In today's environment, it is imperative that an organization develop revenue cycle management practices that proactively address rising payer scrutiny and the related compliance concerns that have a direct impact on revenue.

• CEO: Developing a Revenue Cycle Technology Roadmap in an Era of Change
  New revenue cycle technologies are revealed for healthcare providers who want to streamline processes and cut spending.
• COO: Collaboration Efforts to Improve Value of Services
  Tools to achieve successful collaborative care during a new, more accountable era of healthcare.
• CIO: Automating Revenue Cycle Processes
  IT solutions that hospitals can utilize for their revenue cycle and overall IT changes that CIOs can make to accommodate revenue cycle automation.
• CFO: Using Metrics to Improve Financial Performance
  When it comes to understanding financial drivers, data analytics are key.

• Clinical, Peer-reviewed Topic: EHR Data Analytics Education
  Hospitals and health systems can build workplaces that foster technology education, nurse involvement in technology decision making and technology-enabled innovation.
• Enhancing Revenue in Hospitals and Reference Labs
  Hospitals and labs must have a secure way of electronically interfacing orders, account details and financial information to avoid the potential errors that can occur when re-keying data.
• Security Issues
  An ER physician shares strategies for improving information, employee and patient security issues.
• Business of Ultrasound
  Improving performance and efficiency in the ultrasound department to improve the bottom line.
• Pharmacy Series
  Part 2 in our 3-part series explores automation in pharmacy.
• HIE
  Lessons learned from starting a health information exchange and how HIEs are a foundational element of ACOs.
• Digital Solutions to Improve Patient Care
  In today’s complex healthcare environment, finding effective ways to sharpen clinical reasoning and decision-making skills is imperative.
• Lend/Lease Equipment Options
  Navigating a lease from the initial terms through the potential end-of-lease costs.
• Safety in Numbers: Using Barcodes to Improve Patient Safety
  A New Jersey medical center reduces adverse drug events with an electronic medication administration record implemented through leadership and staff collaboration.
• 6 Faces of Uncertainty
  Executives face several “uncertainties” today, including Budget Control Act, SGR, bundled payments, ICD-10, ACO and more.
• Patient Safety: Medical Management
  Solutions for reducing nursing medical errors.

• HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association)
  Las Vegas, NV
  June 25-26

• June 5: Data Security and Mobile Apps
• June 13: C-level Involvement in ICD-10 Transition

• CHIME Healthcare IT Column Compilation
• Patient Satisfaction

• Ensuring Successful Financial Outcomes in an ACO Environment
• CardioEngagement Challenge
• Device Integration

• Hiring for a Five-Star Hospital
• Managing Complex ACO Data Requirements
• Drug Waste in Hospitals

• Predictive Analytics or "Patient Stickiness" in a New Healthcare Era
• Paperless Profits
• Security Challenges of Social Networking for Healthcare Organizations

• A Few Pointers on Pleasing Patients from a Pro
• Moving from Volume to Value in the Laboratory
• The Cost of Chronic Wounds

• CEO: The Competitive Market and Your Patient Satisfaction Scores
  This article examines how reimbursement will increase for hospitals that deliver the best care to their patients.
• COO: Revitalizing Hospital Programs and Services
  A case study for how construction and renovation "revitalizes" physician recruitment and improves the health of the local communities served.
• CIO: Effective Disaster Recovery
  A walk through of one hospital's Disaster Recovery Plan/Business Continuity Plan (DRP/BCP) process.
• CFO: Producing Capital for New Projects
  This article explores how migrating to a more integrated facility performance model can free up capital for programs linked to long-term objectives.

• Clinical, Peer-reviewed Topic: Impact of Lab Services on Diagnostic Errors
  Valuable data and statistics reveal how diagnostic errors can be minimized.
• Strategies for a Profitable Radiology Department
  Experts share tools, technologies that have improved their radiology department’s bottom line.
• Overcoming Respiratory Department Challenges
  In the ADVANCE Top Issues for 2012 survey of respiratory administrators, nearly 250 respondents pegged personnel and department management as their top concern for the coming year.
• IT: Medical Device Integration
  Key considerations for effective and efficient device integration are addressed.
• Dining Options
  A new approach to hospital dining involves a Guest Services Representative who makes rounds, explains options, takes orders and acts as an intermediary between dining services, nutrition and nursing.
• Employee Safety: No-Lift Policies
  This article explores the latest information on no-lift policies to avoid employee injury and ensure patient safety.
• Hybrid Operating Rooms
  Definitions, benefits, trends and considerations for successful implementation of hybrid operating rooms are discussed.
• CHIME Healthcare IT Column: Medical Device Integration

• Revenue Cycle Improvement

• HIMSS Coverage
• Nursing Informatics
• Imaging Issues

• New Directions in Healthcare Innovation Related to Mobility
• Parallel Processing: Key Strategic Element in ICD-10 Implementation Plans
• Organizational IT Projects: Working through the Leadership Debacle

• Revenue Cycle Management Study Findings
• Required Performance Metrics of ACOs
• Staff for Success

• A Positive Side-Effect: How Clean MPIs Can Enhance the Patient Portal Experience
• Provider Considerations for ICD-10 Delay
• Addressing Physicians’ IT Adoption Concerns

• A Systematic Approach to CVIS Implementation in EP Labs
• EMR Implementation in Specialty Clinics
• Cloud-based Image Exchange