Healthcare IT News January 4, 2018
AHIMA says privacy and security, clinical documentation improvement and information governance will demand the attention of health IT and infosec executives in the year ahead. Informatics, data analytics, privacy and security, clinical documentation improvement and information governance are among the imperatives that will dominate data trends in 2018, according to the American Health Information Management Association.
Data Analytics
Demand for services and projects will increase in 2018, AHIMA predicts. Data analysts are expected to be busy helping providers participate in new payment models and find their way through new policy initiatives such as MACRA.
Informatics
Data experts will help to mitigate physician burnout with electronic health records by streamlining processes to capture data in EHRs, protect patient-generated data in mobile...