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Managing Unsolicited Health Information in the Electronic Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Performing a Breach Risk Assessment - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
On August 24, 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule to implement the breach notification provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Cl....
Data Migration Lessons Learned: One Facility Relates Hard-learned Best Practices After Migrating to a New EHR
Author: Noreen, Neysa
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
During the planning stages of a new electronic health record (EHR) implementation at Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minnesota's PACE clinic, discussions began regarding what needed to be done with the legacy EHR's historical data. Discussions moved quickly to migrating the data from the....
Speech Recognition in the Electronic Health Record (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
Introduction
Many technologies exist to assist with better clinical documentation and speech recognition technology (SRT) is one solution. Since SRT uses mathematic probabilities, the technology can be complicated. The goals of its use in healthcare today, however, are clear: Increase....
Small Hospital Uses Data for Big Improvements
Author: Cinquegrani, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
In order to take full advantage of health information technology, data, and analysis, an organization needs a standardization of protocols and its health IT systems must be built to support specific processes. FirstLight Health System (FLHS) has learned this first-hand over the last severa....
Understanding Publicly Available Healthcare Data (2013 update) - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only. This update supersedes the January 2010 practice brief "Understanding Publicly Available Healthcare Data."
Healthcare organizations increasingly ar....
Release of Information for Marketing or Fund-raising Purposes (2013 update) - Retired
Author: Schmidt, Peg; Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: August 2013
Editor's note: This update supplants the 2002 practice brief "Release of Information for Marketing or Fund-raising Purposes."
Since its original compliance date in 2003, the HIPAA privacy rule required covered entities (CEs) to adhere to certain standards relative to the use....
Reengineering the Professional Practice Experience: With Participation Declining, One HIM Program Decided to Revamp its PPE Offering
Author: Manger, Barbara J.; Kirk, Kathleen M
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2013
Educators are facing challenging times in placing students in professional practice experience sites (PPE). These challenges are brought on by changes in the health industry work settings and demands, as well as the change in student demographics and personal commitments. Faculty in the he....
Integrity of the Healthcare Record: Best Practices for EHR Documentation (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2013
Editor’s note: This update replaces the 2007 practice brief “Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud.”
Electronic documentation tools offer many features that are designed to increase both the quality and the utility of clinical documentation, enhancin....
Beacon Policy Brief Building a Foundation of Electronic Data to Measure and Drive Improvement
Author: Schachter, Abigail; Rein, Alison L.; Sabharwal, Raj
Source: External healthcare industry report | U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
Publication Date: August 2013
This issue brief describes current challenges encountered when using electronic data for quality measurement and improvement, and shares promising strategies and tactics deployed by Beacon Communities.
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