The job market in Healthcare IT is heating up. Between the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) coding system rolling out this year, healthcare organizations will...
The healthcare industry is growing at a vigorous pace thanks to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the Affordable Healthcare Act. Accordingly, some of the hottest jobs within the industry are increasingly listing various certifications as requirements. Whether you want...
If so, you'll be ahead of nearly all healthcare organizations in the United States. According to a report published by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, most physicians are lagging behind in digitizing patient health records. The survey of 1,820 primary-care and specialty physicians found that...
In recent weeks, we've talked a lot about EMR conversion and creative ways to find staff to complete those projects by the deadline. But what we haven't mentioned is what is, undoubtedly, the number one question on the minds of many primary care providers and...
If you're like most hospitals or private healthcare practices, you're not even close to being ready for the EMR deadline. But failing to get ready in time could cost you. EMR Deadline 2014 Under the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act (ARRA) of 2009, all medical records in...