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Top 10 Lessons Learned from Electronic Medical Record Implementation in a Large Academic Medical Center
Author: Rizer, Milisa K; Kaufman, Beth; Sieck, Cynthia J; Hefner, Jennifer L; McAlearney, Ann Scheck
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2015
Abstract
Electronic medical record (EMR) implementation efforts face many challenges, including individual and organizational barriers and concerns about loss of productivity during the process. These issues may be particularly complex in large and diverse settings with multiple s....
New Health Information Management (HIM) Competencies? Teaching Critical Thinking Using an Unfolding Case Study
Author: Tyczkowski, Brenda
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: May 2015
Abstract
With the AHIMA Foundation’s establishment of new professional competencies for health information management (HIM) comes the opportunity to reimagine how lessons are presented to students. The use of unfolding case studies fosters a learner-centered classroom, where the s....
Instituting an Enterprise-wide PHI Disclosure Management Strategy
Author: Zeiour, Collette; Twiggs, Mariela
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2015
With more than 1,000 large breaches of protected health information (PHI) on record, it’s not surprising that PHI disclosure management is currently top of mind for healthcare leaders.1 Many of these breaches have cost organizations between $1 million and $5 million in penalties, not to m....
Fixing a Broken EHR: HIM Working in the Spotlight to Solve Common EHR Issues
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2015
Accounts of mistaken identity, anecdotally at least, seem to happen to everyone at least once in the healthcare realm with both paper and electronic records. But in an increasingly electronic world employing electronic health record (EHR) systems and other health IT where patients ar....
Restrictions in Action: Three Case Studies
Author: Beckett, Barb; Downing, Kathy; Gillespie, Joe D; Waugh, Traci
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2015
Since its initial adoption the HIPAA Privacy Rule has granted individuals the right to request restrictions on the use or disclosure of their protected health information (PHI) for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations (TPO), as well as for disclosures to family members and certai....
Building a Remote CDI Workforce
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 2015
The HIM Problem
To improve the efficiency and productivity of its clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program, Baystate Health decided to train CDI specialists to work from home.
The HIM Problem Solvers
Walter Houlihan MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA, direc....
Foot in the Door: How Post-Graduate Apprenticeship Programs Can Help Organizations Prepare for ICD-10
Author: Dover, Kayce; Phillips, Chloe
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2015
It’s a constant dilemma—new health information management (HIM) graduates struggle to find jobs because they lack experience, yet it’s difficult to get that coveted experience without having a job. Even despite an increasing demand for coders, many new graduates cannot find employers will....
Grow-Your-Own Program Bridges Gap for Graduates to Full Time Coding Positions
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2014
The HIM Problem
North Shore-LIJ Health System, a group of 17 hospitals in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, NY, had been facing a coder shortage and wasn’t happy with the contract coders they were working with.
The HIM Problem Solver
Taking the Grow-Your-Own-Coder Movement to High School
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: October 2014
The HIM Problem
Rural hospitals in Kansas are trying to cut the cost of outsourcing coding by starting the credentialing process in local high schools.
The HIM Problem Solver
Sherry Farrell, MBA, RHIT, HIM coordinator at Seward County Community College/....
Early Adopter Experience: Health Systems Get Early, Hands-On Experience with the ICD-10 Code Set
Author: Potter, Brian; Morsch, Mark
Source: ICD-TEN Top Emerging News | AHIMA newsletter article
Publication Date: October 2014
A successful ICD-10 transition requires cooperation of providers, payers, and vendors. Working together, they can develop mutually beneficial solutions that help prepare for the transition and beyond.
An ICD-10 early adopter program launched in 2013 gave participati....
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