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A HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYST FACES MORE SOPHISTICATED INFORMATION NEEDS

by: Trevor Strome, M.S., PMP

It can be argued that as the number of potential healthcare data items that can be analyzed in modern clinical systems continues to grow, analysts have less understanding of the data compared to when databases were much smaller and used for specific purposes.
As health IT becomes more sophisticated, having more data is indeed a good thing. But it's simply a fact of life that a healthcare data analyst cannot have as intimate knowledge as he or she once had of data systems. Indeed, I often have to scratch my head and look up the exact definition of a data item if I haven't used it in a while or if I need to explain to somebody exactly what the source data represents.
When new data becomes available in healthcare information -- or any other type of -- system, or when embarking on a new analytics development effort, it is important to fight the urge to dive right in without first obtaining a clear understanding of the data and how it relates to the business.
Below is a high-level summary of what is critical to know about data before exploring new data or developing analytical tools such as dashboards, reports, alert agents and any sort of reporting. Future articles will cover these in more detail.

What the data represents. Much healthcare data is generated on the front lines during the provision of care by clinicians and other staff. It is important for analysts to know the processes and workflows from which the data is taken, what the data is measuring and who is responsible for entering the data. If possible, outcome data should be attached to process data to help determine how efficient, effective and safe clinical workflows are.
Where and how the data is stored. Fundamental to using data is for the data analyst to know where the data is located. Is the data being stored in an enterprise data warehouse, a data mart aligned with a clinical system or a standalone database? Along with knowing where the data is stored, understand the quality of the data. For example, are there missing values that might bias analysis, or are there invalid entries that need to be cleaned/addressed?
The data type. Most database management systems require data to be stored as certain types (such as integer, character, and date/time). Regardless of how data might be physically stored in a database, what kind of data do the values represent in "real life"? Are there any data conversions that need to be done before the data becomes useful for the intended purpose? For example, numbers stored in character fields may need to be cleaned and cast to a numeric type such as float or integer to undergo appropriate operations.
What logically can be done with the data. Given the type of data and how it is stored, what kind of database and mathematical operations can be performed on the data in meaningful ways? While you can do counts for any data type, even basic operations, such as addition, and statistics, such as mean, would not be valid on categorical and ordinal types of data, even if the values appear numeric.
How to turn data into useful information. Raw data in and of itself is rarely useful. Even in this age of big data, an organization's executive, management and other decision-makers can make more effective decisions if the data can be compiled, analyzed and used to generate insight into an organization's operations. It can also highlight what the best way forward is if the data results range from specific, well-defined performance indicators on a dashboard to simulation and predictive analytics.

It can be argued that, as big data is garnering attention from an infrastructure and technology perspective, focus must always be maintained on how all that data relates to the business and what is relevant to decision-makers. In my experience, when a healthcare data analyst begins with a new data set, it's best to spend time on the floor (or in the office) where the work occurs that generates the data, and where analytics' resultant insight is being used to guide decisions. This hands-on exposure helps relate data to actual situations and conditions that simply reviewing existing documentation and meta-data would never be able to elucidate.

http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/tip/A-healthcare-data-analyst-faces-more-sophisticated-information-needs

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Newest-generation Bluetooth medical devices can disrupt healthcare

By: Reda Chouffani

At its last Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple released several new enhancements to its iOS mobile device operating system. The new release included new feature called iBeacon, an indoor positioning system that will have significant uses in many industries, such as retail and healthcare. iBeacon runs on low-powered, low-cost transmitters that alert iOS 7 devices to their presence. These devices communicate using Bluetooth 4.0, also known as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

Bluetooth Low Energy could open the door for several valuable healthcare use cases.

There are several creative uses where Bluetooth medical devices could fit in the healthcare marketplace. The retail industry can also leverage iBeacon to notify in-store customers of product information and specials when they near the tags embedded in some of their shelves. The technology can also provide a way for customers to navigate inside the store and interact with messaging ties to certain merchandise sections.

Another use of this is within museums, where visitors can use their smartphones to learn detailed information about the different exhibits as they approach them.

Within healthcare, we have seen a significant use of location technologies to keep tabs on devices, assets and patients. Applications from asset and bed management to patient tracking utilize active and passive radio-frequency identification, as well as Wi-Fi, to locate property and people. These cases turn out to be beneficial uses of the technology.

In the past, real-time location system (RTLS) products initially required tablets and laptops or stations with special readers or scanners to identify any tags they came in contact with. This limited the possibility of interacting with mobile devices such as smartphones.

Near-field communication, which leverages mobile devices such as Android phones that have built-in NFC readers and transmitters, allows smartphones to exchange information with NFC tags at close range by simply scanning the tags. However, healthcare has yet to embrace this technology in large numbers. The use of iBeacon can bridge the gap. In theory, since it's on board iPhones, BLE could open the door for several valuable healthcare use cases:

Medical devices: In most current RTLS implementations, we find end users, whether they are bioengineers or nurses, can locate devices within their facilities or at least have some visibility of where the device is. However, if there is more than one device in that same location, users must perform the extra verification step of physically reviewing the serial number and confirming it's the same device.

Hospital indoor navigation systems: Since the introduction of GPS in smartphones, many people use their mobile phones to help find their way to a destination. However, there has not been a large implementation of indoor navigation systems. With the use of Bluetooth medical devices containing BLE technology and with a significant number of mobile devices supporting this technology, indoor navigation will become possible. Patients and hospital visitors can use their phones to get assistance to their destination. By offering this functionality, patients will be pleased to find that they can find their way within the hospital facility, thus improving their satisfaction.

Event triggers: An RTLS offers automation capabilities that help streamline many clinical processes. Some of the workflows can trigger actions when specific assets or individuals enter the facility or cross into specific areas. Bluetooth Low Energy can enable much-improved functionality. iBeacon can assist hospital staff via their mobile phone when they are near specific devices or tags. Another event trigger that may prove valuable to clinicians is automatic logon. For example, the system can authenticate a user and automatically log them on to EHR systems when they near a workstation enabled via BLE. This would give providers a much smoother, quicker method to automatically log on to certain systems by their simply being a foot away from the tag or station. Similarly, a workstation can automatically lock its session when a provider moves away from it.

Interactive and contextual clinical content: Mobile health continues to introduce new and innovative ways to help health organizations engage patients. Hospitals are evaluating different tools that can enable patients, keep them connected to their healthcare providers and improve outcomes. With BLE, patients can use their smartphones or mobile devices to have an interactive experience around the hospital and receive detailed information about their care, or even automate check-in at an imaging center. Another use for Bluetooth medical devices would be to inform patients in the waiting room about the latest and greatest technological advancement that the hospital offers, based on the specific areas or specialists that the patients visit.

While RTLS might have required hardware or software add-ons in order to enable mobile devices to scan and detect tags, technology such as BLE has been included as part of a built-in, industry-standard technology. Mobile device manufacturers are offering the capability to leverage Bluetooth 4.0 to detect and interact with small, inexpensive tags. Retailers may be one of the first early adopters of BLE, due to its immense benefit to drive customized shopping experiences to shoppers while collecting data on how customers navigate their stores. However, BLE clearly has all the ingredients to make for a very disruptive technology for many markets, including healthcare. Costs might still be a little high for the individual BLE devices, but over time these prices will go down.

Reda Chouffani is vice president of development at Biz Technology Solutions Inc., which provides software design, development and deployment services for the healthcare industry. Let us know what you think about the story; email editor@searchhealthit.com or contact @SearchHealthIT on Twitter.

http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/opinion/Newest-generation-Bluetooth-medical-devices-can-disrupt-healthcare

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The Story of Edgardo

The story of Edgardo Lawas, Jr., a 24 year old student of MTC Academy Davao, seems to be a typical growing up story. Edgardo as a young boy spent time to play with his cousins, enjoyed the sea, and enjoyed the farm. His mother and father lived in Calinan but he grew up pretty close to an uncle who lived at Gulf view in Toril, Davao City. Edgardo completed his high school education in Davao City and then went on to pursue a certificate program called Customs Management in Holy Cross of Davao College in Sta. Ana.

Life was a breeze and life was easy until he was 20 years old. At 20, his failing eyesight was a puzzle to both his parents. They didn’t know what was causing this. They looked at both sides of their clan and found no genetic history to explain his condition. Over the last four years since he started suffering from low vision, Edgardo had difficulty coming to terms with his condition. He withdrew and he started asking why, why of all people did it have to happen to him but slowly Edgardo realized that there was no point in continuing to resist what was happening.

Slowly he emerged from his shell and started to reach out again to friends. He found some inspiration with one of his best friends who, at a young age of 19 years old, was diagnosed with colon cancer. He saw that his friend went through the different stages of grief, anger, and finally acceptance. However, one thing that he discovered about his friend was that his friend’s strength was coming from his very, very deep Christian beliefs. And so, Edgardo, inspired by his best friend, who by the way now has recovered completely from colon cancer, started to get engaged in their community’s Christian services. He found strength in being able to reach out to friends and serving his community. And so it was that Edgardo started to reengaged and found himself an opportunity through a friend, Norman Nicdao who referred him to Resources for the Blind Inc.

Apart from knowing peers, who are visually impaired, Edgardo also was encouraged by a neighbor who worked with the Resources for the Blind Inc. He started going for computer eye training in this particular institution.

Four years down the road for having been diagnosed at age 20, Edgardo has started to pick up the pieces again. He has started to feel hope that the future holds exciting and better things for him. Over the last 6 to 7 months, he has been studying a skill called Medical Transcription. Edgardo has seen other peers like him who has achieved some degree of success from acquiring the skill where he can actually become a Business Process Outsourcing professional providing data documentation and digital conversion services to clients abroad. Edgardo, who still is currently pursuing his program at MTC Academy, is very confident that things can definitely improve and will all depend on his attitude and his outlook in life to make things better for himself and for his family.

Edgardo is a real inspiration, not only to people with disability but also to the sighted like us who sometimes can get discouraged by some of the challenges and obstacles that come our way. If the PWDs have that strong determination to overcome hurdles, definitely sighted individuals can take inspiration from them.

2Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

noreply@blogger.com (Medical Transcription Blogs) — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:54:00 +0000

What started out as a simple dream of collecting and distributing shoeboxes filled with school supplies to less fortunate Filipino children grew into a beloved Christmas tradition in just a short span of time.

Led by marketing communications firm TeamAsia and the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), My Dream in a Shoebox was created in 2009 with the goal of distributing shoeboxes filled with school supplies. Last year, we collected 12,526 shoeboxes, which were distributed to our beneficiaries in Babuyan Island, Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Cagayan de Oro, Cavite, Davao, Iligan, Laguna, Muntinlupa, North Cotabato, Novaliches and Taguig. We also received a total of Php 870,170 in financial aid to help in building more classrooms.

In our fifth year, we’re urging more people to share their blessings as we extend our reach to more areas nationwide. Be part of My Dream in a Shoebox today, and in the spirit of holidays, prove that the best gifts indeed come in small packages.

Help us spread the holiday cheer! For more information, please contact us: 222-6822 & 0932 880 1768.

noreply@blogger.com (Medical Transcription Blogs) — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:27:00 +0000

We had so much fun at the SSGA- HALLOWEEN NIGHT (our Halloweenie Graduation Party)!
To view our photos, see our MTC Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mtcnanoscript/media_set?set=a.636568893032877.1073741827.100000393158669&type=3

Thanks for the spooktacular night everyone!

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MTC Academy would like to CONGRATULATE all our MT & FCCA 2013 GRADUATES and would also like to thank everyone who came to celebrate our Halloweenie Graduation Party last October 18, 2013 at BBQ Boss Quirino.

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT WILL BE POSTED SOON!

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MTC Academy supports My Dream In a Shoebox

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ICT Davao extends their appreciation to the proponents of this year's Innovation Expo 2013: their ICT partners, sponsors (MTC ACADEMY included), speakers, students, guests, and all those who participated and took the time to join them last October 11 & 13, 2013.

(c) MOEVE, Event Organizer

FREE TRAINING!

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HHS auditors target upcoding of Medicare bills via EHRs

The Obama administration is conducting targeted audits of hospitals to find possible upcoding of medical services related to use of electronic health records.

Don White, a spokesman for the HHS Office of the Inspector General, said the OIG is conducting audits of “specific institutions” on EHR-related overbilling.

Concerns that hospitals have padded their Medicare bills by using the detailed coding ability of electronic health records arose from reports that payments have surged to some hospitals as they implemented EHRs. In September, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder echoed those concerns when they wrote to hospital groups warning against EHR-related upcoding.

In response, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said at the March meeting of the Federation of American Hospitals that her agency would undertake targeted audits focused on EHR-related upcoding. That was followed by a May 3 “listening session” hosted by the CMS and the Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT to discuss the increased billing that has occurred in some hospital codes.

Additionally, a proposed Medicare payment rule for hospital outpatient services in July included a proposal to replace five levels of outpatient visit codes as part of an effort to reduce upcoding. Instead, the agency proposed a single Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code for each unique type of outpatient hospital visit.

This week, an HHS official speaking on condition of anonymity said the targeted audits will continue and that the CMS is considering other steps. A CMS spokeswoman would not comment on either issue.

The actions appear to have mollified concerns on Capitol Hill, because the upcoding issue did not even come up a July 17 Senate Finance Committee hearing on the status of the EHR incentive program that covered a range of problems associated with the initiative. That is a big change from earlier congressional reactions to the issue, which included calls late last year by House Republican leaders for suspension of the EHR incentive issue until the threat of upcoding is resolved.

Look for the issue to possibly come up again through the OIG's office, which added inappropriate Medicare payments related to EHR use to its fiscal 2013 work plan. The OIG's office said “Medicare contractors have noted an increased frequency of medical records with identical documentation across services.”

By Rich Daly

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