Author: Rudman, William J.; Hewitt, Calvin R.

Source: Educational Perspectives (AOE)

Publication Date: January 02, 2001

Calvin R. Hewitt, MBA, Assistant Professor,
School of Nursing,
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Abstract: This paper examines the role of the health information management (HIM) professional in the early detection of intimate partner violence (IPV). Sp....

Author: Russo, Ruthann; Dunleavy, Kathleen

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 23, 2002

Author: Parsons, Roger; Lenahan, Monica; Micheletti, Julie A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Outline: This paper presents three perspectives on how to take charge of data integrity and implement strategies to improve physician documentation. These perspectives will outline how accurate health information data can be used to support meaningful strategic planning, compliance and utiliza....

Author: Rivera, Madeline; Zusman, Irina; Kogan, Susanna; Sichalov, Nadia; Spector, Michelle

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Summary


Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) in Brooklyn, NY, implemented a successful documentation improvement program in 2001. Under the auspices of the Case Management Department, documentation specialists, who are credentialed HIM professionals (RHIA, CCS), perform concurrent and....

Author: Mills, Mary

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction
What Is CDIP?

Aclinical documentation improvement program (CDIP) is a program focused on improving clinical documentation on a concurrent basis where a coder or documentation specialist, such as a nurse, reviews the medical record and consults with physicians regarding....

Author: Booth, Julie Harmata

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


Human factors engineering is the science of designing tools, tasks, information, and work systems to be compatible with the abilities of human users; this includes both physical and cognitive abilities. As a science, human factors engineering provides a framework to c....

Author: Osborn, Carol E.; Curtis, Elizabeth

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Background

Of late, there has been much interest in the relationship between medical record documentation, coding, and the organization’s case-mix index (CMI). Many organizations have implemented documentation improvement programs with the goal of obtaining more specificity in codin....

Author: Blackford, Gwendolyn; Slater, Deborah

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 31, 2006

Introduction

The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) is an award-winning healthcare system made up of University, Children’s, and Women’s Hospitals; 30 health centers; 120 outpatient clinics; the University of Michigan Medical School; faculty group practices; and the M....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Assessing and Improving Healthcare Data Quality in the EHR

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2007

Improving data quality in an electronic healthcare environment requires a greater focus on standardized documentation procedures. With an EHR, the need to evaluate and improve healthcare data quality through concurrent assessment, data collection monitoring, and ongoing process improvement requ....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: June 21, 2010

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