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rsNa IN cHIcago: Annual meeting opens Nov. 30 pAge 3 Published in partnership with THE NEwS SOuRCE fOR HEALTHCARE INfORMATION TECHNOLOGy n NoVeMber 2008 Making a difference HIMSS09 gears up for powerful interactive exhibits and education sessions that offer solutions. PAGE 27 News AHIMA, docs at odds over ICD-10 By BERNIE MONEGAIN, Editor SEATTLE $700M strong Money is available to prompt physicians to adopt health information technology. PAGE 3 PHR power Industry insiders promote personal health records as a way to empower the patient. PAGE 8 commeNtary – The American Health Information Management Association leadership wants to be clear: Even though it will cost millions of dollars and the process is likely to be disruptive, U.S. healthcare must embrace a new, expanded code for diagnostics and billing. Proponents like AHIMA and the American Hospital Association say the new code will bring the healthcare system into the 21st Century. It will also replace an ICD-9 code set that Jill Dennis is broken. However, several physician organizations have joined forces tHe News: HHS ➔ has set an Oct. 1, 2011 deadline for ICD-10 wHat It meaNs: ➔ to oppose the proposed Oct. 1, 2011 deadline for switching from the ICD-9 to Joseph M. Heyman, MD Changes in processes, software across healthcare ICD-10 code sets. Comments to HHS on the proposed deadline had to be in by Oct. 21. “The AMA is deeply concerned that HHS is rushing head-first into the transition to a complex coding system without fully recognizing the impact on the health care system,” said Joseph ICD-10 see page 6 Stepping it up Tough times call for even more originality, courage and oomph than ever before. PAGE 10 HosPItaLs & IDNs Massachusetts bullish on EHR By MOLLy MERRILL, Associate Editor BOSTON – Cost and pain of rollout are common reasons Geo IT Loma Linda’s hospital employs new technology to make sure emergency patients get treatment. PAGE 15 PHysIcIaN PractIces & ambuLatory care EMRs go rural An electronic medical record links centers in Minnesota and North Dakota. PAGE 21 Payers Home for the Blues BCBSND is set to launch the first statewide medical home. PAGE 33 VeNDors Merge amnesty Merge Healthcare urges unlicensed software users to come clean with pirated copies. PAGE 37 MANAGEMENT Solutions many physician practices put off implementing an electronic health record system. But physicians in three Massachusetts regions are showing how a jumpstart helped them overcome a big chunk of the cost and alleviate some of the pain. The Greater Brockton, Greater Newburyport and Northern Berkshire regions were able to implement an electronic health record system through Micky Tripathi funding from the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, a project launched in 2004 to Clinicians at North Adams Regional Medical Center prepare for surgery. North Adams is a participant in the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative project, which aims at spurring the adoption of EHRs in Massachusetts. establish an EHR system in Massachusetts. Today, 140 practices and 550 clinicians that are participants of the MAeHC are now live with an EHR system. In June 2008 MAeHC extended its support to pilot practices by Percentage of clinicians who agree with each statement announcing it would fund software and support for another two years. Micky Tripathi, president and CEO of MAeHC, says this was an N=130 We are already able to provide better care 65% opportunity for those practices that felt they could not afford it on their own after the two-year extension to drop out of the program. However, I am satisfied with my ability to use the EHR 80% he says only two out of 140 decided to do so. “The ones (communities) that aren’t in (the pilot) chose not to I recommend EHR implementation to other practices come in when it was free. I suspect they won’t change their mind in 82% the near future. The pain of implementation was what kept them from maeHc pulse check Outsourcing appeal Farming out work gains traction in healthcare. PAGE 41 PILOT see page 22 e l Connect: gRApHS 1108 Source: MAeHc, MAy 2008 CLINICAL Toolkit By ERIC wICkLuND, Managing Editor NEW YORK Online healthcare businesses grows by leaps Denver Health N.Y company, founded in 2002, is billed as one of the largest online health companies in the world, with a network of more than 20 sites. Waterfront Media has since signed a content-licensing agreement with Yahoo!, giving Yahoo! Health access to the company’s healthcare sites. “With the health industry one of the fastest growing segments online, consumers are looking for Web sites that provide trusted Steve Case and reliable healthrelated content,” said Michael Yang, general manager and vice president of Yahoo! Health. “At Yahoo! Health we are constantly looking at how we can advance our editorial library through partnerships with leading providers of ONLINE see page 39 Enterprise PACS PACS is not just for radiology departments any more. The systems are hospital-wide. PAGE 42 www.HealthcareItNews.com MedTech Publishing Company / Vol. 5 No. 11 – The battle for America’s health-conscious Web surfers is heating up. Revolution Health, the online health information company founded in 2005 by AOL co-founder Steve Case, has merged with Waterfront Media. The Brooklyn, automates PACS transfer By BERNIE MONEGAIN, Editor DENVER – Teamwork and coll a b o rat i o n w i t h other hospitals in the region and with PACS vendor Emageon led Denver Health to drop its CD way of sharing Vince Doyle images in favor of digital transfers from referring hospitals. DENvER see page 18 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com

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Healthcare IT News - November 2008 Contents $700M Strong PHR Power Stepping It Up Geo IT EMRs Go Rural HiMSS Insider: Making a Difference Home for the Blues Merge Amnesty Management Solutions: Outsourcing Appeal Clinical Toolkit: Enterprise PACS

Healthcare IT News - November 2008

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