Author: Kohn, Deborah

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2010

Most HIM departments have yet to master the management of patient health information exchanged across healthcare organizations. Typically the well-established processes and standards for managing internally generated information do not address health information that is generated outside the o....

Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Washington, Lydia

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

Electronic health records are edging into the mainstream, but they still have one foot outside the law. Many EHR systems struggle to create credible and compliant business records, and with major initiatives like the ARRA incentive program pushing their adoption, now is the time to get the ele....

Author: Horn, William S

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project offers guidelines and standards for e-discovery. It has helped reduce the cost, time, and manual work associated with e-discovery and has proven to be invaluable to those engaged in litigation support since its creation in 2005.

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

Although the federal government has stepped in to give healthcare a push into the digital age, some providers remain hesitant, spooked by antiquated and ambiguous state laws that still identify paper records as the legal standard.

Their confusion is delaying their transition to elect....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Best Practices for Electronic Signature and Attestation

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: November 2009

The records management and evidentiary support functional profile standard is a subset of functions and conformance criteria from the HL7 EHR-S Functional Model standard. The standard was created specifically to address requirements and criteria for basic record management functionality in EHR....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Best Practices for Electronic Signature and Attestation

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Acker, Beth A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

The term “medical device” covers a wide range of health or medical instruments used to treat, mitigate, diagnose, or prevent a disease or abnormal physical condition. Virtually every care setting captures data from medical devices, including vital signs, blood analysis, ventilator....

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Source: AHIMA Today

Publication Date: October 06, 2009

Perhaps no profession has embraced the idea of electronic health records more than HIM. The Monday presentation “Managing Electronic Information Beyond the Health Record” discussed the fundamental strengths and knowledge that HIM professionals bring to EHRs and encouraged attendees to apply th....

Author: American Health Lawyers Association. Public Interest Committee

Source: External - used with permission

Publication Date: August 10, 2009

This AHLA white paper analyzes the problems, benefits, and challenges of the Stark Law in a time of pending health care reform.

Author: Nunn, Sandra L.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2009

Good faith information management practices are an important form of compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the regulations issued in December 2006 that in part govern e-discovery in federal courts. Organizations responding to the regulations are in the midst of creating policie....