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• Precision Tool

• AI Insights: Streamlining VA Workflows

• Balancing Privacy and Access

• Race-Neutral Clinical Calculators

• A Path Forward: Recommendations for Standardizing Social Determinants Capture

• The State of Paper in Health Care: An Analysis

• Identifying Patients With Dementia

• Documentation Challenges

• Include the HIM Team to Maximize Your EHR Implementation

• Data Usability Taking Root

• Releasing Medical Records

• Patient Identification Challenges

• Leading the World in Patient Access: Two Insights Post Data Liberation Day

• Referential Treatment

• Get Set for HIPAA Changes

• Words Have Power

• Diagnosis: A Serious Case of Note Bloat

• The OCR: Friend, Not Foe

• The Pros and Cons of Sharing Consultation Notes

• Defining the Designated Record Set

• Automated Data Collection Can Improve Information Sharing

• Career Paths Expand for Health Informaticists

• Modernizing the Aggregation, Usability of Cancer Data

• Use Clinical Documentation Data to Remedy Physician Burnout

• Moving Document Exchange Beyond Manual

• Open Notes for All

• EHRs, Usability Remain at Odds

• Mastering the Patient Index

• New Law Changes the Security Landscape

• Can HIT Salvage the Nation’s Pandemic Response?

• Moving Beyond Basic EHR Secure Messaging

• Telehealth Caretakers

• EHR Sustainability and Long-Term Costs in the COVID Era

• Fine-Tune the Alert Volume

• Eliminating the Problems From Problem Lists

• Record Release Party

• The Quest for an Inclusive EHR — How AHIMA Is Shifting the Conversation on the Treatment of LGBTQ Patients

• Smooth Data Migration Boosts EHR Implementation

• The Untold MPI Story: How ‘Dirty Data’ Affect a Value-Based Revenue Cycle

• Down but Not Out

• OpenNotes — What We’ve Learned So Far

• Know Thy EHR

• Meaningful Detection

• Information Blocking: Is It or Isn’t It?

• Reduce Keyboard Time to Help Cure Physician Burnout

• EHRs and Patient Safety: Where Do We Stand?

• Mergers, MPIs, Oh My!

• Data Standardization Can Improve Patient Matching 

• AHIMA Goes to Capitol Hill 

• Demand for Data Sharing Mounts

• Nebulous Notes Hinder Cancer Research

• Medical Transcription — Is It Dead Yet? 

• Shutdown or Not, Washington Wheels Turn

• ‘Stupid’ Program Gets Results

• EHRs Pose Malpractice Risk

• FHIR Blazes New Path Toward Interoperability

• HIT Must Put Physicians Front and Center

• Artificial vs True Intelligence — What the C-Suite, HIT, and RCM Need to Relearn From HIM

• EHRs Still Burden Physicians

• Harnessing Data

• A Targeted Approach to EHR Training Improves Success Rates

• Patient Matching: Are We Any Closer to a Solution?

• Surviving the Storm — And Other EHR Downtime Disasters

• Hidden Treasure: The Value of Unstructured Documentation

• CMS Proposal Filled With Questions

• Self-Documentation Challenges

• The Consequences of Inaccurate Provider Directories

• Initiative Expands the Prenatal Record Process

• Efficiency Experts

• Choose Your Words Carefully

• Can TEFCA Ensure Interoperability on a National Scale?

• A Ransomware Wakeup Call

• Conflict in the EMR

• Free Innovative Spirits to Deliver HIT's Promise

• EHR Implementations: Don't Be Left Out

• Damsels in Distress

• Education Initiatives Keep Pace With the Dynamic HIT Landscape

• A 'Ribbon' Takes Top Prize

• What's in Store for Behavioral Health Incentives?

• Image Conscious

• EHRs Bolster Lack of Authorization Claims

• The Price of EHR Downtime

• Patient Safety Is a Shared Responsibility

• Is It Possible to Curtail Copy and Paste?

• Next-Generation Patient Recruitment for Clinical Trials

• The Right Mix

• A Matter of Location

• Meeting Postacute Care Needs in an EMR

• Interoperability's Secret Weapon: Nurse Informaticists 

• Quality Data Reduce Disparities for LGBT Patients

• Technology's Role in a Fee-for-Value Universe

• NLP: An Evolving Dictation Opportunity

• Small MTSOs Fight to Succeed

• Patient Engagement Proving to Be Tricky

• Is Speech Recognition Viable in the ED?

• Huddle Up

• Digging Deep for Revenue

• Technically Correct but Totally Useless

• The 21st Century Cures Act

• Transcription Shell Game

• Specialists Join the Data Revolution 

• The Perfect EMR Application

• Know Thy Docs

• Hope or Hopeless?

• Navigating HIPAA-Compliant File Sharing

• What Lies Ahead?

• Record Destruction: When, Which Ones, and How

• Documentation's Circle of Strife

• Location, Location, Location — CIMS Adoption Differs Between Rural and Urban Facilities

• HIT's Public Health Report Card

• Evolve or Be Left Behind

• This Drug's for You

• Oversight of HIT Safety a Top Priority

• Eliminate EHR Holes With ECM

• The 411 on Subpoenas

• Six New CDI Challenges to Overcome

• Health Data: What's Yours Is Yours

• Scribes Etch a Spot in the Care Process

• Language Barriers Hamper Analytics Efforts

• Speech Recognition Meets the Web

• OpenNotes Takes Hold in the Northwest

• Dive Into Data, Save Lives

• A Solution Inside a Problem

• MACRA, MIPS — Slated to Make an M-pressive Impact

• Words Matter

• What's Your HIT Hiring Strategy?

• Data Banks or Garbage Bins?

• The Challenges of Population Health Management

• Front- vs Back-End Speech Recognition: Which Fits Better?

• Next Steps for the EHR Code of Conduct

• The Long and Short of EHR Documentation

• Digitization Complicates the ROI Process

• Cybersecurity: Locking the Vault

• Advice to EMR Vendors: Get Parallel

• The Shape of Things to Come

• The State of HIEs

• Beyond Words: Terminology's Role in Meaningful Use

• Queries: It's All in the Timing

• How to Maximize an EHR Investment

• EMRs and the Lost Narrative

• A Life Without Meaningful Use

• Dress Rehearsals Key to Speech Rec Success

• EHR Training for HIM Students

• What to Do About CPOE Alarm Fatigue

• The Evolution of ECM

• Together Again

• Get at the Heart of Clinical Information

• Documentation During EMR Downtimes

• Service Market Chaos

• Upping the Ante on Meaningful Use Audits

• Community Colleges to the Rescue

• This Will Go On Your Permanent Record — Or Will It?

• Switching EHRs? Get the Data Conversion Correct

• Copy and Paste: Don't Mess Up a Good Thing

• Long on Potential, Short on Results

• MU: Keep an Eye on the Future

• An Academic Approach to EHR Training

• Invisible Information Governance

• Marrying Voice and Text Within the EHR

• Recording Artists

• Where's the Payoff?

• The Small Data Revolution

• The Business Case for Process Management

• The Critical Role of MTs in EMR Documentation

• 10 Questions to Ask Prospective Vendors

• Tame the Big Data Beast

• Rise of the Scribes

• Birth Data at Risk

• Where's HIT Headed in 2015?

• EHR Patient Safety Concerns Mount

• The Cost of Doing ROI Business

• Chart Amendments Pose HIM Challenges

• Has MU Gone Up in Smoke?

• The Evolution of EHRs

• Why I Have White Hair

• Voice Command Technology Enters the OR

• 10 Ways to Reduce Go-Live Stress

• How Records Management Can Serve Two Masters

• Vendors Vent MU Frustrations

• Paper Exit Strategies

• Circumventing the Copy-and-Paste Conundrum

• Measured Steps Toward Interoperability

• Time to Build on Meaningful Use

• NLP Shows Off Its Versatility

• Assessment Tool Promotes EHR Usability

• Tips for Integrating Speech Recognition With an EHR

• Alternative CPOE Solution Earns Plaudits

• EHR, ECM Tandem Packs a Punch

• ONC Challenge Spotlights EHR Access

• Template-Dictation Combo a Winner

• How to Break Up With Your EHR

• Mined EHR Data Yield Impressive Results

• A Cure for Documentation Ailments

• Five Challenges Facing Transcription Managers

• Hospital Adopts Novel Notetaking Approach

• Create Worry-Free Problem Lists

• Meaningful Use Audits Heighten Nerves

• The Ongoing Quest for Interoperability

• Can Social Media Data Find a Place in EHRs?

• Interoperability in Its Truest Form

• The Time Is Now to Consider a Career in EHR Management

• CPOE Anytime, Anywhere

• EHR Data Power Learning Health System

• EHRs Underutilized for Infection Control

• Copy and Paste Leads to Coding Headaches

• Capturing Cancer Data in Real Time

• Speech Recognition: A Work in Progress

• Life in an EHR World—Where Do HIM Professionals Fit?

• Mining Untapped Data

• Get the Most Out of Abbreviated EHR Document Input

• ACOs Embrace HIT Challenges

• Use Informed Consent to Better Engage Patients

• Partial to Dictation

• Manage Change to Boost EHR Projects

• Setting the Stage for MU’s Next Act

• Relieve Document Management Headaches

• The Changing Face of Release of Information

• Meaningful Use Enters Stage 2

• Where Does the Paper Go?

• In Search of Clinical Decision-Support Standards

• NLP and EMR Data Make a Powerful Combination

• The Direct Project Simplifies Messaging

• New Thoughts on EHR Design

• Armed for Care—Sutter Health Takes Its EHR on the Road

• Stage 2 Stretches Meaningful Use Requirements

• When Is It Time to Part Ways With Medical Records?

• Can EHRs Satisfy Physician Dictation Cravings?

• Secrets to a Successful CAC Interface

• Patient Engagement, Interoperability Key to ACO Success

• Tear Away From Paper Records

• Data Solution Focuses on Specificity

• The Perils of ROI in a Hybrid Environment

• Tips for Purchasing an EHR

• Experts Analyze the Viability of Remote CDI Programs

• HIM Plays Leading Role in Safety, Quality Issues

• AMIA Addresses Data Capture Deficiencies

• Inside Cornell’s Thriving HIT Program

• Under Review—Experts Call for an EHR Safety Board

• Go Inside Two Successful HIT Projects

• How to Stay Relevant in the HIM Biz

• The Continuity-of-Care Document Becomes More Meaningful

• The Hazards of Note Bloat

• Discovery Processes in the Electronic Age

• New Data Management Horizons for Registrars

• Finding the Best Candidates for HIT Positions

• Ophthalmology’s View of a Well-Built EHR

• Keep Tabs On Data Using Enterprise Content Management

• A DIY Approach to EHR Certification

• Life in a Hybrid Medical Record Setting

• The iPad Invades Healthcare

• EHR Data Get Personal

• Go Inside the VA's Telehealth Initiative

• Successful Attestation: It’s All in the Details

• Medical Device Integration — More Than Meets the Eye

• EHR Adoption: The Evolution of Physician Acceptance

• Bank on It: Speech Rec Shows Measurable ROI

• Preserving the Patient Narrative

• Navigating the EHR Certification Process

• HIM's Role in the Revenue Cycle

• Raising Cancer Care

• Natural Language Processing Enhances Patient Narrative

• Sorting Out Meaningful Use

• Copy Fees: The Battle Continues

• Decision Support: A Foundation for Success

• Document Management and Meaningful Use Requirements

• Discover the Value of Secondary EHR Data

• The Perils of Copy-Paste

• RFID Signals Innovation

• How to Handle Hybrid Medical Records

• Explore EHR Adoption Strategies

• Family History Project

• See What's Cooking in an HIT Lab

• HIT Training Programs Offer Opportunity

• 2010’s Overlooked Noisemakers

• Behavioral Health Seeks Federal Incentives

• The CCD Standard: Building Blocks for Better Data Exchange

• Web-Based EMRs OFfer an Alternative

• How Will MU Rules Affect Radiology?

• Meaningful Use Complicates Release of Information

• Steps to Secure Remote EHR Access

• How EHRs Affect Physician-Patient Communication

• The EHR Life Cycle

• Explore How Hospitals Can Reach ARRA Incentives

• Electronic Document Management Systems: Much More Than Scanning

• Adult Educational Principles in Clinical Informatics

• How Three Organizations Plan to Use Stimulus Funds

• RECs Help Achieve Meaningful Use

• From DNA to Dashboards: Data Mining on the Brink of a Breakout

• EHR Management in a Hybrid Setting

• Myriad Issues Obstruct Data Sharing

• Bearing the Burden of Meaningful Use

• Create a Patient-Centric Medical Record

• Healthcare 2010: What's in Store?

• EHR Implementation Strategies

• A Snapshot of Healthcare 2009

• Beware the Lure of EHR Incentives

• Inside the EHR Certification Process

• Dealing With Downtime: How to Survive If Your EHR System Fails

• Document Management in EHR Adoption

• HIM Professionals and EHR Education Opportunities

• Opening Doors to EHR Adoption

• Spring Into E-Prescribing

• Living in a Hybrid World

• Digital Signatures Come of Age

• Stimulus Plan and HIT

• The NHIN: A Country Connected

• Telling the Full Story Through the Health Story Project

• Get Your Piece of the Stimulus Pie

• EMRs Aren't Perfect

• Increasing EMR Adoption in Smaller Physician Practices

• Rethink EHR Project Timelines

• A New Day Rising — Transcription and EMRs

• Scanning Technology: Improving Images

• Dive In — Exploring EMR Options

• How to Net a Document Capture System — Spectrum Health Used Five Steps to Prepare

• Still a Ways to Go: Widespread EHR Adoption Remains Off in the Distance

• Friend or Foe? — The EMR Mandate’s Effect on Transcription Companies

• Open Sesame: Entering the Realm of Open Source Technology

• Improving Public Health Through ESP

• Medical Records You Can Bank On

• Virtual Neighbors — The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange

• Making EHR/PHR Integration a Reality

• A Tall Order — What to Do With Old Paper Records

• Pediatric EMRs: Big Considerations for Small Patients

• Stopping Traffic? The Stark Exemption