Author: Bowe, Robin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2013

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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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....