Author: Abraham, Prinny

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2000

The growing pains of the past decade have led to medical record backlogs and record retrieval crises for many home healthcare agencies. These problems have pushed more than one agency director into enlisting the skills of an HIM professional to evaluate the medical record systems in pl....

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2002

HIM professionals have long known the electronic health record (EHR) will change the collection, storage, and maintenance of health information, not to mention the delivery of care, but what about the its effects on the HIM department? While revolutionizing the HIM process, there can’t hel....

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Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2004

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: September 2014

The compliance date for the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS is due to take effect on October 1, 2015. Currently, academic programs are in various stages of transitioning the classroom toward this new and long-awaited classification system. This practice brief is the third in a series addressing....

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Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 2001

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Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 02, 2002

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Source: AHIMA book excerpt

Publication Date: 1984

These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: External web site

Publication Date: July 02, 2009

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Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: March 02, 2003

Administrative requirements of the privacy rule include those to have personnel designations, training, safeguards, complaint handling, sanctions, mitigation of harm, and current policies and procedures. These are not required if only summary information is exchanged between the GHP and plan sp....

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2000

How can you protect patient information while maintaining immediate access for qualified employees? HIM professionals across the country are taking leadership roles in developing and managing audit trails for computerized health information. Here are a few of their success storie....

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment | AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: February 2007

This practice brief appendix has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2000

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: October 2008

These practice brief appendices have been retired. They are made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: June 02, 2007

This practice brief extra has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 02, 2001

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Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: September 05, 2002

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Source: AHIMA bibliography

Publication Date: 2001

Improve a process...reduce costs...contribute to enhanced patient care. Best practices make a difference in healthcare organizations. Best practices, which can be a process or an outcome, significantly contribute to the successful achievement of an organization's goals. They often involve usin....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: August 2002

Sooner or later, it happens to everyone who works in health information management. Perhaps one of the physicians in your group has a habit of completing notes long after seeing patients and wants you to indicate that records are done in a timely fashion. Or maybe your facility is in the middle....

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Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 02, 2001

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: June 2002

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: September 2002

Once Chrisann Lemery tried it, she was hooked. As an HIM professional frequently frustrated by confusing regulations, she began questioning regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
"I realized that my questions were taken seriously and they were listening," says Lemery, MS, RHIA, medic....

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Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: August 24, 2009

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2000

Editor's note: APCs, risk management, knowledge management...all of these are practice issues that will affect the way HIM professionals work in the future. But practice solutions exist right now in our day-to-day work environments as well. Here are a few successful practice sol....

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Source: AHIMA presentation

Publication Date: January 02, 1999

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: September 2004

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: June 2002

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: June 1999

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: February 02, 2003

Use one of the two approaches below to involve and educate staff on privacy issues. The second method uses a more structured approach.
1. Protected health information (PHI) is confidential information that includes a patient's identity and medical information. Identify instances where PHI....

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2000

The Internet Healthcare Coalition (IHC) held a working summit from January 31 through February 2 to begin the development of an international "e-health Code of Ethics." The summit produced a set of guiding principles to govern the behavior of all health sites on the Internet. T....

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2000

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Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 20, 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2000

Reducing fraud and abuse.
Making operations run more smoothly.
Improving services.
Keeping a lid on costs.

Compliance programs aim to do all of these things. And with expertise in coding, reimbursement, and regulatory matters, HIM professionals are natural members of....

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Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2004

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Source: AHIMA Today

Publication Date: October 07, 2009

Health information exchange is a new frontier, and one that will be a critical component in the healthcare system as we enter the e-HIM era. Attendees at Tuesday’s Hot Topic session “The Bronx RHIO Addresses Data Exchange Challenges of Consent, Data Linkages, and Data Quality” learned how the B....

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Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 02, 2002

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