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EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value. Appendix B: Vendor Questionnaire for EHR System Selection
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2011
Evaluation Criteria
Vendor A
Vendor B
Vendor C
Name and Address of Home Office Phone Number Sales/Contact Representative....
EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value. Appendix C: The HIM Professional as Privacy Officer in LTC
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2011
In the early 1900s the American College of Surgeons' Hospital Standardization Program provided guidance on how to organize data in medical records for research. Currently many disciplines use medical records for a variety of purposes. Since the early days, HIM professionals have guarded the int....
EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2011
Electronic health record systems offer many opportunities for long-term care (LTC) facilities and their patients, and momentum is building for their widespread adoption across care settings.
Although some federal health IT initiatives benefit long-term care, LTC facilities are not....
EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value. Appendix D: The HIM Professional as a Compliance Officer in LTC
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2011
Hospitals developed compliance programs in response to a 1991 federal Sentencing Commission policy mandating penalties for organizations convicted of federal crimes. These federal crimes include fraud and abuse of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. If an organization's compliance program inclu....
EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value. Appendix A: HIM’s Role and Functions in LTC
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2011
HIM professionals working in LTC facilities using EHRs are responsible for the following areas and tasks:
Supervisory/Management
Develop and maintain policy and procedures and job descriptions for the health information department
Manage human resource functions for the departme....
Disaster Planning for Health Information (2010 Update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2010
The content in this practice brief has been retired. This version is made available for historical purposes only. More recent information is available here.
Report to the President Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: the Path Forward
Author: U.S. Executive Office of the President. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: December 08, 2010
Managing the Transition from Paper to EHRs. Appendix A: Legal Source Legend
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: November 2010
This practice brief appendix has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing the Transition from Paper to EHRs (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2010
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
NIST Guide to the Processes Approach for Improving the Usability of Electronic Health Records
Author: Schumacher, Robert M.; Lowry, Svetlana Z.
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 15, 2010
EHRs as the Business and Legal Records of Healthcare Organizations (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2010
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
EHR Guidance for Physician Practice: Keys to Ensuring a Successful Physician Practice EHR Adoption
Author: Dowling, Alan F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
Today physician practices have the opportunity to improve information completeness, accuracy, and timeliness and care quality. ARRA incentives and the new regional extension centers have joined the myriad market forces accelerating the push for physicians to trade paper for health IT.
Migrating from Paper to EHRs in Physician Practices. Appendix A: Historical Medical Record/Chart Abstraction Checklist—Primary Care
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: November 2010
This checklist can help physician practices migrate all the appropriate data from an individual patient paper record into the EHR. Each record or data element should be expanded upon with descriptions based on the practice’s definitions, the location of the information in the paper chart,....
Understanding the Meaningful Use Vocabulary Standards
Author: Ulmer, Stephen E.; Fuller, Jan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The vocabulary standards adopted in the meaningful use final rule provide the language to capture primary health data required for the meaningful use objectives. It is through these standards that health information will be captured and transmitted. Knowing the vocabulary standards and underst....
Direct Route to Meaningful Use? Health Story Project Offers a Path to Integrate Clinical Documents into EHRs
Author: Alschuler, Liora
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The meaningful use final rule is spurring many organizations to implement electronic health records (EHRs). However, integrating clinical notes into EHRs continues to be a problem for many organizations.
The Health Story Project aims to streamline this process by supporting the deve....
Migrating from Paper to EHRs in Physician Practices - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2010
A successful transition from paper-based charts to electronic health records (EHRs) in the physician practice or clinic requires careful coordination of many moving parts. A myriad of challenging and complex decisions must be made, ranging from selection and implementation to training and maint....
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Paper Record!
Author: Berryhill, Tammy Lynn
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2010
Many of us have preconceived notions about how we will work within the new electronic environment as we help the implementation process succeed. Perhaps we need to also look at the negative impact some of these changes have had on HIM personnel. Some may find their tasks outsourced, o....
CPOE Lessons Learned
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
Hospitals and healthcare providers acknowledge that computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems effectively address patient safety issues such as medication errors and document legibility. Built-in clinical decision support alerts can help identify drug-to-drug interactions or dosage err....
ICD-9-CM Coding Guidance for LTC Facilities - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2010
Diagnostic coding plays several important roles in every healthcare setting, including long-term care (LTC) nursing facilities. LTC facilities assign ICD-9-CM codes to capture a resident's clinical conditions.
ICD-9-CM facilitates the collection and organization of healthcare stat....
Integrating Medical and Dental Records: A New Frontier in Health Information Management
Author: Rudman, William J.; Hart-Hester, Susan; Jones, Warren A.; Caputo, Nadine; Madison, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
Integrating records of systemic and oral health would improve patient care. It would also open up a new frontier in health information management.
A fully integrated patient record and care model for both systemic health (medical) and oral health (dental) is needed for health informa....
CDI and Hospital Performance Rankings - Where Are Your Best Opportunities for Improvement?
Author: Belley, Susan; Garrison, Garri L.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
Changes in reimbursement formulas, federal and state payment reforms, and other quality initiatives are challenging the way hospitals document the patient episode. Accurate capture of patient severity and post-admission complications in physician documentation not only affects payment, but al....
Change a Cooperative Relationship into a Collaboration Relationship
Author: Ericson, Cheryl E
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
Healthcare in the United States is big business and a political minefield as it consumes 16.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).1 Many agree that the healthcare system in the United States is in need of reform as costs continue to soar; however, the question is what type of reform? As heal....
How to Make the Most of your "Coding" Compliance Review: Before during and after moving forward with the results
Author: Daube, Julie L
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 27, 2010
Baseline Audits & Compliance Program: Getting Started
In these ever changing times in HIM, the one thing we are hearing over and over is the word "audit". For some of us it sends shivers down our spines thinking about all the government agencies and commercial....
Re-engineering ROI Using Your EHR
Author: Robertson, April D.; Rohs, Matt; Verity, Margaret; Broker, Jean
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 25, 2010
Introduction
In the past, release of information (ROI) was an area within the health information management department stacked high with paper charts, rubber thumbs and an industrial-strength photocopy machine. With the advent of electronic document management systems and electroni....
EHRs Prove a Difficult Witness in Court
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 2010
Sep 24, 2010
The EHR is a valuable clinical tool for streamlining and improving patient care. But it is complicating and confusing the courts.
As the first cases involving electronic health records make their way into legal proceedings, everyone involved is discovering th....
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