Author: Goyal, Pawan; Green, Matthew; Acker, Beth A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Description

This presentation will provide information about the process that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is using to define the electronic legal health record that is fully integrated with an enterprise health information system. The role of HIM professionals in the planning,....

Author: Knight, Barbara L.; Nieri, Walter J.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Background

In today’s hospital industry, there has been much talk around the role of the HIM department in helping hospitals achieve legal electronic health record (EHR) status.  But what is a legal EHR, and how does it differ from a point-of-care EHR?  Secondly, how does a medical recor....

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: AHIMA Q and A | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2007

As healthcare organizations implement electronic health records (EHRs), more are re-examining the make-up of their legal health record. They frequently have questions about producing information from EHRs as well as how organizations should begin to define their legal health records.
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Author: AHIMA EHR Practice Council

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2007

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Reich, Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2007

The e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and the Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (approved in August 2007 at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) are creating new roles and responsibil....

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2007

HIM is becoming more automated and electronic every year. The basic skill set of the HIM professional has changed dramatically. The acronyms abound, from HL7 and CCHIT to HIEs. It can be hard to keep up with all the latest developments. Test your EHR IQ by answering the following questions....

Author: Dinh, Angela K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2007

Communications technologies such as mobile devices and e-mail have taken healthcare and its practice into uncharted territory. Now organizations can add to this list instant messaging, or IM. More and more businesses are using IM in their daily operations.

According to Ame....

Author: Quinsey, Carol Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2007

Capturing data digitally is one thing. Producing it later is another. Any organization required to produce electronic documentation for any reason—whether for discovery in a legal proceeding or disclosure in support of ongoing patient care—knows that producing documentation....

Author: Quinsey, Carol Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2007

Forms have always presented challenges for HIM professionals, and managing forms in an EHR implementation remains one of the most challenging and time-consuming tasks of that process. Healthcare organizations transitioning to an electronic record should carefully plan forms to streamline....

Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Rhodes, Harry B.; O'Neill, Megan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2007

Paper legal documents have certain characteristics. They are signed in ink and dated, and they often are a specific size and certain quality or weight of paper. Legal business records are even processed and handled in a certain, unique manner.

Now, since the spread of electronic heal....