Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: January 20, 2016

Telemedicine is, to say the least, “exploding”—both as a source of electronic health information and a business model. As of December 2015, “29 states and Washington D.C. have enacted legislation ensuring that private insurers offer reimbursement for telemedicine at equival....

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: February 2000

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Johnson, Marlene L.; Warner, Diana

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: May 2013

Editor's Note: This practice brief supersedes the April 1997 practice brief "Telemedical Records."



Telemedicine is a rapidly growing industry in the medical practice. Telemedicine is defined as telecommunications systems that link healthcare organizations and patients from d....

Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2016

Every Internet hypochondriac can agree on one thing: No good can ever come from Google image searching one’s own dermatologic irregularities. Spider bite or skin cancer? Only a doctor can know for sure… or can they?


Ideally, every person who wonders about a skin condition can gai....

Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2016

The consequences of failing to correctly diagnose child abuse are enormous—and a burden to any pediatric provider. Rural healthcare providers, who regularly treat suspected victims of abuse in emergency rooms and clinics, often lack access to the tools and experts that can help them make more i....

Author: Kalankesh, Leila R.; Pourasghar, Faramarz; Nicholson, Lorraine; Ahmadi, Shamim; Hosseini, Azamol-sadat

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2016

Abstract


Background: Telehealth has been defined as the remote delivery of healthcare services using information and communication technology. Where resource-limited health systems face challenges caused by the increasing burden of chronic diseases and an aging global population,....

Author: Kostick, Karen M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2009

National health policy has been increasingly responsive to the healthcare needs of rural residents and providers. Rural America has a large percentage of the nation’s Medicare population, and this percentage continues to grow as residents born in the Baby Boomer generation begin to retir....

Author: Lorence, Daniel P.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 1998

In a rapidly changing healthcare environment, HIM professionals are well advised to stay abreast of industry trends. The author identifies 11 trends that are likely to influence both the strategic and operational aspects of health information management.
Observers of the heal....

Author: MacDonald, Keith; California HealthCare Foundation

Source: External web site

Publication Date: November 17, 2003

Author: Majerowicz, Anita; Tracy, Susan

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2010

Traditionally, healthcare has been provided in the physician’s office, hospital, or outpatient clinic. Patient care has been based primarily on face-to-face contact, with the exchange of information via conversation.

However, technology is changing how and where care is delivered. M....