Author Archives: David Lareau

HHS’s proposed delay for the ICD-10 transition has spurred both support and criticism from various professional organizations, including the AMA, HIMSS, and the AHA. Despite disagreement on the compliance timeline, …Continue

Historically physician and nursing systems and workflow have often been parallel, but independent of each other. Physicians and nurses must be able to share information to provide coordination of care. …Continue

In just over two years, the US health system will shift from the ICD-9 to ICD-10 transaction standard. The move to ICD-10 will undoubtedly result in better insight into individual …Continue

If physicians have access to more clinical data, does this mean that patient outcomes are enhanced? Possibly, but only if providers can retrieve the most relevant information quickly,in a logical …Continue

In 2003, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended the first set of clinical terminologies as national standards: Snomed CT, RxNorm, and LOINC. At that time the …Continue