This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Renal Physicians Association’s (RPA) annual meeting in Washington D.C. There were over a dozen Health IT vendors in the exhibit hall displaying a range … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: March 18, 2011
Meaningful Use: 15 Things Your Practice Can--and Should--Do Now In this “Curbside Consult” on the popular HIS Talk blog, Dr. Jayne shares some tips and tricks for clinicians on the practice side to … [Read more...]
TIR & Meaningful Use: The Importance of Teamwork
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the TIR (Texas Independence Relay). TIR is a 203.3 mile foot race between Gonzales and San Jacinto, Texas; two important towns in the state’s … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: March 11, 2011
Review of Recent Studies Shows Predominantly Positive Results for Health Information Technology Using methods that were employed by two previous independent reviews, a new study finds that 92 percent … [Read more...]
ICD-10: Are You Ready For It?
Last week we discussed the arrival of the 5010 transaction standard. The transition to the 5010 standard has many drivers. One of those is the requirement to accommodate the ICD-10 code set that … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: March 4, 2011
Despite a Diagnosis, Many Kidney Patients Remain Unaware Researchers surveyed 401 people with kidney disease attending a nephrology clinic. More than 75% of participants had stage 3 chronic kidney … [Read more...]
The 5010 Transaction Standard & Why It Matters
Obscured by all of the buzz and excitement surrounding meaningful use and the EHR incentive program are two other areas within Health IT that require our attention. Most of us have heard of ICD-10 … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: February 25, 2011
The Age of Meaningful Use A message on meaningful use and how to create an infrastructure to support it from Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information … [Read more...]
