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AHIMA and Consumer Engagement
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: December 2018
AHIMA Special E-Alert (July 20, 2017)
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: July 20, 2017
AHIMA Releases a Simple, Compliant Model Patient Request for Information Form
Model Patient Request for Health Information Form
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA sample form
Publication Date: July 2017
Making Amendments to Health Records (2017 Update)
Author: Burton, Ben; Downing, Katherine
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief update supplants part of the 2013 Practice Brief “Patient Access and Amendment to Health Records.”
Before April 2003, a patient’s legal right to amend his or her health records was limited to those patients treated at hea....
Patient Side of Telemedicine
Author: Chenoweth, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
Two years ago, I travelled to central Honduras to volunteer my time and HIM expertise at a clinic that supports the primary care needs of 90,000 people. It was an experience I’ll never forget. Access to specialists is few and far between so the clinic had recently implemented telemedicine....
Making HIPAA Work for Consumers: Teaching How and Why to Access Health Records
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
The old proverb “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime” rings true for consumers and the release of their health information. With laws like HIPAA and the advent of patient portals, it has never been easier for consu....
HIM Using mHealth to Teach Patients Why and How to Access Health Records
Author: Lusk, Katherine; Manahan, Jennifer
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
THERE ARE SEVEN billion people in the world, with more than three billion using the Internet. And of the North American population of 565 million, 320 million are using the Internet. There are also 6.8 billion cellphone subscriptions across the world, with two-thirds of Americans owning a....
Connecting Consumers to their Health Information
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
For many years, AHIMA has been advancing a potential role for HIM professionals as facilitators for consumers and their health information. Electronic health records, mobile apps, and patient portals all impact the consumer experience.
As an industry, we have made progress&md....
Improved Patient Engagement for LGBT Populations: Addressing Factors Related to Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity for Effective Health Information Management
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
One of the Healthy People 2020 objectives from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is to improve the health, safety, and well-being of individuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population.1 This population faces health disparities with barriers to healt....
Send in the (Potentially Life-Saving) Drones
Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2017
None of the incredible advances in medical technology or pharmacology are any good if they’re inaccessible to people who need them the most. But that’s exactly what’s happening in rural Appalachia, especially in southwestern Virginia’s economically depressed coal counties, where large swaths of....
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