Reviewing and placing orders are two of the most important aspects of the rounding process for a provider. The most influential and considerable change of Epic’s 2012 Upgrade is the Manage Orders activity. This new activity is more than a revamp of the old Order Entry activity; it is replacement for it, offering a whirlwind […]
There are many differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. ICD-10-CM far exceeds its predecessors in the number of concepts and codes provided. It contains 21 chapters, compared with 17 chapters in ICD-9-CM. The disease classification has been expanded to include health-related conditions and to provide greater specificity at the sixth and seventh character level.
Many Eligible Providers are making the move from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of Meaningful Use and therefore much of the industry focus is on the changes between the stages. However, there are changes to the Stage 1 measures that will impact those still attesting to Stage 1. CMS released six major changes to Stage […]
There are many differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. ICD-10-CM far exceeds its predecessors in the number of concepts and codes provided. It contains 21 chapters, compared with 17 chapters in ICD-9-CM. The disease classification has been expanded to include health-related conditions and to provide greater specificity at the sixth and seventh character level. Some […]
In this webinar, Kristy Brown, MBA, PT identifes the key benefits of Post Go-Live EHR evaluation for Optimization and walks the viewers through the critical steps to conducting an EHR Optimization evaluation. Reviewers will discover the typical areas of challenge found by experts in Optimization evaluations, and learn ways to help overcome these challenges.
Considerations for optimizing HIT system testing Another upgrade coming down the pike? New integrations in the future? Time to replace some hardware? In the dynamic world or HealthCare IT something is always changing in your environment whether it is being driven by application updates, new interfaces or other add-ons, or core IT demands and you […]
How to move from Allscripts MyWay to Professional Suite By October 2014, all MyWay clients will have upgraded to Allscripts Professional Suite. Many users are looking for information from other practices that have already gone through this process. Allscripts offers a great tool called Client Connect that I urge all users to be part of […]
There are many differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. ICD-10-CM far exceeds its predecessors in the number of concepts and codes provided. It contains 21 chapters, compared with 17 chapters in ICD-9-CM. The disease classification has been expanded to include health-related conditions and to provide greater specificity at the sixth and seventh character level.
Do you feel uneasy about the ICD-10 Transition? More than half of the practices we work with dismiss the magnitude of the ICD-10 transition. Most have proposed their intent to rely solely on General Equivalence Mapping (GEMs). These are the same practices that become shocked to discover their pre-conceived “plan” to simplify the ICD-10 transition […]