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....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 1999

Considerable attention has been paid to the development of organizationwide information security policies—especially what they should contain and how they should be put in place. But enforcing these policies isn't always easy. We asked four information security experts to give us....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2000

Five years ago the first recipients of the Davies awards showed us successes of CPR systems across the country. Where are they now? This article catches up with these CPR leaders.
Is your job exactly the same as it was five years ago? For most HIM professionals, the answer....

Author: Zeiour, Collette; Twiggs, Mariela

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2015

With more than 1,000 large breaches of protected health information (PHI) on record, it’s not surprising that PHI disclosure management is currently top of mind for healthcare leaders.1 Many of these breaches have cost organizations between $1 million and $5 million in penalties, not to m....

Author: Zarybnicky, Rosalie; Coltrin, Kaelyn; Colwell, Holly; Lam, Donna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2001

Best practices are the result of professionals developing practical ways to improve processes and quality. Medicare peer review organization and state Payment Error Prevention Program (PEPP) organizer PRO-West recognized this when it looked to state hospitals for methods to improve do....

Author: Yount, Shane

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

1. Leadership GPS – Growth, Performance, Sustainment Overview

The economic downturn and austerity based thinking has created an organizational environment of leaders managing more and more responsibilities. Often open positions have not been filled, leaving existing leaders with mor....

Author: Younkin, Jim

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2010

A study authored by the Center for Information Technology Leadership found a completely interoperable healthcare system (that is, each organization could share every piece of its healthcare information with another organization as discrete and normalized data) could yield annual savings of $77....

Author: Yokubaitis, Pamela R.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2003

Sanctions under the HIPAA regulations mean serious financial consequences for healthcare professionals who release protected health information to others without following proper disclosure protocols. But HIM professionals should not be motivated by fear of financial consequences alone. Ou....

Author: Wisconsin Health Information Management Association

Source: AHIMA Foundation

Publication Date: February 28, 2003

In June 2001, a survey was distributed to healthcare providers by members of the Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association (WHA), Health Financial Managers Association (HFMA), and Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative. The purpose of the survey was to gather information regarding HIPAA implementa....

Author: Wilson, Donna D; Hampton-Bagshaw, Kim; Jorwic, Therese M; Bishop, Jean; Giustina, Elizabeth

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2008

Establishing a standard coding workflow that incorporates continuous improvement and creating performance benchmarks is key to improving the quality of coded data.



HIM professionals who assign codes or manage coded data take responsibility for translating clinical....