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Journal Q&A (6/98)
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: June 02, 1998
Q: How do you "validate" a data collection instrument?
A: The purpose of validating the data collection instrument—including paper forms and computer screens—is to:
ensure that the data collected will support the intent of collecting the data....
Improving the Quality of Quality Measures: Pilots Show Promising Results from Clinically Enhanced Administrative Data
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2009
EHRs will improve the accuracy of quality measurement...one day. Until then, blending limited clinical data with administrative data may offer a solution.
Administrative data based on discharge abstracts or claims have widely acknowledged limitations, but they remain the primary mean....
Improving the Collection of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data to Reduce Healthcare Disparities: A Case Study from an Academic Medical Center
Author: Lee, Wei-Chen; Veeranki, Sreenivas P; Serag, Hani; Eschbach, Karl; Smith, Kenneth D
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
Well-designed electronic health records (EHRs) must integrate a variety of accurate information to support efforts to improve quality of care, particularly equity-in-care initiatives. This case study provides insight into the challenges those initiatives may face in colle....
Historical Data Analysis of Hospital Discharges Related to the Amerithrax Attack in Florida
Author: Burke, Lauralyn K; Brown, C. Perry; Johnson, Tammie M
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
Interrupted time-series analysis (ITSA) can be used to identify, quantify, and evaluate the magnitude and direction of an event on the basis of time-series data. This study evaluates the impact of the bioterrorist anthrax attacks (“Amerithrax”) on hospital inpatient disch....
HIM’s Role in Disease Tracking, Data Mining, and Patient Monitoring
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2014
In the current US healthcare climate, panic and paranoia prevail as deadly diseases like Ebola and tuberculosis command public attention and the World Health (WHO) organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) work to provide relevant guidance. A....
HIM Professional's Role in Enterprise Content Management : Stepping Out of the Department and Into the Organization
Author: May, Michael L.; Martinez, Christina M.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 17, 2008
Background
HIM Professionals can re-assert themselves as integral pieces of the EHR decision-making process for their organization by gaining new operationally appropriate technical competencies and building collaborative partnerships with our IT, clinical informatics, and leaders....
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix C: HIM’s Role in Data Capture, Validation, and Maintenance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A critical component of AHIMA's draft HIM Core Model, a robust description of the functions and opportunities open to current and future HIM professionals, is capture and maintenance of health data.1 HIM professionals are encouraged to assume a leadership role in outlining how data are captured....
HIM Best Practices for Records Management at Transitions of Care
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....
Health Information Exchange – Our Successes and Challenges with the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record
Author: Foley, Teresa; Gillen, Zachary; Teal, Jennifer
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Background
In the spring of 2009, President Obama announced plans to create a joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) to improve care and services between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DoD), and the private sector. President Obama directed the Dep....
Getting to the Data for Direct Quality Reporting
Author: Palkie, Brooke; Sandefer, Ryan; Low, Trina
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
INTRODUCTION
The College of St. Scholastica’s (CSS) Center for Healthcare Innovation, School of Nursing and the School of Health Science’s Department of Health Informatics and Information Management are collaborating with five rural Minnesota hospitals and their shared informa....
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