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Tips for Breaking into the Health Information Management Industry - Retired
Author: Camp, Michelle; Comfort, Angie; Endicott, Melanie; Howard, Artis; Kozee, Renee; Munive, Roberta; Novelli, Staci
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2014
Whether it is a first job or a career change, finding that first health information management (HIM) job following graduation is one of the biggest challenges that new graduates face. While some may find that breaking into the HIM industry takes time and persistence, it is a career choice that....
Tips for Trainers
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
The time had come in the physicians’ meeting to discuss HIM issues, and Wilson was in charge of bringing the room up to speed.
Wilson, then the coding quality manager at Charleston, SC-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare, was new to public speaking and training. For a moment,....
Tools for Lifelong Learning
Author: Vukovljak, Lana; King, James W.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2004
Skills don’t last long in today’s workplace—a major reason is technology. Luckily, technology makes it easier to keep skills current.
The knowledge required to maintain a job and to keep job skills at peak intensity keeps changing, and the rate of change keeps accelera....
Top Ten Challenges of Passing the CCS Examination (And How to Overcome Them)
Author: Horn, Kelli
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2015
Hundreds of coders and students desire to take the next step in their career by obtaining the Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) credential. This examination represents high-level achievement and proficiency in inpatient and outpatient coding and associated concepts. Benefits of certificat....
Towards Data Interoperability
Author: Lau, Lee Min
Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
Towards Data Interoperability: Practical Issues in Terminology Implementation and Mapping
Author: Lau, Lee Min
Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
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The lack of data interoperability is a key obstacle in the implementation and use of EHR to achieve its full benefits. Standard vocabularies provide the means for organizations to exchange, compare and aggregate data externally. The problems surrounding the use of standard voc....
Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS— An Academic Timeline
Author: AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academic Transition Workgroup
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2009
The content in this practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only. More recent information is available here.
Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS in the Classroom: Countdown to 2014
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2012
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS in the Classroom: Countdown to Implementation - Retired
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Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 2014
The compliance date for the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS is due to take effect on October 1, 2015. Currently, academic programs are in various stages of transitioning the classroom toward this new and long-awaited classification system. This practice brief is the third in a series addressing....
TSB-MHS Ontology Methods of Creation, Maintenance and Extraction
Author: Casella dos Santos, Mariana; Flanagan, James R.
Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
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