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Completing Charts in EHRs
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....
Curing Inherited EHR Ailments: EHR Remediation Fixes System Issues and Better Aligns Clinical Workflow with Clinical Documentation
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....
Understanding Use Cases
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....
Analyzing Workflow for a Health IT Implementation: an Often Short-shrifted Step is Essential in Successful IT Deployments
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....
Streamlining Patient and Physician Communication: IT Systems and Internet Offer Paths for Effective Communication for Patient Care
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....
The EHR’s Impact on Staffing Models
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....
The Journey to Baldrige at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and how HIM contributes
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....
Integrating Your Clinical Systems for a Physician-Focused EHR/CPR
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....
EHR Usability on Mobile Devices
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....
Unintended Consequences: Identifying and Mitigating Unanticipated Issues in EHR Use
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....
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