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The Business Reality of HIM Outsourcing Explained
Author: Carey, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2019
By Susan Carey, MHI, RHIT, PMP, FAHIMA
Outsourcing, whether delegating work to companies within the US or to other countries (offshore outsourcing), has become a strategic consideration and business model in many areas of the healthcare industry, including healthcare IT, health in....
Quest for Managing Cyberthreats in Healthcare
Author: Carey, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2017
So far 2017 is shaping up to be the year of fear in the realm of healthcare cybersecurity. There was a 61 percent increase in healthcare cyberattacks in 2016. This followed two years of steadily increasing cyberthreats in healthcare, including 93 major cyberattacks in 2016 resulting in com....
Pain at the Printer: How To Stop HIM's Addiction To Printing Records From The EHR
Author: Carey, Susan; Beahan, Sally
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
Historically, health information management (HIM) staff has provided paper copies of medical records in response to authorized requests. No specialty patient education was needed because the paper record was essentially self-explanatory.
But with the ongoing industry trans....