Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires adoption of measures for the “meaningful use” of health IT in order to unlock billions of dollars in incentives. After years of growing support for health IT adoption that improves healthcare, this is the time to get specific abou....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act means that American taxpayers are now directly funding the adoption of electronic health records and the investment in health information exchange. Yes, you and I are writing the checks that defray some of the cost of this important tra....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2009

The integrity of clinical and administrative data is a core concern in managing health information—data must be accurate, complete, useable, and available where and when needed. However, we are a long way from knowing how to achieve all of these dimensions in electronic health records, h....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2009

The way we manage health information continues to evolve. For many who work in hospitals, the medical record is now some combination of digital data, imaged documents, and residual paper. Most provider organizations are somewhere along this transition continuum from paper to fully digital.

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2009

Privacy and security are perpetual concerns for the healthcare industry. However, a real and looming threat is that privacy and security will stall progress of nationwide electronic health information exchange, notes Kirk Nahra, a legal expert interviewed in “Untangling Privacy.” D....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2009

This promises to be a challenging year. Against the backdrop of a brittle economy, virtually every major societal system—including healthcare—needs redesign and reinvestment. Our cover story this month identifies the key HIM elements in the health information reform agenda. Fed....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2008

Healthcare is entering a new era of records management, one that will be digital, enterprise-wide, and dynamic. However, many healthcare organizations describe their current state as hybrid, meaning a combination of paper and electronic.

While a convenient way to depict the often mes....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2008

As AHIMA celebrates its 80th anniversary this month, we focus on the significant challenges that lay ahead. Though most emphasis today is on acquiring and implementing health IT, this will give way to an emphasis on managing and creating value from an organization’s information assets.

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2008

A body of knowledge is the sum total of all knowledge in an area of expertise or profession. It is comprised of knowledge areas or domains. HIM’s domains include health data content and structure, medical terminologies and classification systems, and health information systems and techno....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2008

I recently observed a series of focus groups in which high school students, “Generation Y” young adults, working parents with small children, and “pioneer” baby boomers discussed health IT. As you would expect, there were many differences in how these groups use technology.


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