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No crosswalk from ICD-9, but ICD-10 is on track for October
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe "delay ICD-10" proponents have found themselves another piece of ammunition to use in their war against transitioning from the current ICD-9 coding system. The latest development in the never-ending fight against replacing the decades-old version is a new study from Vanderbilt University that suggests that mapping codes between ICD-9 and ICD-10 could be a problem.
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Finding a job in healthcare: Performance reviews
Catherine Iste Healthcare AdministrationOnce a year, I have the pleasure of being a guest lecturer for an ethics and social leadership class at a local university. The class participants include master's students in nursing and healthcare informatics. My topic is always the same: I am asked to demystify human resources. This year, the students' questions focused on the following: negotiating an offer, dealing with bureaucracy, performance reviews and terminations.
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CMS plans to shorten meaningful use Stage 2 to 90 days
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services buckled, or so it seems. After much conjecture, gesturing and soapbox shouting from healthcare leaders, it looks like the reporting period for sending data collected in the electronic health record as part of meaningful use Stage 2 will be shortened from 365 days to 90. According to SearchHealthIT, "The time and money required to attest for a 365-day reporting period gave heartburn to many hospitals and physicians."
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What healthcare providers need to know about measles
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareMany who work in healthcare today are too young to remember the measles epidemics of years past. Therefore, their knowledge and care of this previously eradicated disease is extremely limited and quick identification of infected individuals could be limited. As we learned last year from our Ebola exposures, our lack of knowledge of uncommon, yet highly communicative diseases is our Achilles' heel. As healthcare providers, we owe it to ourselves and our patients to remain informed of such diseases.
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How is the measles outbreak affecting the healthcare industry?
Danielle Manley Medical & Allied HealthcareDouglas Coupland once said, "Adventure without risk is Disneyland." However, he clearly wasn’t considering the health risks of high-volume amusement parks, like Disneyland. But, these places are a breeding ground for disease, as was made apparent by the recent measles outbreak stemming from the theme park. The outbreak began in December and, to date, there are 119 confirmed cases in the country. "As more people opt against vaccinating their children (or themselves), these childhood illnesses will become more prevalent again," Sarah Gaines-Hill, an infection control registered nurse in Anaheim, California, said.
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Finding a job in healthcare: Bureaucracy
Catherine Iste Healthcare AdministrationOnce a year, I have the pleasure of being a guest lecturer for an ethics and social leadership class at a local university. The class participants include master's students in nursing and healthcare informatics.
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The comfort zone is really the danger zone
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA leader doesn't just wake up one day and become one. Leaders must work on and practice being a leader. Quite simply, that means leading. However, in time leaders can become complacent in how they lead. These types of leaders end up in their own comfort zone, and this is really a danger zone.
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Survey: Patient engagement continues to face challenges
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareIn the true age of patient engagement — a topic much talked about the last two years, but one now seemingly having gained real traction — providers continue to admit that they are having trouble with meeting the mandates established for them by meaningful use stage 2 requirements.
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An enlightened nursing ecosystem
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareThe 21st-century healthcare environment is a challenging one. Whether nurses work in home health or the ICU, caring for nurses while they're on the job is the responsibility of the employer utilizing those nurses' expert skills.
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Finding a job in healthcare: Negotiations
Catherine Iste Healthcare AdministrationOnce a year, I have the pleasure of being a guest lecturer for an ethics and social leadership class at a local university. The class participants include master's students in nursing and healthcare informatics.
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