Author Archives: John Tempesco, Chief Marketing Officer, ICA

Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

The Many Faces of Clinical Communication

Clinical communications is a broad concept that covers a multitude of interactions throughout a complex healthcare system.  Clinical communications includes face-to-face, handwritten, telephone, video and email exchanges between and among caregivers, including nurse-to-doctor, nurse-to-patient, doctor-to-patient, nurse or doctor-to-insurer, doctor-to-doctor, doctor … Continue reading


Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

eHealth Initiative Data for Research Council

Over the past decade, healthcare data has increasingly been captured electronically. This “e-data” now comes from a variety of sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), insurance claims, prescriptions, patient registries, and more. Yet, despite the explosive growth in e-data, research … Continue reading


Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

Peggy Jo is the Norm

Peggy Jo has a life-threatening, undiagnosed disease. She speaks eloquently about her health, her care, her experience, and her desire for HIT to make a difference in her life and the lives of others like her Peggy Jo is experiencing … Continue reading


Posted on Monday, October 24th, 2011 Filed Under: Health Information Exchange, eHealth Initiative

eHI Comment Letter on Metadata Standards

A common theme in discussions about the use of health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange (HIE) is the technical challenge of actually sharing data. Lacking a set of national or universally-recognized standards, various data sharing solutions have been … Continue reading


Posted on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

Help Planning for Version 5010 and ICD-10 is Available from CMS

Do you need help with the transition to Version 5010 or planning for ICD-10? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created an interactive timeline widget that is now available on the CMS ICD-10 website. This user-friendly tool … Continue reading


Posted on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

The New Proposed Rule

If you have a certified EMR, you’ll be able to account for disclosures simply by using your EMR, right? Not exactly. Hospitals have a large number of gateways and historic infrastructures. The largest hospitals – the IDNs – grew by … Continue reading


Posted on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, Health Information Exchange, eHealth Initiative

The Mystery of Dispensed Medications in the HIE

A small Health Information Organization (HIO) Executive’s job is an endless array of SOWs from the HIE vendor, VPN specifications and code from the hosting environment, seed and test data from the early adopters which if printed, would go around … Continue reading


Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, Health Information Exchange, eHealth Initiative

Our Experiences In Building A Health Information Exchange

I appreciate that eHI is sponsoring a blog on health information technology and exchange issues. When I first saw the announcement I wondered what anyone would write about.  However, on one of my many marathon drives across the Kansas prairie … Continue reading


Posted on Monday, June 20th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

Exchange and Analytics: The Final Frontiers

In the 10 years since the eHealth Initiative was established, we have witnessed unparalleled growth and enthusiasm for health IT solutions. The progress we have made is undeniable. Over the last decade, the number of health information exchange initiatives grew … Continue reading


Posted on Monday, June 13th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative

Five Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Revenue Cycle Management Technology

A LarsonAllen study on revenue cycle management technology shows physician practices that are successful technology adopters consistently outperform their peers from a cost and revenue perspective. In fact, successful technology adopters collected more than half of outstanding receivables in 15 … Continue reading


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