Author: Abraham, Prinny

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2000

The growing pains of the past decade have led to medical record backlogs and record retrieval crises for many home healthcare agencies. These problems have pushed more than one agency director into enlisting the skills of an HIM professional to evaluate the medical record systems in pl....

Author: Fujimura, Martin K.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: March 02, 2000

If one were to ask if a handwritten or printed paper medical record should remain confidential, most people- including individuals without medical or legal training-would agree that information should not be released without the patient’s consent or the existence of a valid medical emergency.....

Author: Graham, Debra

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2000

More and more is being seen and heard about the computerized patient record (CPR). The desire to embrace this new technology is often checked by fear of such a project's magnitude. A myriad of questions regarding computer literacy suddenly emerge: Do I, or anyone in my department, really under....

Author: Kramer, Lynette; Meeks, Richard

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2000

If you asked HIM professionals about key success factors that substantially impact timely and accurate coding, three of the most common answers might be:
availability of the record immediately after the patient visit
availability of the complete record....

Author: Haines, Pamela T.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 1999

Operation PAR, Inc., in St. Petersburg, FL, is an integrated substance abuse/mental health delivery system that includes substance abuse programs and a recently acquired psychiatric hospital. It includes inpatient, residential, and outpatient programs for both juvenile and adult client....

Author: Fletcher, Donna M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: June 1999

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: June 1999

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Burgess, Barbara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 1999

How does a busy student health center on a state university campus implement an electronic health record? This is the story of how Hall Health Primary Care Center (HHPCC), a community-based primary care center at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, did just that.

Author: Wager, Karen A.; Lee, Frances Wickham; Glorioso, Robert; Bergstrom, LuAnne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 1999

When Spring Garden Family Practice (SGFP) in York, PA, converted from paper records to an electronic medical record (EMR) four years ago, the medical director wanted his staff to work smarter, not harder.

The staff's productivity was impaired by sorting through tons of paper....

Author: Doyon, Cynthia; Thompson, Kim; Meottel, Lori

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 1999

Best practices don't have to be expensive or difficult. Sometimes changing a process for the better simply means looking at it from a new angle. Here's how one hospital staff collaborated on simple changes that made a difference.

When it comes to reengineering processes....