Author: Adam, Chris

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 28, 2010

Introduction

Stories about the theft of confidential data have made headlines all too frequently over the past few years. This reality is forcing some businesses to face up to an inconvenient truth: Many organizations have no reliable procedures to ensure that the computers and rel....

Author: Medicare Learning Network

Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Publication Date: August 10, 2010

Author: DeLoss, Gerald E.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2010

In a typical legal action, judges have a different perspective on the production of electronically stored information (ESI) than do HIM professionals. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, case law, and past experiences with discovery disputes play an important role in how judges view e-discov....

Author: AHIMA Physician Practice Council

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Arguably, the greatest challenge for a medical practice implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system is change. Setting up new software and hardware is typically easier than disrupting and reconfiguring the practice’s processes and determining how to handle its existing paper records.....

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....

Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2010

For most organizations, patient-identifiable source data include data from interpretations, summaries, or notes. These data are usually maintained within the originating department, separate from the HIM department and the health record, and sometimes in a different database. Examples incl....

Author: Horn, William S

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project offers guidelines and standards for e-discovery. It has helped reduce the cost, time, and manual work associated with e-discovery and has proven to be invaluable to those engaged in litigation support since its creation in 2005.

Author: Washington, Lydia; Katsh, Ethan; Sondheimer, Norman

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

Healthcare providers receive relatively few patient requests to correct or change information in their records. In part, that has been because patients had poor access to their information. EHRs, PHRs, and private and public initiatives may change all that. Is healthcare ready?

A per....

Author: Nunn, Sandra L.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 05, 2009

Introduction

Health Information Management professionals have embraced the challenge of implementing and managing the Electronic Health Record. This presentation will demonstrate how to stretch the skills the HIM professional developed in building the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to mov....

Author: Nunn, Sandra L.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2009

Audit trails are records with retention requirements, and HIM professionals should include them in their management of electronic health record content. Legal and compliance needs drive audit trail management, but it is complicated by the challenges that IT departments face in storing these la....