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3M Opens Access to the 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary under Agreement with U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary
will provide the core technology to enable semantic interoperability for the joint DoD/VA integrated
Electronic Health Record (iEHR).
Read the press release here.
Top healthcare executives comment on the announcement.
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Latest News
Meaningful Use and Reporting Clinical Quality Measures
In the conclusion to her Meaningful Use series, Susan Matney, 3M, illustrates the terminology challenges encountered when reporting clinical quality measures in order to meet Meaningful Use requirements.
ICD-10 Essentials for Busy Physicians - Depression and Anxiety
Codes for anxiety and depression are some of the most common on Medicare hospital inpatient records. In this PhysBizTech blog, Rhonda Butler describes how improvements in specificity in ICD-10 allow better characterization of patients on medication for depression and anxiety.
Coding for Hypertension
Audrey Howard, 3M senior consultant, advises on coding for hypertension in For The Record magazine's “Coding Best Practice" column. Special issues involved in ICD-10 coding for hypertension are discussed in the “Thinking Ahead: ICD-10 Coding” sidebar.
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