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Publication Date: September 2006

A recent AHIMA survey confirms a critical need for qualified clinical coding professionals. It also reveals the high value employers place on experience and credentials.

Opportunities abound for skilled coders throughout the US-particularly in the Southwest-but candidates need demon....

HIM Laboratory: Delivering e-HIM Technology to Colleges and Universities -- Virtually

Author: Kersten, Sandra K.; Saigal, Mohit; Owens, Kathie

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2006

The e-HIM® Virtual Lab offers students important exposure to core HIM technologies, with minimal IT support required.

HIM students can expect to work with health IT upon graduation. In most organizations, managing or supporting clinical documentation, reimbursement, risk assessment,....

Dial T for Training: Work Force and the EHR

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: June 2006

What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....

HIM Education: Assignment for Change

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: March 2006

The EHR is making HIM academic programs do their homework. AHIMA staff and member volunteers are helping to fill in the blanks, but all members can pitch in. Here are some of the main assignments academic programs are working on and insights from some of our best teachers.

Assig....

Formative Evaluation Using Checklists to Improve Research Proposals

Author: Emery, Lynnda J.; Harvey, Carolyn; Andersen, Catherine M.

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: February 2006

Abstract

Developing research proposals that protect human participants and understanding the institutional review board (IRB) approval process require high-level application of many skills. The purpose of this article is to describe how faculty can use formative evaluation tech....

Enhancement of Achievement and Attitudes toward Learning of Allied Health Students Presented with Traditional versus Learning-style Instruction on Medical/Legal Issues of Healthcare

Author: Lefkowitz, Rose Frances

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: February 2006

Introduction

Precisely because individualized instruction is perceived as the key to unlocking the academic potential of each student, researchers have acknowledged that appropriate instructional planning, coupled with attention to each student’s learning-style characteristic....

Gearing Up for Success with the Adult Learner

Author: Buck, Carol J.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Overview

This session provides tips and tools to develop a successful classroom strategy centered on the adult learner. There is information on classroom organizational skills as well as information on student learning and performance. The goal is to assist in the development of a success....

Maintenance and Update Issues for Clinical Vocabulary Mapping

Author: Wilson, Patricia S

Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting