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Navigating a Compliant Breach Management Process
Author: Downing, Katherine
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2014
The purpose of AHIMA’s new Breach Management Toolkit is to provide a comprehensive collection of resources and best practices to help healthcare organizations and health information management (HIM) professionals navigate their way through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Breach Notification Rule and the overall breach management process. The toolkit is intended to raise awareness of the importance and responsibility of everyone within the organization to report HIPAA breaches to the appropriate designated personnel, as well as provide breach prevention education and training.
Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Exchange (2014 update)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
This Practice Brief explores the complexity of patient identification integrity, including how organizations can manage patient identification systems from front end data capture to back end quality control as an ongoing process and carry local quality operations into health information exchange efforts. It urges industry stakeholders to recognize that now is a critical time to address accuracy in patient identification systems.
Computer-assisted Coding Toolkit
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: May 2014
This toolkit provides many of the necessary tools and documents necessary for a successful implementation. It will be
helpful to those who wish to plan and prepare for the implementation of CAC in ambulatory (including physician),
acute care inpatient, or outpatient hospital settings.
Case Study: Managing Pediatric Health Information in a Patient Portal
Author: Sherek, Penny D; Gray, Emmlee
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
The healthcare industry has made, and will continue to make, immense advancements with technology and therefore impact the practice of medicine. Consumer-centric healthcare and the way in which providers communicate with patients go hand-in-hand with the use of technology. One concentrate....
Information Governance Initiatives Essential for Strategic Alliances
Author: Patten, Melinda; Profitt, Karen; Lucci, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
IN TODAY’S HEALTHCARE reform landscape, collaboration and care coordination have emerged as key pillars in the quest to improve the cost, quality, and access to healthcare in the US. As a result, organizations across the nation are entering formal and informal alliances designed to broade....
Managing a Patient’s Right to Request Restrictions of Disclosures to Health Plans
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Covered entities should already have in place the mechanisms for limiting PHI under minimum necessary policies and procedures. This Practice Brief provides guidance to assist organizations in complying with the 2013 HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Rule’s new disclosure restriction requirements.
Combating the Privacy Crime That Can KILL
Author: McNabb, Joanne; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
A Massachusetts man who was turned down for a job discovered that there was a false diagnosis of severe depression in his medical record. He ultimately learned that the information had been entered by a psychiatrist who was submitting fraudulent bills to insurers.
Elsewher....
Breach Management Toolkit: a Comprehensive Guide for Compliance
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: March 2014
This toolkit addresses planning, implementing, and maintaining a breach management process. It includes tools for goal setting, prioritizing developmental steps, determining roles and responsibilities, monitoring risk factors, and mitigation solutions.
Privacy and Security Audits of Electronic Health Information (2014 update)
Author: Walsh, Tom; Miaoulis, William M
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2014
In a perfect world, access controls alone would ensure the privacy and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI). However, the complexities of today’s healthcare environment make it extremely challenging to limit access to the minimum information necessary that members of the workforce require in order to perform their jobs.
State of Health Information Governance in Healthcare: Case Study—Four Hospital Integrated Delivery System
Author: Kadlec, Lesley
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2014
In an effort to begin to answer basic questions related to the state of information governance (IG) in healthcare, AHIMA invited several different types of organizations from across the country to participate in a case study analysis.
Below are the results of....
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