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.

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.

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....

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.

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.

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.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: December 2017

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Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: December 2017

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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?

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.

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....

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....

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....

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....

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.

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.

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.

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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.

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.