The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a proposed rule that would make changes in the second year of the Quality Payment Program as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The main goal is to ease provider burdens, making it easier for rural and small providers to…
DetailsWhen it comes to increasing your healthcare organization’s return on investment (ROI), implementing an information governance program might not be the first thing that comes into your mind. But did you know that information governance (IG) enables an organization to better achieve its goals and strategies with trusted, reliable information, resulting in a return on…
DetailsOn average, clinicians spend 28.2 minutes per shift searching for correct patient records, according to the “2016 National Patient Misidentification Report”, a survey of 503 healthcare executives and providers conducted by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Imprivata. (source: https://pages.imprivata.com/rs/imprivata/images/Ponemon-Report_121416.pdf) Misidentifying a patient can lead to serious consequences: Medical errors, financial loss, a negative impact on the patient,…
DetailsOctober is just around the corner and this means that it is the last quarter of this year and also the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2018 when changes for ICD-10 take effect. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the complete list of links and files regarding the new ICD-10-CM codes on…
DetailsEvery kind of medical facility is a potential target for cyber-attacks. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), passed by Congress in 1996, requires the protection and confidential handling of protected health information (PHI). This applies to all forms of PHI, including paper, oral, and electronic (ePHI). (source: http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/formsandpubs/laws/hipaa/Pages/1.00WhatisHIPAA.aspx) In the past few years, hospitals…
DetailsDid you know that many people use the words “data” and “information” in the same way because they think that the terms are interchangeable? However, there is a difference in the meaning. “Data can be any character, text, word, number, picture, sound, or video and, if not put into context, means little or nothing to…
DetailsHealth care organizations are collecting and storing large volumes of patient data. Information is when you take the data you have and process and interpret it to transform that data into something you can use to make a decision. So the next step is turning data into information that can be used to help patients.…
Details2018 is set to bring regulatory changes and some challenges for health care providers. Big data analytics will play a significant role in the coming year. Health care Information Governance (IG) is a key factor in big data analytics, as managing the volume of big data needs a coordinated plan. Data and information support nearly…
DetailsHealthcare cybersecurity breaches continue to rise, concerning everyone in the healthcare community from providers to services to patients. While everyone hoped these attacks would subside there is still a lot of cyber-transgression occurring.
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