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HIMSS Survey Shows Healthcare Organizations Still Striving to Meet AprilHIPAA Deadline
HIMSS Survey Shows Healthcare Organizations Still Striving to Meet April
HIPAA Deadline
A survey conducted in January 2003 showed only 9 percent of healthcare
providers and 5 percent of payors were ready to meet the looming April 14, 2003
deadline to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) Privacy remediation and the Transactions and Code Sets (TCS) testing
deadline. These ...(More)
4/1/2003
Heart Hospital Goes "PAPERLESS"
Heart Hospital Goes "PAPERLESS"
JCAHO Awards Accreditation to All-digital Hospital
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of physicians in Oklahoma had a vision: to build
a hospital from the ground up to be fully digital and completely paperless.
Oklahoma Heart Hospital recently opened its doors as the first all-digital
specialty hospital of its kind, realizing the vision of those 34 cardiologists
by using ...(More)
4/1/2003
Information Management: Success Begins With Preparation
Information Management: Success Begins With Preparation
By Tom P. Hui
There's
no doubt that an effective information management system can dramatically
improve your surgery center's business. But the key to a successful and complete
installation is careful preparation. Before making a choice, you must carefully
consider the major areas of risk and develop a plan for ensuring that your new
solution delivers the results ...(More)
4/1/2003
Is Web-based Training Right For You?
Is Web-based Training Right For You?
By Anita M. Dear
When developing a training
program, an organization should first evaluate the needs and culture of the
individual entity. Like many organizations, ambulatory surgery centers face
employee turnover, ever-changing regulations and a lack of funding for training.
These issues often facilitate the opportunity for entities to consider
alternative, more cost-effective training options.
When implementing an information ...(More)
3/1/2003
Improving Healthcare Processes and Profits
Improving Healthcare Processes and Profits
Dave Wojczynski
In an
ever-changing and increasingly competitive environment, healthcare professionals
can no longer succeed by merely providing quality healthcare. In order to even
survive, they must be able to demonstrate exceptional business and marketing
savvy as well.
Every day, healthcare providers are confronted with real-world
business issues and questions, such as:
How can we ...(More)
2/1/2003
Defining the Unique Information Management Needs of Surgical Hospitals
Defining the Unique Information Management Needs of Surgical HospitalsBy
Scott PalmerThe outpatient surgery market is entering a new phase -- the widespread development of single and multi-specialty surgical hospitals. Today, progressive healthcare operators are developing this new type of facility in order to extend the types of procedures and services offered, as ...(More)
10/1/2002
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