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Wi-Max 2 the Medical-Max
An HIT Report from the Inner City Trenches By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ Publisher-in-Chief While not an IT guru by any means, I am a prudent fan of health IT where appropriate, and have...
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New-Wave Medical Quality Resources
Beyond Traditional Administrative Databases Staff Reporters Physician blogger, and Harvard University CTO, John Halamka MD recently opined about some emerging new medical quality data sources for the...
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CCHIT is Prejudiced and Lacks Diversity – An Indictment Until Proven Otherwise
Searching for “The Lost Medical Providers” By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; FACFAS, MBA, former CPHQ™, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, former CPHQ™, CMP™ [Managing Editor] Right up!...
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ME-P Sponsor of Intellectual Capital
www.HealthcareFinancials.com By Ann Miller; RN, MHA Executive Director All hospitals, healthcare systems and organizations use a variety of teaching, educational and didactic techniques to bring value...
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Video: Protecting Protected Health Information
The eEHR Privacy Debate Continues Staff Reporters According to our colleague Richard Mata; MD, MIS, writing in the premium print-journal Healthcare Organizations [Financial Management Strategies], a...
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Allscript’s Glenn Tullman is Video Interviewed
Video Clip from the HIMSS Meeting By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] There is a major controversy in the modern healthcare community over eMRs and how to pay for them; or even if they are...
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Medical Coding and Billing Vocabulary
Basic HIT Nomenclature and HIPAA By Richard J. Mata; MD, MIS, CMP™ [Hon] www.HealthcareFinancials.com For the Health Information Technology [HIT] department of a hospital, clinic or medical practice...
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Understanding the “Minimum Necessary” Rule
Protected Health Information and HIPAA By Richard J. Mata; MD, MIS, CMP™ [Hon] www.HealthcareFinancials.com One important concept of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] is...
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Healthcare Intranets and Extranets
A Primer for Physicians and Medical Executives By Richard J. Mata; MD, MS, CMP™ [Hon] According to the “Dictionary of Heath Information and Technology”, “An intranet is a private network that uses...
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Notice of Healthcare Privacy Practices Explained
NPP “Game Changer” Replaced Use of Consents By Richard J. Mata; MD, MS www.HealthcareFinancials.com In its most visible change, the privacy regulations of HIPAA require covered health entities to...
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Promoting the “Minimum Necessary” Rule
Understanding HIPAA Security Standards By Richard J. Mata; MD, MS www.HealthcareFinancials.com One concept that is stressed by HIPAA is the “minimum necessary” rule, which states the minimum use of...
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What is a HIT Security Firewall?
Understanding Concepts and Terms By Dr. Richard J. Mata; MIS www.HealthcareFinancials.com Firewalls are devices or systems that control the flow of health information network traffic between networks...
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Defining Electronic Medical Record Systems
Does Linguistic Obfuscation Exacerbate our Use Ambivalence? Dr. Richard J. Mata; CIS, CMP™ Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ www.HealthcareFinancials.com The 2003 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Patient...
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About Regional Health Information Organizations
The RHIO Concept – Defined By Richard J. Mata MD, CIS, CMP™ www.HealthcareFinancials.com Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), or data exchanges, are multi-stakeholder organizations....
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The Pros and Cons of eMRs
Delving Deeper into the Historic Origins of Debate By Richard J. Mata MD, CIS, CMP™ According to Wager, Ornstein, and Jenkins, in 2005, the perceived advantages of an EHR system include the following:...
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What is the Cost of eHRs?
A Retrospective Look-Back By Richard J. Mata; MD, CIS, CMP™ www.HealthcareFinancials.com Studies by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show that healthcare spending in the...
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The Continuing Debate over Electronic Medical Records Systems
Are We There Yet? – In Healthcare Organizations By Richard J. Mata MD, MS www.HealthcareFinancials.com Paper-based medical records have been in existence for centuries and their gradual replacement by...
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Search Guidance for a Chief Medical Security Officer
A Business Case Model By Richard J. Mata MD, MS, CIS www.HealthcareFinancials.com The Mighty-Soft Hospital is a futuristic 1,500 bed fortress-like facility operating with a state-of-the-art dual...
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