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Managing Health Information Relating to Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Author: Carpenter, Jennifer E.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: May 1999
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing Health Information in Facility Mergers and Acquisitions (1996)
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 1996
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing Copy Functionality and Information Integrity in the EHR - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
There are high expectations for electronic health records (EHRs) to improve patient healthcare. However, as the industry implements EHRs, it is recognizing that adoption and implementation alone do not guarantee data integrity. In this rapidly changing environment, the use of the copy functiona....
Managing a Patient’s Right to Request Restrictions of Disclosures to Health Plans
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Covered entities should already have in place the mechanisms for limiting PHI under minimum necessary policies and procedures. This Practice Brief provides guidance to assist organizations in complying with the 2013 HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Rule’s new disclosure restriction requirements.
Managing an Effective Query Process
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2008
The content in this practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only. More recent information is available here.
Managing and Improving Data Quality (2003 update)
Author: AHIMA Coding Products and Services Team
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2003
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix C AHIMA Sample Patient Statement of Disagreement
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2017
Patient Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
City:__________....
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix B AHIMA Sample Patient Request to Amend the Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: December 2017
Patient Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
City:__________....
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix A Checklist: Questions to Consider Before Participating in an HIE
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2018
What is each provider’s responsibility for providing accurate and complete data?
What is each provider’s responsibility for updating inaccurate or incomplete data?
What role does the HIE play in facilitating or assisting with the updating of patient data?
Managing a Data Dictionary - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2012
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”
As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....
Management Practices for the Release of Information (2012 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 2012
Editor's note: This update replaces the November–December 2008 practice brief "Management Practices for the Release of Information."
Exchange of health information is an essential function for the provision of high-quality, cost-effective, and safe healthcare. The health information....
Management Practices for the Release of Information
Author: Bock, Linda J.; Demster, Barbara; Dinh, Angela K.; Gorton, Elisa R.; Lantis, James R. Jr.
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2008
Exchange of health information is an essential function to the provision of high-quality and cost-effective healthcare. The information should be complete and timely for its intended purpose. While this sounds straightforward, often it is not an easy task in the complex medical and legal envir....
Making Amendments to Health Records (2017 Update)
Author: Burton, Ben; Downing, Katherine
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief update supplants part of the 2013 Practice Brief “Patient Access and Amendment to Health Records.”
Before April 2003, a patient’s legal right to amend his or her health records was limited to those patients treated at hea....
Maintenance of Master Patient Index -- Single Site or Enterprise (1997)
Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 1997
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Maintaining a Legally Sound Health Record: Paper and Electronic
Author: E-HIM Work Group on Maintaining the Legal EHR
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Maintaining a Legally Sound Health Record
Author: Dougherty, Michelle
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2002
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Litigation Response Planning and Policies for E-Discovery
Author: AHIMA e-Discovery Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 2008
With the enactment of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), the legal discovery process in healthcare is beginning a radical transformation. The rules governing the discovery of electronic information and the legal process will vary by court jurisdiction (federal, state, or local) as wel....
Limiting the Use of the Social Security Number in Healthcare. Appendix C: State Legislation Restricting SSN Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: June 2011
Note: This appendix is based on "Appendix III: Examples of Enacted State SSN Legislation Restricting Use" in Barbara D. Bovbjerg's "Federal and State Laws Restrict Use of SSNs, yet Gaps Remain" from the Government Accountability Office, September 15, 2005. www.gao.gov/new.items/d051016t.pdf. I....
Limiting the Use of the Social Security Number in Healthcare. Appendix B: Federal Legislation Restricting SSN Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: June 2011
The federal government has passed multiple laws restricting or prohibiting SSN use in the following areas:
Financial SSN Restrictions
1999
Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act imposed privacy and security obligations on financial institutions with respect to customers....
Limiting the Use of the Social Security Number in Healthcare. Appendix A: Chronological Order of SSN Legislation
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: June 2011
1935
The Social Security Act (PL 74-271) is enacted. It did not expressly mention the use of SSNs, but it authorized the creation of some type of record-keeping scheme.
1936-1937
Approximately 30 million applications for SSNs were processed between November 1936....
Limiting the Use of the Social Security Number in Healthcare
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
With its unprecedented funding to support the effective implementation of health IT and health information exchange (HIE), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has given new urgency to the need for a national health identifier. Because no unique personal identifier has been establ....
Letters of Agreement/Contracts - Retired
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 2000
Practice Brief:Letters of Agreement/Contracts (Updated)
Background
Healthcare organizations enter into written contracts every day. Typically, the HIM professional secures contracts for transcription, record copying, imaging, record storage, coding, other outsourcing, or consulting....
Letters of Agreement/Contracts (2003 update)
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2003
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Letters of Agreement/Contracts (2001 update) - Retired
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2001
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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