Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Burke, Jim; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2017

Healthcare transformation activities involving data analytics, population health, disease registries, and consumer engagement have raised the stakes for stronger and real-time, or near real-time, patient identification and record matching.


Yet many organizations have hundred....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kirby, Annessa; Kadlec, Lesley; Landsbach, Grant; Lusk, Katherine; Munns, Megan; Noreen, Neysa; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

In healthcare, matching patients accurately to their medical history across multiple care sites and among various sources of data has become increasingly important as healthcare data is shared across platforms. Additionally, as clinicians need to interact with third parties and provide car....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: March 18, 2016

Healthcare is transforming at a rate not previously seen. Many different levers are at work in this transformation, applied either in parallel or jointly. This transformation is occurring with the goal of advancing the IHI Triple Aim—improve care and outcomes, reduce costs, improve health.....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kirby, Annessa; Landsbach, Grant; Lusk, Katherine; Munns, Megan; Noreen, Neysa; O'Connor, Michele; Patten, Melinda

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: January 06, 2016

A recent survey with AHIMA members revealed that over half of HIM professionals routinely work on mitigating possible patient record duplicates at their facility, and of those 72 percent work on mitigating duplicate records weekly. Contributing to the issue, less than half (47 percent) of....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: May 2015

Abstract


Patient identification and patient matching have long been a challenge in countries around the globe. The patient/consumer identity at the point of registration or access must be accurate and linked to the entire health history in order to support the immediate care or we....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele; Weaver, Victoria

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2012

Healthcare is embracing the big data movement, hoping to revolutionize HIM by distilling vast collections of data for specific analysis


One only needs to open a recent conference brochure, read an electronic newsletter, or preview marketing materials to appreciate that "B....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Federal dollars are spurring efforts for health information exchange, but to say there is more than one approach is an understatement. Providers and payers are taking local, state, regional, and federal routes in search of connected healthcare.

The last year has seen tremendous excit....

Author: Nunn, Sandra L.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 05, 2009

Introduction

Health Information Management professionals have embraced the challenge of implementing and managing the Electronic Health Record. This presentation will demonstrate how to stretch the skills the HIM professional developed in building the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to mov....

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....

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....

Author: Hewitt, Joseph B.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2002

Behind every medical record is a patient whose care depends on a thorough understanding of current and past medical conditions. When that understanding is compromised due to an incomplete record, care suffers. Learn how an enterprise master patient index can be the foundation of medical record....

Author: O'Connor, Michele; Evans, Su-Linn

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2001

Keywords
Master Person Index (MPI)
E-learning
Registration
Training
Web-based
Data integrity


Introduction

What Is E-learning?

Although e-learning has many different definitions depending on who you talk to, it ultimately is....