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Identity Crisis: Organizations are Implementing Medical Identity Theft Teams to Combat Rising Incidents
Author: Bowe, Robin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
Copyright © 2012 by Kern Medical Center, County of Kern, CA. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.
Medical identity theft is a growing concern for healthcare providers and healthcare consumers. Defined under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 as....
Patient Portals: Express Lane on the Health Information Highway
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
No information request traffic jams.
No toll road trips to the physical HIM department.
Just an open and instant route to patient health information.
But building and managing a patient portal requires HIM knowledge and expertise.
Patient portals are rapid....
Using Data to Improve Healthcare: Translating Publicly Available Data into Quality Improvement Initiatives
Author: Jenkins, Kristin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
Data are of no value unless they drive action. Action in healthcare has limited positive impact when it is uninformed or uncoordinated.
Publicly available data can help organizations improve healthcare quality. However, getting the most out of these data requires the right tools. A....
Rounding with Scribes: Employing Scribes in a Pediatric Inpatient Setting
Author: Tegen, Anne; O'Connell, Jennifer
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2012
Using scribes to document patient encounters for physicians offers both benefits and challenges. A pediatric hospital recounts its experience adding scribes to its inpatient rounding teams.
The use of scribes to assist providers with documentation is gaining popularity for....
Optimizing Use of Physician Advisors to Enhance Revenue and Streamline Processes
Author: Truscott, Tricia
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Background
Physician Advisors (PA) are making their way into Clinical Document Programs (CDI) at many hospitals throughout the country, however, the question for many Health Information Management (HIM) directors and managers is “How do I best make use of this valuable resource?&rdq....
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....
Leadership GPS – Growth, Performance, Sustainment
Author: Yount, Shane
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
1. Leadership GPS – Growth, Performance, Sustainment Overview
The economic downturn and austerity based thinking has created an organizational environment of leaders managing more and more responsibilities. Often open positions have not been filled, leaving existing leaders with mor....
Beyond Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation-Decision Support Evolution
Author: Lambert, Mary
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
The Electronic Health Record is implemented- now what? Instead of paper records, filerooms, and a single source of patient data, the clinical information for a patient is immediately available to clinicians whenever and wherever they need it. How does this “anytime” and “anyw....
EMPI Links Hospitals to Transform Data Exchange and Research in 17-County North Texas Region
Author: Mendoza, Theresa; Kotyk, Steve
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Background
Controlling readmission rates for hospitalization is an important focus for patients and hospitals. Many organizations can track patients readmitted within their own facilities, but are unaware and unable to analyze patients who have gone to a hospital outside of their organiz....
Permanent Record: Electronic Records Aid in the Aftermath of Joplin Tornado
Author: Russell, Matthew
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2011
When a tornado struck St. John's Regional Medical Center in May 2011, its patient records were stored in a newly launched electronic health record system, helping prevent a bad situation from being worse.
In the days following the tornado that decimated Joplin, MO, strikin....
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