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2013 ICD-10 Deadline? Delayed... Again.

February 21, 2012

According to a recent HHS news release, the Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to delay the original October 2013 deadline to convert coding to meet the ICD-10 requirement, for the second time. In 2008, the compliance date was set for October of 2011; yet by January of 2009, the date was pushed back two years to October of 2013. While providers are concerned about the consequent administrative burdens which will be imposed by coding compliance, leading government official...

LOVE Cloud Computing (especially in a storm!): Our Valentines Day Edition

February 13, 2012

With cloud computing, as long as you have Internet, business operations can continue. With all the energy constantly being used up in Southern California, Blackouts are no major surprise, but rather an inevitable response to our fast-paced, on-the-go technological lifestyle. When the last major power outage hit southern California in October of 2011, many residents, especially, were unprepared. Backup energy transmitters were a rarity. Several businesses were forced to close their doors. Sacrif...

Cloud Privacy and Physical Restrictions: Perhaps more in common that not...

February 6, 2012

Physical storage and cloud-based storage are dynamic and intertwining in their correlation. Medical facilities are fully aware that the repercussions of poor security protection can be considerably overwhelming. Consequences range from theft of equipment and prescriptions, unauthorized access into ambulances, and even the public leakage of confidential patient information. When considering a hospital’s number of employees, amount of square footage and amount of doors, placing ...

Cloud Computing Advocates of India Urge Government for Support

January 30, 2012

With the turn of 2012, the Indian Central Government has been under pressure to adopt a standard policy for cloud computing. S. Gopalakrishna, a prominent advocate of cloud adoption as well as Infosys Executive Co-chairman, urged the Central Government to pass a law that settles the discrepancy over ensuring correct data ownership. Mr. Gopalakrishnan declared cloud computing as a necessary internalization strategy in order to keep up with the future of the IT industry. Due to the cloud&rsq...

ASCs: Wake Up for 2012

January 23, 2012

For ASCs, 2012 calls for proactive planning in marketing, financial budgeting and staff fluctuations. In order to remain in business and continue to stay ahead of the profit margin curve, ASCs must become increasingly more creative in developing effective methods of raising funds. For one, the faltering economy has contributed to a substantially more difficult means for businesses to attain affordable capital. Solutions include, but are not limited to, partnering with local banks, boosting offi...

Pit, Pat. Pit.....Pit, Pat..Pat: A Setback in Electrophysiology

January 20, 2012

All those employed in the branch of electrophysiology suffered a great setback today. The Department of Justice has been active in an ongoing civil investigation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) implants. St Jude’s Hospital was hit with the largest financial repercussions in this investigation thus far. St Jude’s Hospital, an ICD-maker, settled claims previously paid in kickbacks to implanting cardiologists. The total? $16 million. The legal claim held that St. Jude ha...

Wake Up! Know the risks of Anesthesia and ASCs.

January 17, 2012

Catering to the patient, ASCs are gradually becoming the preferred choice for surgery, but do you know the primary risk? Not only are they generally less expensive, ASCs also permits patients to return home on the same day of surgery while providing a more luxurious setting and intimate experience. The risks with monitoring anesthesia, however, should be given considerable attention. The line between monitoring general anesthesia and preventing wrongful death runs very thin. The most common com...

Going Private with the Cloud: Our Top 5 Reasons

January 9, 2012

Private cloud comuting lends itself to benefittig the masses with its refined levels of security, flexibility and a number of other benefits. 1) Security. With physical barriers such as anti-virus software and firewall rules, your data is just as safe as it would be sitting right next to you! 2) Flexibility. No longer do entrepreneurs need to fret over relocating a proper physical server to accommodate additional data. In this regard, the private cloud is flexible as it allows the server to...

A Sneak Preview of 2012 Mobile Apps

January 2, 2012

Online. Convenient. Now. Download. ..And all in the palm of your hand. The above are the trends that embody 2012. Just take the latest “Election 2012” mobile app as featured in the New York Times. The New York Times calls this app “the best campaign coverage anywhere, all in one app”. The app features news, opinions, polls and live election night results. Eleven months from now this mobile app will be put to the ultimate test. Other mobile appli...

The Latest Addition to the IT Extinction List: Federal Data Centers

December 27, 2011

IT spending is projected to grow by 9.1 percent in 2012; federal data centers, on the other hand, are at the pinnacle of a rapid decline. Between 1998 and 2010, the number of federal data centers quadrupled. As technological developments involving online record storage becomes increasingly more efficient and effective, naturally, less data centers are needed. One point of the federal government’s agenda for The Campaign to Cut Waste is to close excessive data centers so as to conso...