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Health Information Technology Fundamentals

WEBThe site was founded by Michael Stearns, MD, a physician informaticist with over 30 years of experience in clinical medicine and the HIT industry. The topics on this website will be …

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Electronic Health Records Fundamentals

WEBOver the past 5 years the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by physicians in the U.S. has gone from less than 20% to as high as 70%, making them the most common …

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About Dr. Michael Stearns DrMichaelStearns.com

WEBAbout the Author: Michael Stearns, MD, CPC. Michael Stearns, MD is a board certified neurologist, clinical informaticist and coding professional. He has with 15 years of direct …

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Interoperability in Healthcare

WEBInteroperability in Healthcare Fundamentals. The term interoperability refers to the ability of health information technology concepts to send and receive information in a manner …

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Patient Safety in Health Information Technology

WEBPatient Safety and Electronic Health Records– What Could Go Wrong? Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CFPC. The Institute of Medicine, in a landmark article published in 1999 titled …

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Structured data, codified data, and context

WEBClaims data (e.g., ICD, CPT, HCPCS) is the primary type of codified data in healthcare systems. Claims data is designed for the classification of information for the purpose of …

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Health Information Exchange Fundamentals

WEBThe term Health Information Exchange (HIE) can refer to the actual process of exchanging information related to healthcare (the verb) or an HIE organization (the noun).

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Patient Engagement

WEBPatient engagement refers to the process of encouraging patients, their caregivers, and their supporters to take an active role in the patient’s care. Patient engagement targets …

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SNOMED CT Fundamentals and Resources

WEBIt was the result of a merger between the SNOMED RT and British Clinical Terms (formerly know as the Read codes, after James Read, MD, its founder). The process of managing …

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Health Information Technology Training Programs

WEBA leading health information technology (HIT) entry level training program is the University of Texas at Austin HIT Certificate Program. This 9 week course is geared towards …

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Post-Coordination and Pre-Coordination in HIT

WEBPost-coordination refers to using two codes to represent a clinical expression such as “severe headache.”. For example a code exists for the symptom “headache” (e.g., …

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Data Integrity Fundamentals

WEBThe term “Data Integrity” basically means “is the information reliable?”. This is an obvious concern in healthcare, in particular as healthcare moves from relying upon complete …

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mcjstearns, Author at Health Information Technology Fundamentals

WEBICD-11 is scheduled for release in 2017, making the delay in the release of ICD-10-CM in 2014 until 2015 potentially problematic. Further delays in ICD-10-CM, which at this point …

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SNOMED CT and ICD-10-CM

WEBThe Journal of AHIMA published an article co-authored by Michael Stearns, MD, CPC in its November 2014 edition. The link to the index for this edition of the …

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Practice Size and Preventable Admissions – Surprising Findings

WEBA recent study (link below) published by the Commonwealth Fund found that smaller primary care practices (small groups were divided into practice sizes of 1-2 …

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Big Data Challenges and the Value of Codified Terminologies

WEBThe New York Times article titled “For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ is Key Hurdle to Insights” is a good read. It provides an excellent overview of the …

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Early Adoption of ICD-11 in the U.S.

WEBICD-11 is scheduled for release in 2017, making the delay in the release of ICD-10-CM in 2014 until 2015 potentially problematic. Further delays in ICD-10-CM, …

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