Author: Frankel, Harris; Bass, Deb

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Nebraska HIE offers light solution for robust data exchange

Depending upon your perspective, NeHII, the Nebraska Health Information Initiative, may have a name that evokes a soft drink popular in the early 20th century, or it may induce images of cornstalks waving in the v....

Author: Spencer, Gregory

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Healthcare organizations, just like individuals, can suffer from information overload. Increasingly tasked with linking quality data to reimbursement parameters, providers now attempt to capture every piece of possible data.

The problem is that data collection has a price tag. Someti....

Author: Lee, Lorraine; Whitcomb, Kathleen; Galbreth, Michael; Patterson, David

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Backed with fresh ARRA funding, SCHIEx blends business models with a strong state role and a belief that HIE is a public good.

The field of health information exchange is littered with examples of failed or defunct efforts, such as those in Santa Barbara (CA), Seattle, Cle....

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Source: AHIMA Today

Publication Date: October 07, 2009

Health information exchange is a new frontier, and one that will be a critical component in the healthcare system as we enter the e-HIM era. Attendees at Tuesday’s Hot Topic session “The Bronx RHIO Addresses Data Exchange Challenges of Consent, Data Linkages, and Data Quality” learned how the B....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Shatzkin, Nance L

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 05, 2009

In the summer of 2005, interest in data sharing was growing around the country and some working health information exchange (HIE) models were in place, but none on the east coast. In the Bronx, the increase of capitated payment models and risk-based agreements between large  healthcare pr....

Author: Wieland, LaVonne R.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

Although many have focused on its health IT provisions, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) also includes significant privacy provisions. HIM professionals should read through the various provisions and outline how each is going to affect their organization and what they need....

Author: Davis, Nancy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2009

Like many other privacy and security officers, I was vaguely aware of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. I knew that the act, passed by Congress in 2003, was intended to provide consumers with protection from identity theft. I knew the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was in charge o....

Author: Starling, Lee; Rollins, Pam

Source: AHIMA Today

Publication Date: October 13, 2008

Author: Grzybowski, Darice

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

For Mercy Health Partners, solving its paper records storage needs was a sound first step in achieving its long-range health IT plans.
Mercy Health Partners, part of the Catholic Healthcare Partners group, knew it couldn’t put the electronic cart before the paper horse.

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Author: Martin, Ginny

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: April 2008

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) surprised the coding world last year when it changed its 22-year-old reimbursement system to the severity-adjusted MS-DRG system. HIM departments anticipated the system would have a significant impact on operations—increasing demands f....