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Data Security Compliance in IT Asset Disposition
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....
Medical Record Retention and Media Formats for Medical Records
Author: Medicare Learning Network
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Publication Date: August 10, 2010
E-Discovery from the Judicial Perspective
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....
Managing Existing Patient Records in the Transition to EHRs in Physician Practices
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.....
Strong State Role in HIE: Lessons from the South Carolina Health Information Exchange
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....
Using Clinical Photos in EHRs
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....
Easing e-Discovery: The Electronic Discovery Reference Model and the Information Management Reference Model
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.
Dispute Resolution: Planning for Disputed Information in EHRS and PHRS
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....
Managing Electronic Information Beyond the Health Record
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....
Managing Audit Trails
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....
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