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Data Governance and Data Stewardship: Critical Issues in the Move toward EHRs and HIE
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2009
More than ever, organizations require a coherent plan for what data they will use and how they will ensure their data are fit for use.
Talk of data governance and data stewardship is cropping up more frequently with the acceleration toward electronic health records (EHRs) and h....
Patient Identification in Three Acts
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
As the curtain slowly rises on interoperable data exchange, the industry is still auditioning for the role of patient identification.
Throughout the past ten years, healthcare has been setting the stage for IT interoperability. With patient identification in a leading role, the scri....
Addressing the Business of the Health Information Exchange
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 10, 2007
Overview
Health information exchange is expected to produce many positive results, including increased patient safety, reduced duplicate testing, increased regulatory compliance, and higher patient satisfaction. It is essential that the right patient records can be located, on demand and....
Successful Health Data Exchange: Architecture, Practices and Operations Across the 49th Parallel
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Parker, Ron
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
Successful Health Data Exchange: Architecture, Practices, and Operations across the 49th Parallel
Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, and Ron Parker
Overview
High expectations related to patient safety, consumer empowerment, enhanced customer satisfaction, and cost containment are ar....
Future of Patient Identification
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2006
Once data can move across vast networks, how to find it? The accuracy and flexibility of patient matching will determine interoperability’s success.
Christina Jones, a Chicago resident, is spending the day with a friend in nearby Milwaukee. While shopping after lunch, she collapse....
Strategic Information Technologies for RHIOs
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kohn, Deborah
Source: External web site
Publication Date: March 08, 2005
Data Linkage: Ready of Not, It's Here [part 2]
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2005
As stewards of the data housed within our organizations, HIM professionals must be cognizant of ongoing work to facilitate sharing of data across networks. Such activities will gather momentum in the coming years as electronic health records become common practice. HIM professionals must endea....
Data Linkage: Ready or Not, It's Here [part 1]
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2005
In early 2004 Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative funded by the Markle and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations, engaged a cross-section of experts in security, technology, privacy, consulting, and medical informatics to define how healthcare information could be shared more effec....
Identification Challenges of the Health Care Delivery System: an International Perspective
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Stainton, Jean
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Overview
Person identification, especially patient identification, is an international challenge. The challenge arises from having non-standardized data, inconsistency of data collection, varying goals and objectives around patient identification data, and a lack of awareness of the impo....
Name Game: Canada's Blueprint for a Nationwide Master Patient Index
Author: Dorrel, Linda; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Laskoski, Jeff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2004
Electronic health records operate on a basic but crucial requirement: accurately identifying the patient and linking to his or her complete medical data. Canada aims for a nationwide solution to a universal challenge.
Public and private organizations worldwide are navigating the transiti....
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