Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2013

The past two decades have seen tremendous change in health information management (HIM) practice. The underlying drivers of this transformation are the complexity of healthcare delivery, the exploding demand for actionable information, pressure for greater public accountability, and the ev....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

Introduction

It has been 12 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its landmark study “To Err is Human” with its astonishing conclusion that avoidable medical errors contribute to 44,000–98,000 deaths at US hospitals annually.1 It has been 10 years since t....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

On one of the first days of my tenure on staff at AHIMA, I read the earliest association journals, then the Journal of the Association of Record Librarians of North America. These pre-1930 publications discussed practice issues in maintaining accurate and complete clinical documentation and us....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

On January 13 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a notice of proposed rulemaking containing the stage 1 criteria for meaningful use of certified electronic health records. As this is the prerequisite to receiving incentive payments provided through the American Recovery a....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

What more can you do to earn that coveted seat at decision-making tables in your organization? As directors and managers of health information services, you are responsible for valuable information assets, including their accuracy, compliance, access, and use. Yet organizations continue to pla....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

It is fitting that the theme for the last issue of 2009 is electronic health records (EHRs). Nearly 20 years have passed since AHIMA provided financial support for the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Healthcare.
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Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

Discussing his enthusiasm for the HIM field, he said, “I am fortunate to be coming into the field at this time... I missed all the boring stuff and am getting in it when things are really happening.” I laughed and assured him that those of us who have been around for a while have n....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2009

The debate continues over how to reform healthcare while controlling costs and spending. The options are complex and controversial, and after decades of failed cost and spending control efforts, it’s not surprising that there is skepticism.

Reforming one of the world’s mo....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2009

Broadly deployed health information and communication technology is crucial to every aspect of healthcare reform. Financial assistance through ARRA should speed EHR adoption via financial incentives and other forms of support. This, in turn, will cause unintended and unforeseen consequences. <....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2009

Coding reminds me of the parable of three blind men describing an elephant. Each one touches just one part of the elephant.

The blind man who examined the elephant’s tail likened it to a straw fan swinging back and forth; the man who explored the legs described the elephant as....