200 results.
<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20
Boosting Efficiency in Home Health Record Systems
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....
Lights! Camera! Tramua!: Confidentiality and New Media
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.....
Implementing an Electronic Imaging System
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....
Off-Site Coding Success Story
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....
Breaking with Tradition: Improving HIM Functions in Behavioral Health
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....
Retention of Health Information (1999 update)
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.
State Laws or Regulations Pertaining to Retention of Health Information (1999)
Author:
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.
EMR Education for a Student Health Center
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.
Working Smarter, Not Harder, in a Family Practice
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....
Changes for the Better: Implementing Four Best Practices
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....
<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20