. will unveil its next-generation robotic arm system and implants to be used in MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon's annual meeting, according to a MAKO news release.