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Archives for August, 2009

ICD-10 Coding: What It’s All About and What Effect Will It Have On Your Practice

ICD codes are medical diagnosis and procedure codes used for billing and health insurance reimbursement, automated decision support and government statistical reports on morbidity and mortality. In fact, they are used around the world – [+]

Friday Fun Building Falls down in my back yard…ok, we pushed it.

Yes, this is my back yard... So on Saturday my son Ben had his 3 year old birthday party. By late in the afternoon the adults were a bit bored and decided to knock [+]

Very Controversial – Mammograms cause cancer?

This topic definately needs more research and some real studies behind it. However, if found to have merit, it wouldn't be the first time a "cure" was found to be worse than the disease. [+]

The future of healthcare, Institute of Design Strategy Conference

The IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference is an international executive forum addressing how businesses can use design to explore emerging opportunities, solve complex problems, and achieve lasting strategic advantage. Global businesses increasingly appreciate how design [+]

Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Cortese and Senator Amy Klobuchar discuss health care

This past Sunday evening Minnesota based Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Cortese and US Senator Amy Klobuchar had a phone conference to discuss health care in America today. This conference was open to the public [+]

Telemedicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Cutting edge technology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and Chillicothe's ADENA Regional Medical Center has allowed for key advances in pediatric care through the use of telemedicine. Telemedicine allows for HD video conferencing of [+]

Virginia Tech Health Record found, a SCREAMING endoresment for EHR

Seriously folks.... the health record was lost in the providers home!!  What a screaming endorsement for EHRs! [+]

Mayo Clinic CEO, MN Senator, and nation’s top nurse connect this Sunday

Invites have gone out, but you can still take part in what sounds to be a very interesting conversation on Sunday night: As someone who has previously contacted our office to share your thoughts on [+]

Interview with Dr. Tobias Winkler on muscle regeneration

Dr. Tobias Winkler is a doctor of orthopedics and also a researcher on muscle regeneration. [+]

Restoring the “Care” in Healthcare

HeartMath announces the HeartMath Caritas National Pilot Program. Partnering with distinguished professor Dr. Jean Watson and the Watson Caring Science Institute, the program aims to restore the "care" in healthcare by transforming current healing models [+]

BizTimes Milwaukee visits UnitedHealth’s new mobile clinic

UnitedHealth Group recently partnered with Cisco to form Connected Care (aka Patient Centered Medical Home), a national telehealth network designed to expand physicians' reach into underserved communities. BizTimes Milwaukee reporter Alysha Schertz recently visited UnitedHealth's [+]

OhioHealth Named Winner of McKesson’s Outstanding Achievements Award in Healthcare IT

OhioHealth has received a 2009 VIP Award from McKesson Technology Solutions for its use of information technology (IT) to achieve outstanding results in the delivery of healthcare to the community. The VIP Awards are presented [+]

E-Patients are now empowered, equipped, engaged, educated,

For the first time in history, more people are searching the Internet for health information than asking doctors. Digital health consumers, known as e-patients, are now empowered, equipped, engaged, educated and connected to others electronically. [+]

When Your Medical Records Are Inaccurate

It’s a scary thing to be denied health insurance – or even a job – due to a health condition. What’s even worse is when our medical records contain diagnoses and even treatments [+]

MN Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses her opinions on Health Care

Thank you for contacting me about health care. Knowing your views is important to me as I work to ensure that Americans have affordable, high quality health care choices. I am committed to protecting what [+]

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Dear Senator, Have you actually READ the health care bill?

It seems that one of my physician readers is a very fast reader!  He is run through one of the House bills regarding health care reform.  He sent all of these items to the appropriate [+]

Quest Diagnostics Care360(TM), E-prescribing Solution definitely worth a look

Ever since CMS passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) e-prescribing has been a hot topic in medical facilities all across America. MIPPA adds a 2% incentive over current payments [+]

A Brief History of Intelligence

"Imagine your doctor had access to your entire family history, the archives of all medical studies and journals, plus the experience of thousands of other doctors" - IBM Social Media Sent to me by one of [+]

Same Day Radiology

Dr. Robert Russo joins Good Morning CT to talk about same-day radiology results. [+]

University of Newcastle Medical Society Medical Leadership Seminar

The University of Newcastle Medical Society presents the inaugural Medical Leadership Seminar. Despite the advocacy of the team centred approach to patient care it is still a fact of life that all Doctors are [+]

A couple of months old, but I bet you haven’t seen the Oregon Health IT Round Table

The Oregon Health Reform Collaborative organized this panel discussion about health care information technology, mostly focusing on medical records. Oregon Health IT Round Table from Archimedes Movement on Vimeo. [+]

Security And Privacy Requirements To Support Exchange of Health Information

Straight from the Federal Health and Human Services conference on Health Information Technology: [+]

Health Care debate gets screams and yells

The debate about health care in America is getting louder and more excited lately. The passion about this issue is inspiring and sometimes surprising as people across America are getting more and more vehement [+]

Government writing checks for Health IT is not the solution

Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin proposes a business model using information technology to the reform the current US health care system. He argues that Medicare's payment program creates a "schizophrenic system that delivers uncoordinated care with terrible [+]
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