6 results.
Best Practices for Data Analytics Reporting Lifecycles: Quality in Report Building and Data Validation
Author: Clack, Lesley; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Mikaelian, Raymound; Wendicke, Annemarie; Cain, Jeannine MSHI, RHIA, CPHI; Spears, Amanda MA, CHDA
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2018
While the importance of data quality in providing high-quality clinical care in today’s healthcare setting is typically well understood, the quality of data for report building and validation activities is often not well articulated—and potential data quality....
Producing Better Data to Help Combat Opioid Dependence
Author: Clack, Lesley; Kadlec, Lesley; Wendicke, Annemarie; Spiro, Shelly RPh
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2018
By Lesley Clack, ScD, MS; Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA; Shelly Spiro, RPh; and Annemarie Wendicke, MPH, CHDA
Healthcare organizations are just beginning to leverage data analytics to take on a variety of emerging urgent topics related to ma....
Data Quality Management Model (2015 Update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Dooling, Julie A; Glondys, Barbara; Jones, Theresa D.; Kadlec, Lesley; Overgaard, Shauna M; Ruben, Kerry; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the July 2012 “Data Quality Management Model (Updated),” the March 1998 “Checklist to Assess Data Quality Management Efforts,” and the June 1998 “Data Quality Management Model” Practice Briefs.
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”
As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....
Examining the Meaning and Value Behind the Medical Loss Ratio
Author: Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2018
By Annemarie Wendicke, MPH, CHDA
Many insurance companies spend a substantial portion of consumers’ premium dollars on administrative costs and profits, including executive salaries, overhead, and marketing. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)....
What Makes Data Meaningful? The Important Role of Data Structures
Author: Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Healthcare is striving for meaningful health data—something well noted in many recent industry articles and presentations. But how will the cultivation of meaningful data be accomplished in the healthcare industry’s complex environment?
Healthcare data comes from....