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New and Established Patient E/M Definitions (CMS vs. CPT ®)
I get lot of requests from readers of The Happy Hospitalist asking how to know if a patient is a new or established patient. Identifying the correct classification will prevent delays or denials of payment. Many evaluation and management (E/M) codes are by definition described as new or established. This lecture will attempt to explain various important clinical aspects related to this determination. Keep in mind while the Centers For Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) uses Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, CMS definitions do not always agree with CPT ® definitions. This discre...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - February 27, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs
HIMSS, Continua launch Personal Connected Health Alliance
ORLANDO, Fla.—As HIMSS President and CEO hinted at yesterday in his podcast with me, HIMSS today announced the formation of the Personal Connected Health Alliance, in conjunction with the Continua Health Alliance and the HIMSS-owned mHealth Summit.
This short video from HIMSS explains:
Also, Lieber mentioned that HIMSS has not signed on to a letter from 48 organizations—led by CHIME—to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, calling for more time and flexibility in meeting Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements., Lieber said HIMSS declined to sign because the requests were, in his opinion, “very vague.”
Today, the...
Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - February 24, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Neil Versel Tags: CIOs CMS consumerism EMR/EHR health IT health reform Healthcare IT HHS HIMSS Innovation meaningful use mobile ONC regulations remote monitoring video CHIME Continua Health Alliance Kathleen Sebelius mHealth Summit P Source Type: blogs
Clear Guide Brings Easy Needle Guidance to Any Ultrasound System (w/video)
Ultrasound guided needle placement has allowed clinicians to perfect regional anesthesia procedures, needle biopsies, central line placement, and other procedures. Though a variety of techniques are used to track the path of the needle, from mechan...
Source: Medgadget - December 11, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Urology Source Type: blogs
eZono Gets European Approval for eZono 4000 Tablet Ultrasound
eZono AG (Jena, Germany) has received CE Mark approval for its eZono 4000 Tablet Ultrasound System with eZGuide, designed specifically for procedural ultrasound needle guidance. The eZGuide freehand navigation technology will help clinicians overcom...
Source: Medgadget - December 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Nishey Wanchoo Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Radiology Source Type: blogs
The future of simulation is to be found in Tel Hashomer
Simulation centers have been popping up in hospitals across the world. These are useful, but for the most part their function is to provide technical training in surgical and other interventional techniques, as well as to practice resucitation and the like. Sometimes, too, they are used to study teams in stressful situations to provide lessons in team dynamics.Amitai Ziv has a broader view of the purpose of simulation. His goal is nothing less than to use this tool to help in the transformation towards a safe, humane, ethical, and patient-centered medical culture. As the director of MSR, the Israel Center for M...
Source: Running a hospital - November 25, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
Eyes-On Glasses Help See Veins, Place Needles
Evena Medical (Los Altos, CA) has unveiled its new Eyes-On Glasses System that helps clinicians see vasculature below the skin and deliver needles safely and hopefully on the first try every time. The glasses are based on Epson‘s Moverio techn...
Source: Medgadget - November 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Emergency Medicine Military Medicine Pediatrics Surgery Source Type: blogs
Nonin’s Investigational iPhone Regional Oximeter and World’s Smallest Regional Oximeter with Bluetooth Smart
Nonin is demonstrating its investigational iPhone regional oximetry (rSO2) device at the MEDICA conference in Dusseldorf. It’s not available for purchase, nor is there a schedule to commercialize it yet, but the device slips over a fourth gene...
Source: Medgadget - November 21, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine in the news... Net News Surgery Source Type: blogs
Critical Care Compendium update
LITFL’s Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Currently there are almost 1,500 entries with more in the works… Some pages are more developed than others, and all the pages are being constantly revised and improved. Links to new references and online resources are added daily, with an emphasis on those that are free and open access (FOAM!).
These pages originated from the FCICM exam study notes created by Dr Jeremy Fernando in 2011, and have been updated, modified and added to since. As such will be particularly us...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 17, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Critical Care Compendium Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured CCC LITFL collection Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Update Satellite — 11-14-2013
See more news from around the web over at my other blog at DrWhitecoat.com
An example of the downside to government-run health care. Patients in Venezuela can’t get proper medical care. 300 cancer patients were just sent home when supply shortages and “overtaxed equipment” made it “impossible … to perform non-emergency surgeries.” 70% of the radiation therapy machines are inoperable. Basic supplies such as needles, syringes, medications, operating room equipment, X-ray film, and blood needed for transfusions are all in short supply. There is no anesthesia for elective surgery. Patients can no longer get organ d...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - November 15, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Healthcare Update Source Type: blogs
OrSense NBM 200MP Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitor Wins FDA Clearance
OrSense (Petach Tikva, Israel) received FDA clearance to bring the company’s NBM 200MP hemoglobin monitor to the U.S., a system that the company hopes will help detect and prevent anemia in hospitalized patients. The device continuously measure...
Source: Medgadget - November 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Toumaz Receives CE Mark Approval for SensiumVitals Patient Monitoring System (VIDEO)
Toumaz has received CE Mark approval in Europe for its SensiumVitals system, allowing patients’ vitals to be monitored and transmitted wirelessly to a nurse station or directly to clinicians through any approved web-enabled device. The sensor ...
Source: Medgadget - October 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Nishey Wanchoo Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Medicine Net News Source Type: blogs
Capnostream 20p Bedside Monitor Unveiled by Covidien
Covidien has launched the Capnostream 20p bedside capnography monitor, a device that features Apnea-Sat Alert algorithm that, as the name implies, sounds an alarm if the patient stops breathing or oxygen saturation levels drop in the blood.
The devi...
Source: Medgadget - October 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Samsung Releases UGEO PT60A Tablet Ultrasound Device
FUJIFILM SonoSite is not the only player in the field any more, as competitive pressures are building up with the introduction of new offerings from competitors. Case in point is the new ultrasound from Samsung Medison. The FDA granted the company 51...
Source: Medgadget - October 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Nishey Wanchoo Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Pediatrics Radiology Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Samsung UGEO WS80A Ob/Gyn Ultrasound with 3D TV Capabilities
Samsung Medison unveiled a new ultrasound optimized for Ob/Gyn practicitioners, the UGEO WS80A, at the 23rd ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology) World Congress.
The device features a 21.5″ wide LED imagin...
Source: Medgadget - October 14, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Urology Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves ViSi Mobile System for Cuffless, Non-Invasive Continuous BP Monitoring
Sotera Wireless has been granted FDA approval for the ViSi Mobile continuous, non-invasive blood pressure (cNIBP) monitoring. The system will allow clinicians not to insert a catheter or to have a cuff to continuously monitor systolic and diastolic, ...
Source: Medgadget - October 10, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Nishey Wanchoo Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
