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Rules for Handling and Maintaining Metadata in the EHR
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
Metadata is the foundation on which information management systems are built. It is required to support the various uses of data, to manage the information and record lifecycle, to verify data integrity, authenticity, and reliability, and to evaluate the relative importance of data and informat....
Getting Serious About Information Governance
Author: Reno, Danielle; Kersten, Sandra K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
Information governance is becoming a priority for healthcare organizations. Today's healthcare organizations invest in information technology at unprecedented rates, and IT generates more data than ever before. Stakeholders expect healthcare organizations to use health IT to bring improvem....
Personal Check: Patients the New Ally in Data Integrity Management
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
When Deborah Kohn recently logged onto her healthcare provider's patient portal to view her X-ray reports, she immediately knew something wasn't quite right. She'd undergone one X-ray of her left hand and another of her right hand. The problem?
Both X-ray reports were identi....
How Can I Help You? Top 10 Customer Service Tips for HIM Professionals
Author: Aschettino, Lucia; Birnbaum, Cassi L; Crocker, Janice; Grebner, Leah A.; McNicholas, Faith C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
Health information management (HIM) best practices state that it is important for HIM professionals to focus not just on the information but also on internal and external customers. Customers have varied, and ever-changing, needs that must be met by HIM professionals. Both internal and ext....
Healthcare Reimbursement Audit Toolkit - Retired
(The content in this toolkit has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: May 02, 2013
This toolkit provides guidance for developing policies and procedures, establishing an educational program and managing record requests, denials, and appeals. It highlights some of the government entities and programs that focus on medical record audits.
Meaningful Use Vocabulary Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: April 02, 2013
This toolkit provides guidance to health information management (HIM) professionals and the industry on vocabularies as
defined by ARRA’s meaningful use criteria. It includes a table of standard vocabularies required for Meaningful Use, a case
study that shares lessons learned from Stage 1, and sample job descriptions to address the need for mapping professionals
in the workplace.
CSA ICD-10-CM/PCS Resource Guide - Retired
(The content in this toolkit has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: April 02, 2013
The Privacy and Security of Occupational Health Records
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines an “occupational medical record” as an occupation-related, chronological, cumulative record, regardless of the form or process by which it is maintained (i.e., paper document, microfiche, microfilm, or automatic data processing me....
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Embracing the EHR’s Challenges and Benefits: Grace Award Winner Reviews EHR Implementation Best Practices
Author: Duckert, Jane; Rose, Angela Dinh
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2013
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics’ (UWHC) motto of “great information, great care” has been the underlying force behind their health information technology (IT) adoption achievements since 2008. Besides attaining the highest level of the Healthcare Informat....
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