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Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Script
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Presentation
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Journal Q&A (1/99)
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Q: I hear a lot of technical terms being used lately by information systems staff and I feel like I'm not speaking their "jargon." Could you clarify the meaning of some of these terms? Specifically, they are SQL, Java, TCP/IP, and IPX.
A: SQL stands for structured query language, whi....
Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Handouts
Author:
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Patient Photography, Videotaping, and Other Imaging (1999)
Author: Carpenter, Jennifer E.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 1999
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Data Resource Administration: the Road Ahead
Author: Mon, Donald T.; Herbst, Maida Reavis; Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 1998
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Benchmarking Project Harvests Ideas for Network
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1998
It started as a simple benchmarking project. But when Patricia Rhodes, RRA, Carol Keller, MPA, and their team finished, the project had taken them across the country, opened up lines of communication with staff members at nine other facilities, and helped them improve their....
Using Benchmarking to Support Performance Improvement Efforts
Author: Berry, Tracy Bennett
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1998
Successful benchmarking can create opportunities to improve performance through discovering best practices. The author offers an overview of benchmarking and best practices and how they apply to HIMand ways to get started on your own.
Are you looking for a way to jump....
Reducing Accounts Receivable Through Benchmarking and Best Practices Identification
Author: Berkey, Tim
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1998
As HIM professionals look for ways to become more competitive and achieve the best results, the importance of discovering best practices becomes more apparent. Here's how one team used a benchmarking project to provide specific best practices that reduced accounts receivable....
Electronic Signatures (1998) - Retired
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
AHIMA Code of Ethics
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: October 04, 1998
AHIMA's Code of Ethics has been updated. You can view the most current version here.
HIM Metamorphosis
Author: Kalata, Marcia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1998
Five years ago, if someone had told me my organization would construct a new building without a chart room and would require half as many medical record clerks and that coders would work without stacks of charts at their desks, I'd have thought they were from a different planet. But....
Implementing the Enterprise Master Patient Index
Author: Adragna, Lisa
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1998
In implementing a cross-facility initiative, the importance of planning and understanding the implications for all facilities can't be overlooked. Here's how one integrated delivery network navigated the challenges of implementing a cross-facility enterprise master patient inde....
IT Implementation Requires HIM Expertise
Author: Didear, Kay
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1998
Implementing a computer-based patient record (CPR) begins long before the first installment of software is loaded. This process significantly benefits from the skills and expertise health information management professionals bring to the table. But don't assume that your healthcare m....
On the Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1998
Q: I work in a skilled nursing facility and want to know if it is mandatory for all states to use Resource Utilization Groups III (RUGS III). If so, when was the deadline?
Q: Where can I find information about a system that will allow for the electronic transmission of Minimum....
Preparing Your Organization for a New Coding System (1998)
Author: AHIMA Coding Policy and Strategy Committee
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Best Practices in Patient Advocacy
Author: Lorence, Daniel P.; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1998
When an insurance claim or treatment authorization is denied, where can patients turn? More frequently they are turning to patient advocates who understand the information contained in their claims and medical records. Here's a look at some opportunities for HIM professio....
Writing an Effective Request for Proposal (1998)
Author: Carpenter, Jennifer E.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 1998
The content in this practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only. More recent information is available here.
Data Quality Management Model (1998) - Retired
Author: AHIMA Data Quality Management Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
On the Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Fletcher, Donna M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Q: How do you "validate" a data collection instrument?
Q: As part of our emergency preparedness drill, we were instructed to develop a plan to continue operations in the event of a tornado. Where do I start?
Q: What processes need to be develope....
ORYX and Other Elusive Quality Animals
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Edward I. Koch, former mayor of New York City, is known for asking, "How am I doing?" Koch, of course, was speaking of the positive progress of his administration. But he could have just as easily been talking about the state of performance measurement in healthcare today. Even though quality....
Introduction to Benchmarking Health Assessment and Outcomes through Applied Statistics
Author: Lorence, Daniel P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Through the application of some basic statistical techniques, HIM professionals can assist in healthcare benchmarking and management at the organizational level. The author offers an example of how one hospital used data analysis to make decisions that promoted better patient care.....
Measurement Issues for an Adult Asthma Clinical Improvement Initiative
Author: Sweeney, Loralie; Miller, Judith A.; Ludwig-Beymer, Patti
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Advocate Health Care, a multiple-hospital integrated delivery system in the Chicago, IL, area, recently established its Advocate Adult Asthma Clinical Improvement Team. The team undertook the data planning and analysis needed to start up a complex continuous quality improvement (CQ....
Designing the Integrated Multidisciplinary Record Review
Author: Bisbee, Walter L.; Lillback, Debra Harris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Good documentation is a cornerstone of data quality. But how can an organization ensure that all disciplines will take responsibility for the comprehensiveness and accuracy of their documentation? The authors describe the steps one facility took to implement a process of record....
Designing a Data Collection Process
Author: Fuller, Sandra R.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: May 1998
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Do Existing Controlled Vocabularies Contain Terminology Needed for Patient Records?
Author: Humphreys, Betsy L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1998
A 1996-97 study conducted by the National Library of Medicine and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research aimed to determine how well existing vocabularies cover the concepts and terms needed in health information systems. The author describes the hypothesis underlying the s....
Development and Role of the Read Codes
Author: Harding, Ann; Stuart-Buttle, Charlie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1998
Produced and maintained by Britain's National Health Service, the Read Codes are a comprehensive, controlled clinical vocabulary. Here's a look at how the codes evolved, their use in the NHS, and the continual process of aligning the system with the needs of its users.
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Recommended Regulation and Standard Acquisition for Specific Healthcare Settings (1998)
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: April 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing Care, Managing Change, Managing Information
Author: Dunham, Larry
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 1998
Under managed care, information is often required on a longitudinalnot an episodicbasis. As a result, we need to rethink our approach to data storage and use. The author identifies ways to look at the demand for data in a managed care environment and shows how process as....
On the Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 1998
Q: I have a deposition scheduled for next week. The issue at hand is whether a preprinted manufacturer's instruction sheet on how to use a piece of medical equipment should be a part of the medical record. Our position is that it should not be included because it does not reflect wha....
Journal Q&A (4/98)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: April 02, 1998
Q: I have a deposition scheduled for next week. The issue at hand is whether a preprinted manufacturer's instruction sheet on how to use a piece of medical equipment should be a part of the medical record. Our position is that it should not be included because it does not reflect ....
Checklist to Assess Data Quality Management Efforts (1998) - Retired
Author: AHIMA Data Quality Management Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: March 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Reengineering Medical Records: The Dubois Regional Medical Center's Experience
Author: Johnson, Thomas H.; Pesek, James G.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 1998
Introduction
Many health services organizations were pushed in the direction of CQI/TQM by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Agenda for Change, which recognized the critical need for quality improvement efforts.1 Reengineering and work redesign have....
On the Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Fuller, Sandra R.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 1998
Q: Cellular phones are very popular and are a convenient way to increase communication. Should we place any restrictions on the use of cellular phones to discuss patient information?
Q: In light of last year's changes to the Joint Commission's standard on delinquent records, h....
Managing Multimedia Medical Records: a Health Information Manager's Role
Author: Carpenter, Jennifer E.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 1998
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Future of HIM: An Operational View
Author: Braden, James
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 1998
What will HIM processes, departments, and the patient record look like 10 years from now? The author offers a view of HIM operations at an academic medical center with an eye for operational, organizational, and functional structure.
The health information management profession has been....
Organizational Restructuring: One HIM Team's Approach
Author: Smith, Carol F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 1998
Organizational restructuring offers a number of challenges -- and opportunities -- to employees. This article describes how members of one organization's HIM staff participated in a systemwide restructuring process, from planning to implementation to assessment of results.
Today's era o....
Guidebook for Effective Interaction with Federal and State Governments [downloadable PDF file]
Author: AHIMA Legislative Advisory Council; GRQ Inc.
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
Health Information Management Practice Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA book
Publication Date: 1998
These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.
Release of Information for Marketing Purposes (1998)
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
AHIMA's Directional Strategies: Values, Vision, and Mission (Resolution
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: January 1998
Background Information
Associations exist to serve the goals of its members who are its community of interest. Unlike the private sector, associations have no stockholders. Its customers are its owners and its owners are its customers. An association's strategic frameworkits....
Journal Q&A (1/98)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
Q: I am a coder in a hospital HIM department. I am being pressured to code in a manner I believe to be fraudulent in order to maximize reimbursement and improve the hospital's case mix. What should I do?
A: Always remember to exhaust all avenues for resolving the matter....
Benchmarking Best Practices in HIM Education
Author: Slovensky, Donna J.; Garrie, Robert L.; Ford, Eric
Source: Educational Perspectives (AOE)
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
On the Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Prophet, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 1998
Q: I am a coder in a hospital HIM department. I am being pressured to code in a manner I believe to be fraudulent in order to maximize reimbursement and improve the hospital's case mix. What should I do?
Q: I am employed as a coder and am concerned about my potential risk with....
Physician Office Billing Compliance Program
Author: Eisenhauer, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1997
Physician offices try to adhere to the coding and billing guidelines as defined by Medicare. However, claims to commercial insurance carriers frequently are not handled as precisely. The passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has brought to our atte....
Maintenance of Master Patient Index -- Single Site or Enterprise (1997)
Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 1997
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Merging Master Patient Indexes (1997)
Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 1997
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Master Patient Index - Recommended Core Data Elements (1997)
Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 1997
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Implementing the Wireless Computerized Patient Record
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1997
The ability to provide timely, relevant, and accurate in-formation to the healthcare decision maker at the point of care is a critical success factor for any provider. For enterprises that operate in extremely competitive healthcare markets, the ability to meet this challenge could mean the d....
E-Mail Security (1997)
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 1997
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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