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Are Clinical Information Systems Meeting the Needs of Enterprise Workflows?
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
It's certainly been an interesting year watching the machinations of the various EHR (clinical information systems) vendors avoid strong enterprise/HIM integration within their clinical products. I have been forced to radically change my thinking about combining clinical, point-of-care, clinic....
Critical Success Factors in Establishing the Electronic Health Record. The Experience of ChevronTexaco Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Author: Gabriel, Aremo Ade; Mojirola, Aeolian ; Julia, Irrechukwu ; Taiwo, Olugbenle
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Developing and implementing a health information management system (HIMS) in a non-health, business-oriented environment is usually a heavy and Herculean task. The nitty-gritty centers on making a compelling business case, gaining the confidence of the stakeholders, and plann....
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE): An International Approach to the Development of Implementation Guides for Electronic Health Record Systems
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Keywords
Actors, Domains, Electronic Health Records, Implementation Guides, Integration
Profiles, Interface, Interoperability, Longitudinal Health Records, Portability, Protocols,
Standards Development Organizations, Technical Frameworks, Transactions
Introduction
Planning to Manage Information Without Records
Author: Amatayakul, Margret; Lazarus, Steven S.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Many providers have successfully implemented financial and administrative information systems. With heightened emphasis on electronic health records (EHRs) from President Bush on down through the federal chain of command, and in the private sector many providers are now cons....
Right Identity Management Strategy is Good for Patient Safety
Author: Wheatley, Victoria
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
A 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine found that up to 98,000 people die each year in America’s hospitals as a result of preventable medical mistakes. A variety of errors can occur, from performing the wrong procedure to providing the wrong prescription. The problem is not carelessness....
Buyer Beware - the MD and the EMR: You Can't Have One Without the Other
Author: AL-Jafar, Eiman; Campbell, Jennie; Nelson, Rosemarie; Starnes, Harry
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Due to significant advances in technology and increasing pressure on physician groups for improved efficiency and care delivery, electronic medical record (EMR) systems are gaining popularity. There are hundreds of products designated as EMRs available in today's market, mak....
Going Paperless: Dreams and Reality
Author: Raw, Josephine
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Women's and Children's Health Service in Melbourne, Australia, is beginning to make the transition towards a paperless medical record.
Women's and Children's Health consists of The Royal Women's Hospital and The Royal Children's Hospital, each located on their own camp....
Need for a Time Machine in the Distributed EHR
Author: Bakker, Ab
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Abstract
The electronic health record (EHR) will present to authorised health professionals in an ordered way patient data collected in different care settings and different care facilities. It is widely expected that such an EHR will become an important tool for healthcare professionals....
HIM Professionals' Endurance in 21st Century
Author: Mogli, G. D.
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Healthcare problems have haunted human society since time immemorial. Social and economic gains have a direct bearing on the status of people. Cultural progress depends upon the recognition and elimination of health problems. Health therefore is a major ingredient of public....
Improving Patient Care Through Data Quality Management of Regulatory Reporting of Outcome Measures
Author: Panico, Mary; Hall, Debra; Berman, Regina; Siegel, Barbara
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
In the fourth quarter of 2002, regulatory agencies began to align their initiatives driven by the National Quality Forum (NQF) evidenced-based measures, which drove the CMS 7 th Scope of Work. Project designs were to address morbidity and mortality of high-risk and high-vari....
Electronic Legal Health Record and Components to Get There
Author: Green-Shook, Sheila
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Abstract
This portion of the paper addresses the operational challenges and risks to HIM professionals who work in organizations that are in the process of implementing an electronic health record (EHR) or who have already implemented an EHR. Although many organizations nationally and interna....
State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology: Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Health Information Technology (THQIT). Fact Sheet
Author: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: October 13, 2004
In October 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded $139 million in contracts and grants to promote the use of health information technology (HIT) through the development of networks for sharing clinical data as well as projects for planning, implementing, and demons....
Physician Self-Referral and Anti-kickback Laws Pose Threats to Development of Community Health Information Networks
Author: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: October 02, 2004
[Oct. 2004] Establishing a regional community-based health information organization (RHIO) exchange presents a host of technical, regulatory, financial and practical challenges. Most would agree that in order for the regional health information organization system to be effective, community p....
Strategic Importance of Electronic Health Records Management. Appendix A: Issues in Electronic Health Records Management
Author: AHIMA Work Group on Electronic Health Records Management
Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: October 02, 2004
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
No Downhill Coast for Data Standards
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2004
As committees meet, there is tension between gathering data and reworking process.
A summit is a high point. The problem is that many expect the road to be downhill all the way after a summit. In the case of this summer’s summit on health information technology, the nation isn&rsqu....
Defining the Differences Between the CPR, EMR, and EHR
Author: Mon, Donald T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2004
As healthcare professionals have attempted to gain a better understanding of the electronic health record (EHR) over the last year, it is natural for them to compare and contrast past experiences with electronic records against the now-published Health Level 7 (HL7) EHR draft standard. Interes....
Strategic Importance of Electronic Health Records Management: Checklist for Transition to the EHR
Author: AHIMA Work Group on Electronic Health Records Management
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: October 2004
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Value of Healthcare Information Exchange and Interoperability [External]
Author: Pan, Eric
Source: External web site
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
presentation at the HIT Summit West, San Francisco, CA
EHR and Interoperability: Reaching the Tipping Point
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
The drive to create an interoperable health information system accelerated during the summer. Four major initiatives came together in the summer heat, and our nation is poised to move from talk to action about health information infrastructure. We have reached the tipping point.
Nationa....
When the Writ Hits the Fan: the Importance of Managing Electronic Health Records as Business Documents
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
Your healthcare facility is digitally capturing information at a staggering pace. But if a subpoena showed up tomorrow, could you produce the information you need?
While mounds of analog paper and film continue to overwhelm most healthcare organization record and film libraries, the fac....
Anticipating Error: Identifying Weak Links in the Electronic Healthcare Environment
Author: Nayar, Madhavan; Miller, Sharon
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
In HIM, technology is only as good as the data it delivers. Information integrity offers a systematic way to identify where and how error can enter the electronic health record.
The electronic health record (EHR) offers crucial improvements to healthcare, including reduced medical error....
National HIT Plan Sets Cornerstones for E-HIM
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
Without introduction, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson brought the room to a hush, announcing that the healthcare industry had reached its “tipping point” and now was the time to begin the industry’s movement into the decade of electronic heal....
Case for Portable Electronic Health Records
Author: Cuellar, Ed
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
As the healthcare industry continues its steady move toward comprehensive electronic medical record-keeping, there is one solution that could easily be implemented now using current technologies, that offers several baseline benefits to patients, providers, and payers. That solution is a phys....
HHS's Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: August 19, 2004
Case Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Author: Kramer, Andrew; Bennett, Rachael E; Fish, Ronald; Lin, C T; Floersch, Natasha ; Conway, Karin; Coleman, Eric A.; Harvell, Jennie; Tuttle, Mark S.
Source: U.S. DHHS. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Publication Date: August 18, 2004
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