Services Revolutionizing Revenue Cycle

Graham Triggs, Senior Research Manager - Professional Services, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. With slim margins in a slow economy, many healthcare providers are turning to revenue cycle services to tighten their bottom line in the face of huge receivables. The return on investment and project results look positive for these services, but many aspects of […]

U.S. Healthcare 2015

Jordan Battani, Principle Researcher-Health Plans, and Erica Drazen, Managing Partner, Emerging Practices, CSC. The U.S. healthcare industry is at a crossroads in 2009, and the next five years promise to be a time of upheaval and transformation as the entire industry redefines itself to deliver healthcare that is safe, effective, and high quality to enough […]

Update on Meaningful Use

Dr. John P. Glaser, PhD, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare, and Senior Advisor to David Blumenthal, MD, HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Mitch Morris, MD, Principal, Deloitte Consulting. ARRA EHR incentives for hospitals and providers require the meaningful use of electronic health records. This call discusses the […]

RIS Workflow and Enterprise Imaging Strategies: Conflict or Convergence?

Ben Brown, General Manager, Medical Imaging/Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Vendors have been busily releasing and acquiring new RIS products. Single-vendor RIS/PACS and CIS/RIS competitors offer systems that squeeze the market space around standalone RIS vendors and create compelling one-stop vendor options for hospital executives. Which vendors deliver integrated, full-featured enterprise systems? How is […]

Order Management in CPOE

Beverly Bell, Partner, Clinical Implementation Practice Director, Healthcare Group, Jane Metzger, Principal, Emerging Practices, and Donna Schmidt, CNO, CSC. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is clearly a core element of Meaningful Use required for hospitals to qualify for the financial incentives offered under the HITECH stimulus bill. Stalled or suspended CPOE rollouts often result from […]

Cerner Collaboration No. 18: UCern

Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. The topic is UCern. Discussion questions include: Are you a member? Do you like the concept - why or why not? What do you see as its main purpose? How else can it be leveraged, […]

IT Service Quality – Delivered Meaningfully

Michael Wilson, Senior IT Director, Clinical Information Systems, Compuware. How do you really know if you are meeting or will meet meaningful use requirements? Are your applications available and performing to deliver the highest quality of care? Mike describes effective tools and processes to monitor IT service quality and help you focus on the performance […]

Optimize your ICD-10 Planning and Implementation

A significant issue in healthcare today is the mandate to move from ICD-9 to the ICD-10 system for disease classification as well as the change from HIPAA 4010 to 5010. Industry analysts characterize ICD-10 as potentially exceeding Y2K with respect to cost and impact, so planning is essential. This session focuses on organizational preparation for […]

KLAS Reveals the Top-Performing HIT Vendors of 2009

Adam Gale, President, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. As a still-struggling economy and looming meaningful use requirements continue to cloud the future of the healthcare IT industry, picking the right IT vendor partners is more important than ever. Join KLAS CEO Adam Gale for a discussion of the top-performing vendors of 2009 to learn which healthcare […]

Cerner Collaboration No. 19: Physician Documentation – Problem List and Diagnoses

Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. A detailed discussion of implementing and supporting Problem List and Diagnosis, including implementation best practices and challenges, training issues, governance and maintenance, use of standardized terminology, reconciling inpatient and outpatient and sharing with outpatient EMRs, […]

NextGen No. 3: NextGen Insights by KLAS

Mark Wagner, Director of Ambulatory Research, and Katie Wood, Research Manager, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Jason and Katie provide up to the minute findings from their recent survey of ambulatory EMR vendors regarding NextGen's preparations for meeting Meaningful Use and other critical goals and functionality. Presentation and audio recording links available upon request. Contact the […]

HHS/ONC HIT Policy Committee Update

Marc Probst, CIO, Intermountain HealthCare and HIT Policy Committee Member, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT, Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the latest information and efforts of the HIT Policy Committee. Although the rules on Meaningful Use and Certification are still being developed by HHS and CMS, the HIT Policy Committee has […]

Reducing Waste in Healthcare: Impact of IT

Bob Kelley, Vice President, Healthcare Analytics, Thomson Reuters. This session will provide an objective look at the savings potential in the U.S. healthcare system based on findings from a recent Thomson Reuters white paper. Learn the different independent component categories of waste, as well as supporting details from published research studies, expert opinion and other […]

Growing Market for Anesthesia Information Systems

Jason Hess, General Manager, Clinical Research, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Because of the complex, demanding and unique nature of the operating room, the surgery department - and anesthesia specifically - it has often been resistant to electronic automation. Yet early adopters of anesthesia information systems (AIS) are recognizing noteworthy benefits, including better patient care, a […]