Fresh perspectives on clinical terminologies, code mapping, and patient insights from the experts at IMO.
Vaping deaths are a growing cause for concern across the country, and IMO is taking note. Learn more about how we’re helping clinicians provide care as they intended. Vice President of Product Management, Craig Knier, writes about our response to the crisis below.
Health care systems around the country have spent the past month adjusting to the new annual updates to the ICD-10-CM. Our expert in terminology mapping and codes, June Bronnert RHIA, CCS, CCS-P weighs in on the context behind the code changes in the first of a series of articles about the 2020 revisions.
Vaping deaths are a growing cause for concern across the country, and IMO is taking note. Learn more about how we’re helping clinicians provide care as they intended. Vice President of Product Management, Craig Knier, writes about our response to the crisis below.
Health care systems around the country have spent the past month adjusting to the new annual updates to the ICD-10-CM. Our expert in terminology mapping and codes, June Bronnert RHIA, CCS, CCS-P weighs in on the context behind the code changes in the first of a series of articles about the 2020 revisions.
Today’s EHR is full of clutter — largely because of the many different coding and regulatory languages they contain. IMO’s Chief Product Officer, Matt Cardwell, explains why a good “translator” is essential for an effective EHR.
As Health Information Technology (HIT) continues to permeate the daily practice of medicine, providers have expressed frustration with its negative impact on their lives. This webinar discusses the current challenges posed by HIT while exploring a possible paradigm for success. Tracing the origin of the issue back to the inception of the EHR—a tool created for capturing and storing information–not improving clinical care. Listen to IMO’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Andrew Kanter discuss how organizations can help vendors and clinicians reimagine their EHR framework in order to leverage its full potential as a powerful communication medium between the provider, the patient and the care team as a whole.
For more on this topic, click here for Dr. Kanter’s article on clinician burnout.
The 2020 regulatory release is right around the corner. Listen to IMO’s top coding professionals and thought leaders, June Bronnert, MSHI, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, Theresa Rihanek, MHA, RHIA, CCS, and Julie Glasgow, MD speak about the ICD-10-CM 2020 code updates that go into effect on October 1st. This pre-recorded webinar reviews additions, deletions and other revisions to the 2020 ICD-10-CM code set.
Last week’s post explored the EHR’s potential utility as a multifaceted tool encompassing the needs of the provider, the patient, the billing department, the research team — the list goes on. Part 2 of this blog series examines the role terminology may play going forward. Click here for Part 1 of this blog series.
For providers (and patients), EHRs can be a frequent cause of frustration. Explore what drives the dissatisfaction and how we might move toward a more user-friendly future in Part 1 of this 2-part blog series.
The transition to outcomes-based models is a struggle for many healthcare organizations. In particular, authoring, validating, and maintaining precise value sets has proven to be a significant challenge. Learn how IMO Precision Sets, our robust value sets solution, helps healthcare providers inform quality reporting, support better clinical decision making, and understand patient populations while avoiding the resource drains and inefficiencies of DIY approaches.
Throughout its more than 20-year history, Intelligent Medical Objects has been driven by a commitment to continuous innovation. Today I am pleased to announce a host of developments, both big and small, that advance IMO’s tradition of (re)invention on behalf of our healthcare industry clients.
Over the past few years, clinician (or physician) burnout has gained prominence as a critical issue facing our healthcare system. The reasons for burnout are myriad, but health information technology (HIT), and electronic health records (EHRs) in particular, are often blamed for much of the problem.
Poorly-managed problem lists are a pervasive problem that negatively impacts patient safety, provider satisfaction, and efficiency. Learn about ways to easily identify and remove unwanted noise from your patient’s problem lists.
Dr. Andrew Kanter, Chief Medical Officer and Dr. Jonathan Gold, Physician Informaticist, were recently inducted into the inaugural Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) class of 2019.
Healthcare institutions have a growing need for solutions that allow full utilization of clinical data from within and outside of the EHR system.
New agreement formed utilizing AORN Syntegrity® and IMO partnership.
Gain insight from the IMO product team to understand the difference between a healthy and unhealthy dictionary and the impact it has on your organization’s ROI.
IMO recognized as one of Chicago’s leading companies for Fifth Consecutive Year.
