Author: Hjort, Beth M.; Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.; Brandt, Mary D.; Carpenter, Jennifer E.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2001

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: September 2000

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2003

Q: Under the privacy rule, how should a physician’s office handle a request from parents for a written statement recommending limitation of their child’s activities at school?

Q: What are a covered entity’s legal responsibilities when a former employee breaches confiden....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 24, 2009

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2002

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2001

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2003

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: March 2004

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2003

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA Q and A | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2004

Q: Please explain the new Joint Commission requirement for “do not use” abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols. Does this mean that the abbreviation list requirement is being reinstated?

A: Standards have not required an approved list since 1991. IM.3 does require standard....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2003

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2001

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

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2002

Q: Is there a standard or recommended source for abbreviations used in medical records?
Q: In light of HIPAA restrictions on protected health information, I’m concerned about our HIM department’s practice of accepting HIM students for professional practice experience. What shoul....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2001

Q: It's difficult to research and write organizational policies because of the myriad external forces governing the same healthcare issues. Do you have guidelines to help ensure we don't miss any mandates?

Q: How does a healthcare organization deal with conflicting directives betwee....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2002

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

Author: Hirschl, Nancy; Belton, Paul

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


Traditionally, compliance programs have focused on the seven required elements from auditing and monitoring to hotline investigations. Most of these elements have become routine and solidified into every compliance program. In truth, seasoned compliance officers often....

Author: Hirschl, Nancy

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


Revenue management and coding compliance for emergency department (ED) services have become increasingly difficult to handle. Factors contributing to this include lack of mandated evaluation and management (E/M) coding guidelines, EMTALA regulations, demands for cash....

Author: HIMSS Privacy and Security Toolkit Work Group

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2007

Author: Hicks, Joan; Waldrum, Mike; Valeria, Wilson; Marwill, Jeffrey

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2000

To integrate patient data, this clinic considered upgrading its transcription services, but then opted to overhaul the entire clinical access information system, with successful results. (FORE Best Practice, AHIMA Foundation)

Author: Herrin, Barry S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2007

Among the issues being brought to the fore in the movement to electronic health records (EHRs) is identity proofing. However, this is the same issue healthcare providers have faced for as long as patients have been contacting providers in ways other than face-to-face communications. This artic....

Author: Hefferan, Colleen; Ludwig-Beymer, Patti

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2000

Chicago-area Advocate Health Care's recent congestive heart failure (CHF) care management initiative demanded an HIM professional's specialized skills and insight into information exchange. As a member of the interdisciplinary team recruited from Advocate's eight-hospital integrated de....

Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2015

AHIMA's Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC), published in late 2014, can be seen as a set of best practices for litigation. Attorneys and litigation support personnel would do well to keep the activities outlined in these principles in mind when responding to litigati....

Author: Health Information Technical Standards Panel (HITSP)

Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Publication Date: January 02, 2010

Author: Health Informatics Standards Board

Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Publication Date: July 17, 2002

Author: Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 04, 2009

Author: Hawkins, Fanny

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2002

Is clinical documentation significantly different before and after implementing the electronic health record (EHR)?
Believing that the development and implementation of an EHR strategy is required for success, Baylor College of Medicine sought to answer this question. This article present....

Author: Haugen, Mary Beth

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2015

Data integrity is at risk any time inaccurate information is entered into the patient health record, starting with the creation of the encounter in the registration process and continuing through the entire information lifecycle. Errors in the patient record can affect patient safety, cli....

Author: Haugen, Mary Beth

Source: ICD-TEN Top Emerging News | AHIMA newsletter article

Publication Date: September 2015

Technically speaking, anything could happen once we flip the ICD-10 switch on October 1, 2015. That's why it's important to monitor key performance metrics closely in the first 30 days post-implementation. The days and weeks immediately following go-live will provide critical insigh....

Author: Harman, Laurinda B.; Mullen, Virginia L.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

The complexities of protecting patient privacy, across the continuum of global healthcare systems, raise new ethical challenges for health information management (HIM) professionals. This session will address the importance of ethical principles, professional values, and cultural differences t....

Author: Harman, Laurinda B.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2000

What would you do if asked to do something on the job you suspected might be unethical? HIM professionals encounter these situations often. Our author takes us back to the original code of ethics and shows us how its principles can still apply today.
Today's HIM professionals operate in....

Author: Harman, Laurinda B.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2001

The successful health information management (HIM) professional (RHIT and RHIA) must be simultaneously passionate about two things: (1) information management expertise and (2) ethical principles and professional values. Technical expertise without ethical principles and professional....

Author: Harman, Laurinda B.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: May 02, 2003

There was a time when the decision regarding access to information generated about adopted children was relatively easy and the HIM professional could refer to the state statutes for guidance. This article suggests that the legal aspect is a necessary but insufficient basis for making decisio....

Author: Harker, Kathy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2006

Northwest Health System followed a smooth launch of a coding product with something a little more ambitious—a beta version of a document management system.
In April 2005 Northwest Health System in Springdale, AR, implemented Web-based coding to boost productivity. The system....

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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Author: Hanson, Susan P.; Schutzengel, Ray E.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2004

HIM professionals are center stage as pioneering physician practices realize the benefits of the EHR. At Main Street Pediatrics in Bridgeport, CT, the EHR has become a “stethoscope”—a necessary tool in the practice of medicine.
The electronic health record (EHR) is a dr....

Author: Hall, Terri; Olenik, Keith; Tegen, Anne; Warner, Diana; Wiedemann, Lou Ann; Wiseman-Kuhlman, Terri

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: August 24, 2009

The content in this toolkit has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Hall, Terri

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2005

The Billings Area Indian Health Service (IHS) began implementing an electronic health record (EHR) about three years ago, beginning with the Crow Acute Care Hospital and its Wind River outpatient clinics. This article outlines the steps the organization took to reach “go live.”

Author: Haines, Pamela T.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 25, 2003

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2007

How can an organization protect patient information during a disaster? Perhaps the most dramatic real-life example in recent years was Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans in August 2005. The experience of the HIM professionals at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, just acro....

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2004

New technologies are enhancing the ability to protect patient information. But there’s more to successful implementation than just what’s inside the box.

Melanie Schattauer, RHIA, Jack Obert, and their colleagues at Mercy St. John’s Health System in Springfield, M....

Author: Haas, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2011

Since 2007 Massachusetts General Hospital has been working toward a do-it-yourself model for records requests. Not only does the organization save time and money when patients fulfill their own requests, the model also aligns with the emerging philosophy of patient-centered care, wher....

Author: Grzybowski, Darice; Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 1996

Project Rationale and History

We dream of a world where all medical record forms are complete and legible, neatly and proportionately designed, easily converted into electronic format, and efficient for those who document in them; contain clear identification data; and meet all legal, ac....

Author: Grzybowski, Darice

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

For Mercy Health Partners, solving its paper records storage needs was a sound first step in achieving its long-range health IT plans.
Mercy Health Partners, part of the Catholic Healthcare Partners group, knew it couldn’t put the electronic cart before the paper horse.

....

Author: Grzybowski, Darice

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2000

By taking full advantage of new technology and adopting an innovative approach to processing deficiencies, this hospital saved money and time. (FORE Best Practice, AHIMA Foundation)

Author: Green-Shook, Sheila; Quinsey, Carol Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2007

In organizations with paper records, it is difficult—if not impossible—to determine whether records were looked at for any purpose, much less when carrying out job duties. However, electronic health record (EHR) systems have the capacity to electronically capture who has accessed w....

Author: Green-Shook, Sheila; Quinsey, Carol Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2006

Group Health Cooperative (GHC) is an integrated healthcare system with 29 primary care clinics, four specialty centers, two hospitals, 10,000 employees, and 700 physicians. GHC serves 540,000 patients across Washington state and northern Idaho.

In 2003 GHC began implementing an elec....

Author: Grebner, Leah A.; Stanfill, Mary H

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2005

The term coagulopathy can be confusing for coding professionals because it may refer to a myriad of conditions that are classified differently in ICD-9-CM. Take for example a patient who has bleeding somewhere (e.g., hematuria or epistaxis). The physician lists “coumadin coagulopathy&rd....

Author: Gradle, Brian D.; Thomason, Mary

Source: AHIMA sample form

Publication Date: November 21, 2002