ADVANCE for Health Information Executives

Attracting New Consumers with Medical Content

By Robert N. Mitchell — November 18, 2009

Web site drives Baylor Health Care System's efforts to reach more consumers.

Gearing Up for RAC

By Michelle Martin — November 18, 2009

A third-party audit can help your organization breathe easier as RAC program implementation approaches.

Nov. 16, 2009 -- Survey: Agile-Developed Software is Easier to Support

November 16, 2009

A recent Cutter Consortium survey looked at the effect of agile methods of software maintenance. In all product-support categories, agile-developed software products were generally easier to maintain and customer satisfaction was higher, compared to traditional development methods.

The objective of the survey, developed and analyzed by Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant E.M. Bennatan, was to understand the advantages or disadvantages of agile methods after the release of a soft

Nov. 18, 2009 -- DeJarnette Highlights Offsite Image Storage SaaS Program

November 18, 2009

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc., a Towson, Md.-based provider of medical imaging interface technology, will highlight its new iNA SST and iNA Premium software-as-a-service (SaaS) products at the upcoming RSNA trade show, scheduled for Nov. 29 - Dec. 4 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

iNA is DeJarnette's Internet-based middleware gateway technology, which, according to the company, is designed to enable simple, robust, reliable and low-cost offsite medical document storage. For i

Nov. 18, 2009 -- EDCO Announces Free Webinar, Awards Hybrid

November 18, 2009

EDCO Group Inc. is providing a webinar designed to help organizations better understand an alternative way to accurately scan and index medical records.

The "Cost to Capture" webinar, scheduled for Nov. 24, is intended for revenue cycle managers, CFOs and HIM directors. The webinar will explain a technique for calculating the actual cost to capture existing paper documents and provide information on alternative processes that index documents into patient charts quicker and for

Nov. 18, 2009 -- Riverside Radiology Renews Contract with Zotec Partners

November 18, 2009

Riverside Radiology Associates, of Columbus, Ohio, has renewed its licensing contract for five years with Zotec Partners, a provider of medical billing, practice management and radiology information systems (RIS) software and services.

Riverside, a group of 70 sub-specialized radiologists providing diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology services throughout Ohio, has been licensing Zotec Partners' electronic billing center billing suite, RIS and decision-support

Nov. 18, 2009 -- Study Finds U.S. Lagging in Use of Health IT

November 18, 2009

An 11-country survey found that, compared to physicians in other countries, U.S. doctors were less likely to use health information technology (HIT). The 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey polled more than 10,000 primary care physicians in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

In the study, 46 percent of U.S. primary care doctors reported using electronic medical records

Nov. 20, 2009 -- Survey: Companies Slow to Change Security, Technology

November 20, 2009

The adoption of mobile devices, cloud computing and collaborative technologies is happening faster than most companies are able to adapt security policies, resulting in increased risk to sensitive corporate and personal data, according to "Worldwide State of the Endpoint 2010," a new Ponemon Institute study commissioned by Lumension. Insufficient resources and a lack of C-level support for security initiatives were cited as reasons for these shortcomings.

Among the survey's key fin

Semantic Technology: The Next Step for Health Care IT

By Michael Cataldo — November 18, 2009

Web 3.0 technology is making its way to the mainstream, and savvy health care providers are adopting it to address data challenges.

Stepping Toward Project Portfolio Management

By Robert Duthe, MBA, CIO, Northeast Health — November 18, 2009

A managed framework requires a shift in how to think about request/project proposals, selection and impact.

Strategize for Meaningful Use

By Gwen Hughes, RHIA. CHP, and Cynthia D. Kelly, RHIT — November 18, 2009

Those health care organizations who want to position themselves to optimize reimbursement under the HITECH Act incentives don't need to wait until the government publishes a final definition of "meaningful use" on Dec. 31, 2009.

In an open e-mail dated Oct. 1, 2009, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discussed what the government means when it refers to the "meaningful use" of electronic health records. "Simply put,

Strengthening Hospital/Physician Communication

By Asim Masood, MD — November 18, 2009

Web portals can strengthen communication between a hospital, its staff and the community it serves.