(MedPage Today) — Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis can undergo aggressive biologic therapy without excessive concern that their already increased risk for lymphoma will be further heightened, current data suggest.…
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ORLANDO (MedPage Today) — Here are strategies you can use to move more easily to ICD-10 billing codes, straight from experts at this week’s HIMSS annual conference in Orlando. …read…
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By Reda Chouffani (rchouffani@biztechnologysolutions.com With a focus on health data interoperability, the next wave of EHRs will incorporate powers of big data, speech recognition and new database models. …read more
By Reda Chouffani (rchouffani@biztechnologysolutions.com While mHealth technology and personal health devices haven’t connected to EHRs, consumers buying in, judging by Consumer Electronics Show exhibits. …read more
By Don Fluckinger, News Director(dfluckinger@techtarget.com From rip-and-replace to business as usual, providers differ in this year’s EHR upgrades for ICD-10 support, 2014 ONC certification standards. …read more
By Reda Chouffani (rchouffani@biztechnologysolutions.com Reda Chouffani’s highlights for HIMSS 2014 include a focus on startup vendors, keynote speakers and a newly revamped interoperability showcase. …read more