Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Williams, Margaret; Millenson, Michael; Harvell, Jennie

Source: AHIMA report | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | U.S. DHHS. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Publication Date: June 2013

Report to Congress on the extent to which and manner in which payment incentives should be made available to health care providers receiving minimal or no payment incentives or other funding under HITECH.

Author: Lamar, Marilyn

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2011

Cloud computing has been suggested as a cost-effective way to use electronic health records (EHRs), particularly for small providers that may not have an IT staff. Cloud-based EHRs store patient health records and the EHR software on computers operated by the EHR vendor.

The healthc....

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; Brinda, Danika; Wapola, Janelle; Maki, Shirley Eichenwald; Marc, David

Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management

Publication Date: July 2013

Abstract


Currently, minimal requirements exist for assessing the usability of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Usability requirements are especially lacking for the increasing use of mobile devices to access EHRs. Therefore, the authors investigated the usability of three c....

Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2011

Registration for the meaningful use program opened in January, and many HIM professionals and chief information officers are preparing their organizations to meet stage 1 meaningful use criteria. Two of the objectives directly affect an organization's release of information (ROI) process. Part....

Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: December 13, 2012

Author: Meigs, Stephen L; Solomon, Michael

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2016

Abstract


Electronic health record (EHR) adoption among office-based physician practices in the United States has increased significantly in the past decade. However, the challenges of using EHRs have resulted in growing dissatisfaction with the systems among many of these physicia....

Author: Mills, Troy R.; Vavroch, Jared; Bahensky, James A.; Ward, Marcia M

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2010

Abstract

The growth of electronic medical records (EMRs) is driven by the belief that EMRs will significantly improve healthcare providers’ performance and reduce healthcare costs. Evidence supporting these beliefs is limited, especially for small rural hospitals. A survey that focused on....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

This month covered entities are subject to penalties for noncompliance with new federal privacy and security breach notification laws issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS issued an interim final rule titled “Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Info....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

The movement to give patients better access to and control of their health information is giving HIM a new customer: the patient. That requires a shift in both operations and culture.

HIM, MEET THE new patient.

While a simple release of information on paper might have once....

Author: Levinson, Stephen R

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 29, 2010

Introduction


Current national policy is actively encouraging universal adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) as an initial step on the journey to systemic healthcare reform. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides incentive funds to....