Author: Burt, Catharine W.; Hing, Esther S.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publication Date: March 15, 2005

Author: Basch, Peter; Kibbe, David

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 08, 2005

presentation at the HIT Summit West, San Francisco, CA

Author: Barbaro, Leo M.

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 07, 2005

presentation at the HIT Summit West, San Francisco, CA

Author: Plavner, Victor

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 07, 2005

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2005

The electronic health record (EHR) is making inroads in healthcare organizations, and many HIM professionals say they are ready. More than 40 percent of respondents to a new survey indicate that their organizations are extensively or partially implementing an EHR, and almost 70 percent say the....

Author: Koval, Dianne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2005

By distributing costs and benefits among providers and payers, a regional physician association is creating a data exchange network with an ambitious goal: interoperable EHR systems in every physician’s office.
Mark Foster, MD, of Hudson Valley Primary Care in Wappingers Falls, NY,....

Author: Working Group on Accurately Linking Information for Health Care Quality and Safety

Source: External web site

Publication Date: February 14, 2005

Author: AHIMA; Kloss, Linda L

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: January 18, 2005

January 18, 2005

David J. Brailer, MD, PhD
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 517-D
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Dr.....

Author: AHIMA; et al.

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: January 18, 2005

This Collaborative Response is submitted by: American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), American National Standards Institute-Healthcare Informatics Standards Board (ANSI HISB), Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL)....

Author: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: January 02, 2005

Author:

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

Nation's First Health Information Technology Coordinator Delivers Monday Keynote
AHIMA members are “people who have stepped to the front lines, who live and breathe the question of how we make changes” in the healthcare system, David Brailer, MD, PhD, told a general session au....

Author: Hanson, Susan P.; Hanson, Raymond J. Jr.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

On opposite sides of the globe, India and the US spell the future of health information management the same: EHR.
The numbers are staggering and hard to absorb by US standards—the Indian healthcare system delivers care to a population of more than 1 billion people. With acceleratin....

Author: AHIMA; Healthcare Informatics

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: December 02, 2004

Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Source: Federal Register

Publication Date: November 15, 2004

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 10, 2004

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA presentation | AHIMA recognition week resources

Publication Date: November 07, 2004

Author:

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Supplement

Publication Date: November 2004

Changing Roles and Responsibilities When Transitioning from Paper to Bytes



Long before the Institute of Medicine published in 1991 its watershed report, The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care, the information technology (IT) and the h....

Author: Mon, Donald T.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

The Health Level 7 electronic health record draft standard for trial use (HL7 EHR DSTU) passed convincingly in July 2004. As per the requirements of a draft standard, HL7 now has two years to refine it into a fully accredited standard. What are the next steps that will move the EHR closer to a....

Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: November 02, 2004

Q: From a Washington State Community of Practice discussion thread: What should our facility do when we receive medical information burned to a CD in place of hard copies? Should we print copies? Should we send the CD back? If copies are printed, should the CD be maintained or destroyed?
....

Author: Working Group on Financial Organizational and Legal Sustainability of Health Information Exchange

Source: External - used with permission

Publication Date: October 22, 2004

Author: Berner, Eta S.; Detmer, Don E.; Simborg, Donald

Source: External web site

Publication Date: October 18, 2004

Review paper from Focus on Electronic Health Records: AMIA's College of Informatics Symposium 2004.

Author: Imel, Margo; Giannangelo, Kathy; Levy, Brian

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

This paper explains the principles of mapping from a clinical terminology, such as SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®), to other classifications and terminologies. It discusses the benefits and challenges in designing a map and the rationale behind developing a map to support different cli....

Author: Helbig, Susan; Hammond, Kenric W.

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has been implementing an electronic health record for several years. Beginning in 1997, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) began the systematic implementation of the first version of its computerized patient record system (CPRS....

Author: Loos, Markus

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The Charité--University of Medicine Berlin, is the largest hospital in Europe. Its four campuses have about 2,300 beds. The 9,384 employees care for about 100,000 inpatients and about 250,000 ambulatory patients per year. Approximately 4,900 students are instructed in....

Author: Parsons, Roger; Lenahan, Monica; Micheletti, Julie A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Outline: This paper presents three perspectives on how to take charge of data integrity and implement strategies to improve physician documentation. These perspectives will outline how accurate health information data can be used to support meaningful strategic planning, compliance and utiliza....