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HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix C: HIM’s Role in Data Capture, Validation, and Maintenance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A critical component of AHIMA's draft HIM Core Model, a robust description of the functions and opportunities open to current and future HIM professionals, is capture and maintenance of health data.1 HIM professionals are encouraged to assume a leadership role in outlining how data are captured....
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix B: HIM’s Role in Data Governance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A solid foundation is key to any organization's structure. The same is true for HIM. Information stewardship and data governance practices provide cohesive policies, processes, and decision rights and responsibilities for effective health information management and maintenance.1
The....
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix A: Patient Safety and Quality Opportunities for HIM-IT Collaboration
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
In today's world, HIM staff must work together with the IT department to ensure the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of health information. This teamwork can enable safe, high-quality care and the efficient provision of services.
Normally HIM professionals are not respons....
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2011
Editor's note: this practice brief supplants the January 2005 practice brief "The HIM Role in Patient Safety and Quality of Care."
Achieving high quality, cost-efficient healthcare requires collaboration among all healthcare professionals and stakeholders. Currently the quality of....
HIM Best Practices for Records Management at Transitions of Care
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....
HIM Best Practices for Engaging Consumers in Their Overall Healthcare
Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; Shaffer, Heidi; Warren, Paula
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2015
As a nation, the United States has been focused heavily on engaging consumers in their overall health and wellness. This has been propelled by federal initiatives such as the “meaningful use” Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, mandated clinical quality measures based....
HIM and Health IT: Discovering Common Ground in an Electronic Healthcare Environment
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2008
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
HIM and Health IT: Appendixes
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: November 2008
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
HIE Management and Operational Considerations
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2011
Editor's note: This update supplants the November-December 2006 practice brief "Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange".
The primary function of a health information exchange (HIE) is to permit access to clinical information on demand at the point of care. HIEs enabl....
Health Informatics Standards and Information Transfer: Exploring the HIM Role
Author: Murphy, Gretchen; Brandt, Mary D.
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2001
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Health Data Access, Use, and Control
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill; Hjort, Beth M.; Washington, Lydia
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Handling Complaints and Mitigation (Updated) - Retired
Author: AHIMA; American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 2010
Editor’s note: This update replaces content presented in the November 2003 practice brief “Handling Complaints and Mitigation.”
Many HIM professionals are experienced at managing various types of complaints that arise in day-to-day health information operations.....
Handling Complaints and Mitigation
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2003
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for Physician Office Query Practice
Author: Bryant, Gloryanne H.; Mogbo, Chinedum
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 2018
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Guidelines for Physician Office Query Practice
Documentation in the health record is a basic but critical component to every patient encounter, patient service, and setting. The provider is key to delivering detailed information reg....
Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Guidelines for EHR Documentation Practice
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2007
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for Developing a Data Dictionary
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on EHR Data Content
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2006
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
This 2013 practice brief version has been retired and is retained here for historical purposes. Read the 2016 updated version of this Practice Brief here.
The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 defines a "business....
Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement (2016)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2016
This update supersedes the November 2013 practice brief, Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement.
The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines a "business associate (BA) as a person or entity that performs....
Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice (2016 Update)
Author:
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2016
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief has been updated. See the latest version: http://bok.ahima.org/doc?oid=302674. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
In court an attorney can’t “lead” a witness into a....
Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query
Author: Combs, Tammy; DeVault, Kathryn; Easterling, Sharon; Endicott, Melanie; Isom, Crystal; Lojewski, Tedi; Simmons, Cortnie R.; Wolf, Beth
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
Editor’s Note. This Practice Brief has been updated. See the latest version at Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query
. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
The complex and highly specific nature of ICD-10-PCS has changed....
Guidance for Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: May 2010
The content in this practice brief has been updated. See updated information here.
Getting to Know PubMed: an Overview (2010 update)
Author: Bielby, Judy A; Williams, Margaret
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Getting to Know PubMed: an Overview
Author: Fenton, Susan H.; Williams, Margaret
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2005
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Fundamentals of the Legal Health Record and Designated Record Set
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 2011
Throughout this brief, sentences marked with the † symbol indicate AHIMA best practices in health information management. These practices are collected in the new AHIMA Compendium, offering health information management professionals "just in time" guidance as they research and address p....
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