Mobile, Analytics, Cloud, Value-Based Care, Social Dominate News at HIMSS15

Record attendance at HIMSS 2015 in Chicago - over 43,000 people. Now that HIMSS15 is over, take a look at some of the trends that dominated the headlines, the social buzz and the chatter at after show cocktail parties. Of course, there were the overarching themes of interoperability, and population health, but there were some key themes that received the most attention.

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HIMSS 2015 Conference Announces Nursing Informatics Study Results

Nursing informatics (NI) is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their decisionmaking in all roles and settings. This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.

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ICD-10 Consulting Shift to Testing and Revenue Impacts

ICD-10 consulting will shift to testing and revenue cycle impacts in the next few months. Testing is the only way to ensure business continuity.

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Ebola — Cloud IT and ICD-10 Can Help

Ebola with the proper clinical workflow, and to record those symptoms along with the patient travel history rom Africa in the Epic Systems E.H.R. The real question is, not whether people or technology were to blame. The question is, now that the event occurred, how flexible and agile are the systems and processes (E.H.R. workflow, training) to react so it doesn't happen again?

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Accountable Care Organization Medicare Shared Savings Progam

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) have a special, limited opportunity to innovate. Waivers exempting MSSP ACOs from certain legal requirements and other benefits enable MSSP ACOs to experiment within certain limits. The Medicare Shared Savings Program requires 33 measure that must be self-reported by the ACO to CMS. After a limited period, self-reporting will not be allowed and third parties will be required to perform reporting.

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#ICD10 #NoDelay Trending on Twitter Today, Testing is Issue Not the Delay

ICD-10, the International Classification of Diseases version 10 from the World Health Organization (WHO) is supposed to go into effect in the United States on October 1, 2014 2015.  Today…

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HIMSS 2014 Keynote – Marilyn Tavenner Speaks about ICD-10, Meaningful Use, Healthcare.gov and Quality in Healthcare

Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spoke at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando Florida spoke about interoperability, and "reduced spending in healthcare." Continue to reward programs that provide value and quality. "Linking quality data, reporting, and cost of care to outcomes, patient quality for all care settings and tie that to payments." She also spoke about ICD-10, Meaningful Use Stage 2, Healthcare.gov, interoperability and details about several quality and privacy initiatives.

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ICD-10 Benefits Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies

ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases version 10 developed by the World Health Organization or WHO) code set has the potential to bring new analytical capability to pharmaceutical and medical device…

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