Author: Grebner, Leah A.; Stanfill, Mary H

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2005

The term coagulopathy can be confusing for coding professionals because it may refer to a myriad of conditions that are classified differently in ICD-9-CM. Take for example a patient who has bleeding somewhere (e.g., hematuria or epistaxis). The physician lists “coumadin coagulopathy&rd....

Author: Rivera, Madeline; Zusman, Irina; Kogan, Susanna; Sichalov, Nadia; Spector, Michelle

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Summary


Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) in Brooklyn, NY, implemented a successful documentation improvement program in 2001. Under the auspices of the Case Management Department, documentation specialists, who are credentialed HIM professionals (RHIA, CCS), perform concurrent and....

Author: Whitaker, Lisa Lowe

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction
Six Sigma is the new kid on the block for performance improvement in healthcare; however, it is not new to the manufacturing world. Companies such as Motorola, Toyota, and GE have used Six Sigma since the 1980s to improve their business processes. Six Sigma is defined as “an....

Author: Hirschl, Nancy; Belton, Paul

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


Traditionally, compliance programs have focused on the seven required elements from auditing and monitoring to hotline investigations. Most of these elements have become routine and solidified into every compliance program. In truth, seasoned compliance officers often....

Author: Osborn, Carol E.; Curtis, Elizabeth

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Background

Of late, there has been much interest in the relationship between medical record documentation, coding, and the organization’s case-mix index (CMI). Many organizations have implemented documentation improvement programs with the goal of obtaining more specificity in codin....

Author: Westhafer, Kathy J

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2005

Have you given any thought to how your medical record committee and forms management process need to transition with electronic health record (EHR) development? At the Christiana Care Health System, we have. Here’s our evolving story.

Christiana Care is a two-hospital health s....

Author: MacCornack, Rick

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 08, 2005

presentation at the HIT Summit West, San Francisco, CA

Author: Hofler, Linda D.; Hardee, Joy; Dildy, Kenneth; Burleson, Deeanna; Grady, Jamie

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2005

The privacy and security rules require audits and system activity reviews. Here is one health system's process, a systematic approach that focuses on areas of greatest risk.
Ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of patient information is fundamental to HIM, but it has taken on a new le....

Author: Koval, Dianne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2005

By distributing costs and benefits among providers and payers, a regional physician association is creating a data exchange network with an ambitious goal: interoperable EHR systems in every physician’s office.
Mark Foster, MD, of Hudson Valley Primary Care in Wappingers Falls, NY,....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

As healthcare organizations implement EHRs, effective HIM leadership becomes more important than ever. Key to establishing a defining role within your organization is appreciating how groups interact.
Despite the excitement surrounding the impending arrival of the electronic health recor....