NEW ORLEANS—A sound business analytics strategy can help meet regulatory requirements, navigate reimbursement changes, and improve business efficiency through enterprise-wide data integration, according to a March 6 presentation at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

NEW ORLEANS—Aside from the numerous technological and organizational challenges the transition to ICD-10 offers, there are potential strategic advantages as well, said speakers during a March 6 session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—Denise O'Hora Webb, MA, Wisconsin’s state health IT coordinator, admitted that the state’s health information exchange (HIE) is “in serious jeopardy” during a March 5 session focused on HIE sustainability at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

NEW ORLEANS—Many healthcare stakeholders will have to coordinate their efforts to achieve the goals of current quality reporting and interoperability eHealth initiatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a presentation from a panel of CMS representatives at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.