What Do You Mean They Are Retired?!?
During recent upgrades to 11.4.1, clients have encountered a bit of a surprise: Retired Problems! There are regulations that require IMO (Intelligent Medical Objects) to retire codes behind some of...
View ArticleClinical Documentation Improvement and Your TouchWorks V11 Note Forms
We all know ICD-10 is coming. We know that ICD-10 compliance is more than just knowing which code to assign. We know that the increased specificity of the ICD-10 code sets will require physicians to...
View ArticleICD-10 Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Readiness
Co-Author: Laura Gold As many of you know, while ICD-10 was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1994, the United States is one of the last countries to adopt this coding standard. In...
View ArticleICD-10: 118 days left. Are you ready?
With the ICD-10 October 1st, 2015 deadline fast-approaching, is your organization ready? Below is a quick readiness assessment to benchmark where you are and where you should consider being. Readiness...
View ArticleICD-10: A Patient’s Perspective
With ICD-10 coming in 111 days, as a patient I start to stress out about how it might impact me. A physician once told me that “90% of physicians are already doing the required ICD-10 documentation,...
View ArticleICD-10: Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) – Now is the Time!
Now is the time! Don’t wait until there’s a problem to address Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI). The best defense in any game always starts with a good offense. How good is your game? With...
View ArticleFor the Users, By the Users: ERUG 2015
The 5th Annual Allscripts Eastern Region Users Group Summer Conference was held last week at the posh, “boutique design” W Hotel in downtown Atlanta, GA. True to its motto, “For the Users, By the...
View ArticleAre Medical Scribes For You?
A role gaining popularity in the ever growing electronic healthcare industry are medical scribes. Scribes perform the data entry in the EHR so that the doctor can focus on the patient. They’re...
View ArticleDoes Your Clinical Documentation Hit the Specificity Target?
On July 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) announced joint efforts to help physicians prepare for ICD-10. Included in that...
View ArticleGRHD Optimizes TouchWorks V11 Notes and Transitions into ICD10
With Galen's help Grand River Hospital District successfully optimized their notes and transitioned into ICD-10 Grand River Hospital District (GRHD) is a local healthcare system located in the...
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