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Interoperability in healthcare: The role of HIEs

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are key players in the goal of streamlining initiatives for interoperability in healthcare. But as the number of sources of patient data grows, standardizing information often requires the help of a normalization solution.

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International considerations for digital health passes

Creating a certifiable vaccine card for COVID-19 within the US is a complicated process. But taking these passes worldwide presents a whole new set of factors to consider. In part two of our digital health pass series, we take a look at some of the additional struggles behind creating an international certification standard.

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OR utilization
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Preference cards 101: The key to maximizing OR utilization

If you’ve ever had surgery – even a minor procedure – you’re likely familiar with many of the moving parts that make the operation run smoothly. But you may not know how preference cards guide the successful setup of your surgical procedure. We explain the basics of how these cards help ensure the best OR utilization below.

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What are you trying to prove? Considerations for creating digital health passes

With tasks like developing vaccines and rolling them out now firmly under our belts, it might seem like we’ve tackled the challenges preventing a return to life before COVID-19. But there’s still plenty to be done as we work to ensure easy verification of an individual’s risk of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Part one? Getting the right information in the right place.

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Supporting strong clinical documentation through terminology

If any year could highlight the massive effort it takes to keep clinical terminology updated, 2020 – with its release of several different emergency code updates related to COVID-19 – was it. So, how do we help keep clinical documentation and EHR workflows going? Read more in the blog below.

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The importance of high-quality clinical data in an increasingly complex health system

As options for care delivery and health tracking become more complex, sources of patient information have become more abundant – and varied. While technology and analytics advancements have great promise for supporting this complexity, getting to meaningful insights ultimately begins with the quality of the underlying clinical patient data. As a result, the hospital and health system of the future must ensure that a patient’s relevant history is accurate, accessible, and organized in order to support informed care.

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In My Opinion: The power of creative minds with Meg Brennan, Graphic Designer

The fact that the letters IMO don’t just stand for Intelligent Medical Objects isn’t lost on this medical coding company. Indeed, we believe it’s high time IMO embraced our text-slang status and we’re doing just that with In My Opinion, a new Ideas series featuring Q&As with IMO employees. The marketing team’s Meg Brennan takes the May spotlight.

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Making the medical problem list problem-oriented

Optimizing EHR workflows can save clinicians plenty of time and frustration. Read on for a closer look at how to improve medical problem list management with tools that make it easy to organize information and filter for the most important material first.

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