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s healthcare organizations plan their ICD-10 transition strategy, many are discovering that the effort will touch nearly every area of operations. It’s an overwhelming proposition for many providers in light of the sheer number of regulatory initiatives vying for staff resources and budget line items.

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The recent death of 12-year-old Rory Stauton generated a firestorm of media coverage that thrust sepsis and the challenges it presents to the healthcare system into the national spotlight. The missed diagnosis in the emergency department that resulted in a fatal treatment delay served as a devastating reminder of the often tragic – and usually preventable – outcome of sepsis.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Oct. 24, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Eugene Gastroenterology Consultants, P.C., has selected its ProVation^® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

When hospitals are sharing information internally or externally, accurately linking patient records from multiple disparate databases and information systems is critical to ensuring clinicians are making decisions based on the correct and accurate patient records and avoiding the creation of system-clogging duplicates and overlays.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Oct. 22, 2012— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Beaufort Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, software as the hospital’s electronic order set solution.

TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 16, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, announced today that benefit crossroads has been named a 2012 W³ Gold Winner for creative website design in the insurance category. The site, a unique direct-to-consumer sales channel for top-rated individual insurance plans, was executed through a partnership with Tampa-based Bayshore Solutions.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Oct. 16, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, announced today that it will deploy Repair™ at PIH Health (formerly Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital) to provide the facility with remote master patient index (MPI) management services.

MADISON, Wis. – Oct. 16, 2012 – Amphion Medical Solutions, an innovative provider of transcription and coding technology and outsourcing services, is poised to help hospitals and healthcare organizations meet the critical staffing challenges predicted to occur in tandem with the coming ICD-10 transition. Recently delayed to Oct. 1, 2014, the new deadline for converting to the expanded coding system provides hospitals with a unique opportunity to identify innovative approaches to proactively address anticipated staffing gaps created by the increased demand for services.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – (Oct. 11, 2012) – CanDiag, Inc., a University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) spin-out company focused on early-stage breast cancer detection has successfully closed on over $500,000 in a syndicated angel capital financing.

TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 11, 2012 – MedHOK, one of the healthcare industry’s fastest growing software companies, has been named a finalist for the 2012 Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) Emerging Technology Company of the Year Award.

From the Medicare/Medicaid EHR incentive program to ACOs and HIEs, information exchange is the centerpiece of nearly every initiative designed to bend the health care quality and cost curves. The ability to access real-time clinical data wherever a patient encounter takes place drives these improvements by informing care decisions, avoiding preventable adverse events, eliminating diagnostic and therapeutic duplications and shortening lengths of stay.

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Here are four best practices to improve efficiency at ASCs.

Becker's ASC Review»

Fierce competition ahead. That’s what hospitals can expect in the pay-for-performance landscape that is already unfolding on the national regulatory scene. Medicare’s Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) and Readmissions Reduction programs officially began on October 1, while the Hospital-Acquired Conditions program will follow in a few short years. Similar programs are already being launched by commercial payers.

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