Author: Appavu, Soloman I.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2006

Standards harmonization in healthcare is a major challenge compared to other industries. Why?

Banking and travel industries have achieved harmonization of standards for their respective IT systems. Banking transactions can be done securely from anywhere in the world through ATM machi....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on EHR Data Content

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2006

To efficiently and accurately share clinical information, EHRs must be interoperable—the IT systems and software applications used by various facilities and made by different vendors must be able to communicate so that usable data can be exchanged accurately, effectively, and consistentl....

Author: McBride, Susan; Gilder, Richard; Davis, Robert; Fenton, Susan H.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2006

Exchanging health data electronically requires some cartography. HIM professionals not involved with data mapping now will be soon.



One essential component of health IT interoperability, and the improved care and efficiency it offers, is data mapping. Data mapping....

Author: Stein, Todd

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2006

Fledgling RHIOs get a head start with new model policies and technical guidelines from Connecting for Health.
When Chuck Fitch first began to promote a regional health information network for Memphis’s far-flung hospitals, medical centers, county clinics, and physician groups thre....

Author: Kloss, Linda L; Detmer, Don E.

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: February 01, 2006

February 1, 2006
George W. Bush
President, United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Congratulations on your State of the Union address. As associations that work on both a national and interna....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

Once data can move across vast networks, how to find it? The accuracy and flexibility of patient matching will determine interoperability’s success.
Christina Jones, a Chicago resident, is spending the day with a friend in nearby Milwaukee. While shopping after lunch, she collapse....

Author: Healthcare Financial Management Association

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2006

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

This year the vision of connected health information will come into sharper focus. Federally funded initiatives for sharing health information are taking place in a dozen communities across the country. Four consortiums are under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to de....

Author: Heubusch, Kevin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

Healthcare’s hottest topic finally has two things it has badly needed: plain language and a sense of urgency.
Every health information story in 2006 will circle back to one word. In one way or another, every HIM story this year will relate to interoperability.

Healthcare....

Author: Jones, LeRoy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

Interoperability will change healthcare. How much depends to a large extent on what happens right at the point of care.
On July 21, 2004, David Brailer, MD, PhD, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology published the Framework for Strategic Action, whi....

Author: U.S. Indian Health Service. Resource and Patient Management System

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

Author: AHIMA; et al.

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: December 02, 2005

Author: U.S. Commission on Systemic Interoperability

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: October 25, 2005

Author: Grant, Karen G.; Mikels, Debbie

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


In April 2004, President Bush issued an executive order that called for bringing interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) to fruition in the next decade. In order to facilitate these efforts, David Brailer was appointed as National Health Information Technology....

Author: Jones, Tom

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction: Interoperability and Communication

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to provide leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infra....

Author: Lowenhaupt, Manuel T.; Lynch, James R.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction

Building a clinical information system (CIS), especially as an instrument for integrating a hospital’s clinical and financial functions with each patient’s electronic health record (EHR), looms as a task for most healthcare providers. A vital consideration in impl....

Author: LePar, Kathleen

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction

Making the transition to an electronic health record (EHR) or, for the purpose of behavioral health organizations, an electronic client record (ECR) is a major undertaking for any organization. The ECR affects both quality and administrative aspects of the organization. It al....

Author: Rivera, Madeline; Zusman, Irina; Kogan, Susanna; Sichalov, Nadia; Spector, Michelle

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Summary


Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) in Brooklyn, NY, implemented a successful documentation improvement program in 2001. Under the auspices of the Case Management Department, documentation specialists, who are credentialed HIM professionals (RHIA, CCS), perform concurrent and....

Author: Booth, Julie Harmata

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction


Human factors engineering is the science of designing tools, tasks, information, and work systems to be compatible with the abilities of human users; this includes both physical and cognitive abilities. As a science, human factors engineering provides a framework to c....

Author: Reino, Linda L.E.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction

In his state of the union address in January 2004, President George W. Bush stated that every American will have an electronic health record in 10 years. HIM professionals know that this is a daunting task to undertake. There are many things that need to be considered from co....

Author: Simianer, Colleen; Clyburn, Kenneth; Green, Tasha

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Presentation Overview

The government has released a plan to establish a national health information infrastructure in 10 years and bring electronic health records to every patient.1 David Brailer was appointed the first national health information technology coordinator by former Health a....

Author: Osborn, Carol E.; Curtis, Elizabeth

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Background

Of late, there has been much interest in the relationship between medical record documentation, coding, and the organization’s case-mix index (CMI). Many organizations have implemented documentation improvement programs with the goal of obtaining more specificity in codin....

Author: O'Bleness, Elaine

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 2005

Introduction

As the cost and complexity of healthcare spiral upward, the need for an electronic record of care that spans time, geography and care setting—a community-based digital health record—becomes increasingly apparent.

Since the early 1980s, healthcare profess....

Author: Stallings, Crystal

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction

The president of the US stated that within 10 years, all health records will be electronic. This will evolve patient care in health institutions across America and will reduce the complexity of obtaining information when it is needed. This momentum has already been experience....

Author: Damianakis, Stefanos; Lusk, Katherine; Just, Beth Haenke

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Presentation Summary

This presentation focuses on the importance of implementing data quality initiatives as part of a new or existing EHR deployment. If data quality is not addressed, EHRs are rendered practically useless and compromise physician adoption. Effective participation in a RH....