Dr. Michael Stearns Testimony on Privacy

Michael Stearns, MD was invited to testify on privacy protections within electronic health records before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Privacy and Security Tiger Team and the Health Information Technology Policy...

Michael Stearns, MD Chosen to Join the National Medical Safety Board

Dr. Michael Stearns has been selected to join the National Medical Safety Board, an organization formed by the Patient Safety Organization Services (PSO) Group, LLC., in 2012.  The PSO Services Group is a Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) AHRQ listed National Patient Safety Organization (PSO)....

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Pitfalls of Imported Text

The June 2014 cover story of the American Association of Professional Coder’s “Monthly Business Journal”  features an article written by Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CFPC on the dangers of using tools that import text into EHRs.  A full copy of the article is available here:  “Warning:...

SNOMED CT, ICD-10-CM and Data Integrity TPHA

Michael Stearns, MD, was invited to present at the Texas Public Health Association – Annual Education Conference. on March 25, 2014 in Corpus Christi,  Texas.   Dr. Stearns provided a lecture titled “SNOMED CT, ICD-10-CM and Data Integrity.”  It reviewed the structure of SNOMED CT, ICD-10...