Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

This issue the Journal introduces a new “Working Smart” column offering best practices for working in the e-HIM environment.

Since the advent of the HIM profession many have struggled with the chart completion process. In the paper environment, the process began with assembling mount....

Author: Wieczorek, Michelle M.; Clark, Jill S

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

In recent years the introduction of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA’s) “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program has encouraged more healthcare entities to chart their course toward electronic health record (EHR) system implementation, taking advanta....

Author: Washington, Lydia

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2008

As national health IT initiatives move forward, it is important that HIM professionals understand the role and functions of use cases. Use cases are an extension of workflow analysis, an early and essential step in selecting or designing new health information technology. This article defines....

Author: Washington, Lydia

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2008

The inability to integrate electronic health records (EHRs) into clinician workflow is a well-documented barrier to implementing EHR systems. To address this problem, organizations must analyze their workflow processes before implementing an EHR system.

HIM professionals ar....

Author: Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2010

Many organizations still struggle with ongoing and timely clinical communication among physicians and between physicians and their patients. Physician-to-physician communication for ongoing patient care is especially complex. It requires identifying all physicians involved in the care of a pat....

Author: Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2011

As facilities transition from paper to electronic records, HIM departments must review job functions and staffing models. EHRs enable automation and ease of access and affect how the HIM department operates.
From Clerical to Qualitative

In an electronic environment paper HIM fu....

Author: Szymborski, Rick

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

Background

In this era of health care reform and the reality of publicly reported data on clinical outcomes as well as the associated challenges with reimbursement hospitals and health care systems across the country are struggling to differentiate themselves by embarking on journeys to i....

Author: Shams, Kam

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has released the following vision for healthcare in the year 2010: the future state of health information is electronic, patient-centered, comprehensive, longitudinal, accessible, and credible.1 This future is an incontrovertible r....

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; Brinda, Danika; Wapola, Janelle; Maki, Shirley Eichenwald; Marc, David

Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management

Publication Date: July 2013

Abstract


Currently, minimal requirements exist for assessing the usability of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Usability requirements are especially lacking for the increasing use of mobile devices to access EHRs. Therefore, the authors investigated the usability of three c....

Author: Rollins, Genna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2012

A federal guide alerts users to unanticipated and undesired effects of EHR use and offers approaches to avoiding and remedying them.

Electronic health records hold the promise of better care coordination, improved patient safety, and more accurate documentation and coding; howev....