From Childhood Tinker to Certified Thinker I love learning. I know my perspective dates back to my childhood and many years and long before I became a physician. My parents would remember the challenge of dealing with my learning when I was younger which included taking things apart and not always knowing how to put […]
This graphic Offers a timely reminder that the US Government delayed a second time the implementation of ICD10 coding system that is used in the rest of the world There is no code for Ebola in ICD9 – just a non-specific 078.89: Other specified diseases due to viruses which covers: Disease SynonymsAcute infectious lymphocytosisCervical myalgia, epidemicDisease […]
We know doctors are under an ever increasing load may eventually break their backs..if nothing else its increasing the overall pain In a recent study of physician attitudes toward clinical documentation technology and processes clinicians the majority of clinicians said they would be more responsive to Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) clarifications if they were delivered […]
The short answer is yes – but I hear occasional stories and push back from clinicians and sometimes other healthcare staff – is it worth the spend and investment. Why not just wait for ICD-11 (Check out the beta draft of ICD-11 here). Why not just use SNOMED CT For the individual doctor taking care […]
December 2011 ICD-10 and Its Impact on Radiology By Ronald V. Bucci, PhD Radiology Today Vol. 12 No. 12 P. 10 Dr Jones sends his patient John to the radiology department for an x-ray of his nasal bones. John’s pet turtle bit him and, distracted by the pain, John walked into the lamppost in the […]
An exciting month for Voice of the Doctor with the following guests appearing November 2: Terri Mitchell, MSN RNDirector, Clinical Informatics Solutions at Nuance Communications We will be talking about The Healthcare Data Imperative and the challenge of capturing Healthcare data and the importance of capturing information at the point of care when the information is fresh in […]
