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Enterprise Content and Record Management for Healthcare
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2008
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
E-Discovery
Author: Pacifici, Sabrina I.
Source: External web site
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Avoid Legal Missteps with a Litigation Response Plan
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: October 2008
Standards Development and HIM: HL7’s IT Standards Work and Its Uses in Health Information Management
Author: Edwards, Wannetta
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2008
Health Level Seven (HL7) is an American National Standards Institute-accredited standards developing agency that specializes in developing healthcare standards. Its vision is to “create the best and most widely used standards in healthcare.”
For HIM professionals, underst....
Metadata You Need: Determining What Must Be Collected and Retained
Author: Trites, Patricia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2008
Metadata are not inherently good or bad, they just are. Metadata have been defined as “data about data.”1 They can be further described as the “who, what, where, and when” of electronic documents.2 Their importance depends on who is viewing the information—promine....
Documentation Bad Habits: Shortcuts in Electronic Records Pose Risk
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2008
Electronic documentation habits such as copy and paste save valuable time, but they can ruin the record.
As the patient’s health worsened, a hospital stay of days turned to weeks. But through the various tests and physician visits, the progress notes generated in the hospita....
Risk-Based MPI Management
Author: Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2008
Meticulous management of the master patient index (MPI) has always been a mission-critical data integrity function for HIM professionals. One advantage of having credentialed health information staff manage the index is their dual knowledge of the multiple legal dimensions of the MPI and their....
Watching the Puck: Gauging HIM’s Trajectory in the e-HIM Transition
Author: Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2008
Steve Case, cofounder of AOL and current founder, chairman, and CEO of Revolution Health, gave the keynote speech at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society convention this past winter. Someone asked him why he was reaching into a consumer-driven healthcare venture, and he an....
NHIN Show and Tell
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2008
Contractors in the NHIN trial implementations are working toward a demonstration of a “network of networks” this fall. Along the way they are generating specifications and refining issues.
In October 2007 the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator f....
Defining and Disclosing the Designated Record Set and the Legal Health Record
Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Washington, Lydia
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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