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Karla VonEschenKarla VonEschen

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The ICD-11-CM transition: Looking forward to implementation

July 18, 2022 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA

The transition to ICD-11 is coming, and 3M HIS is here to help. We’ll debrief the major updates for you and provide an analysis of how the proposed changes could […]

Clark CameronClark Cameron

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3M HIS methodologies help state Medicaid programs across the U.S.

July 15, 2022 / By Gregg Perfetto, Clark Cameron

Explaining what we do for 3M isn’t always easy. Truth is, for most 3Mers, the minute you tell someone that you work for 3M, they ask you if you make […]

Steve CantwellSteve Cantwell

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Dr. Paul Farmer and the pursuit of the impossible 

July 13, 2022 / By Steve Cantwell

In February 2022, the world lost one of its greatest health care innovators. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH), died at 62 years old, after a lifetime […]

Melissa ClarkeMelissa Clarke

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Three questions with Dr. Melissa Clarke: Can population health reduce physician burnout?

July 11, 2022 / By Kelli Christman, Melissa Clarke, MD

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Senior Medical Director of Health Care Transformation and Health Equity Dr. Melissa Clarke to talk about population health and how, through technology, […]

Juggy JagannathanJuggy Jagannathan

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AI talk: Balancing knowledge and neural models

July 8, 2022 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

In this week’s blog, I explore the rationale behind using artificial intelligence (AI) that combines clinical knowledge and deep neural models in deploying health care solutions. Balancing knowledge and neural […]

Amanda SteffonAmanda Steffon

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#SDoHonest: It is not a personal problem, it’s systematic

July 6, 2022 / By Amanda Steffon

Pearl S. Buck, Pulitzer and Noble Prize-winning novelist, said “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.”   How we care for those […]

Courtney CrozierCourtney Crozier

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More E/M changes on the horizon?

June 29, 2022 / By Courtney Crozier, RHIA, CCS

It feels like only yesterday that the health care industry was preparing for the new Evaluation and Management (E/M) 2021 guidelines, which brought about significant change. Just when we’re all […]

Gregg PerfettoGregg Perfetto

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How can data help you manage your outpatient services

June 27, 2022 / By Gregg Perfetto

Do you wonder what keeps CFOs up at night? No, just me? Well, in case you were wondering, here are some questions every CFO asks themselves: How can my facility […]

Keri HunsakerKeri Hunsaker

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The checks and balances of an edit, review and audit process

June 22, 2022 / By Keri Hunsaker

Prospective review or retrospective audit: Which is more effective? Coding accuracy reviews and audits are designed to ensure health care organizations provide the most accurate and compliant representation of the […]

Melissa ClarkeMelissa Clarke

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What have we learned in the last 10 years about payment for value-based care?

June 20, 2022 / By Melissa Clarke, MD

For all the wonderful advancement in health care diagnostics and therapeutics, the U.S. health care system has yet to solve for high costs of care while also improving outcomes. These […]

Juggy JagannathanJuggy Jagannathan

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AI talk: Applications galore

June 17, 2022 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week I sample a collection of new AI-based solutions that hit my radar. Interview assist I was fascinated by a new tool from Google, which takes conversational assistant technology […]

Steve DelarondeSteve Delaronde

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The good, the bad and the (sometimes) ugly of health care technology

June 15, 2022 / By Steve Delaronde

The contribution of scientific knowledge to the improvement of health care is self-evident. Medicine, devices, surgical techniques and diagnostic tools have improved and saved countless lives over the past century. […]