Author: Cottington, Sarah

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2011

Reporting clinical quality measures from an electronic health record (EHR) system is new territory and can be challenging for providers. However, that is just what eligible professionals must do to participate in the meaningful use EHR incentive program.

Recognizing the challenge, t....

Author: Colgan, Peter

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: July 02, 2001

Wireless computing technologies capable of enabling clinical and administrative decision support throughout the extended healthcare enterprise have arrived! Among the benefits of any wireless healthcare solution is the wide distribution of information throughout the enterprise. This benefit r....

Author: Clark, Jim

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Medical management has become a catch-all phrase for any computerized system that helps an office run more efficiently. And therein lies the problem: what exactly is a medical management system? Simply put, medical management software is a tool that organizes the various medical and business t....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: July 21, 2016

The mobile app game that has thousand of players roaming streets, parks, and even workplaces—healthcare providers included—has health privacy experts concerned.


Pokémon Go is a smartphone app that uses a phone’s GPS and camera to help players search for virtual chara....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2015

In movies and on television lately, Hollywood has made encryption and decryption look exciting, glamorous, and world-saving. The film The Imitation Game and the BBC show The Bletchley Circle chronicle how British code breakers decrypted military strategy codes from the Nazi encryption tool....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: April 2015

When former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed in 2013 that his heart surgeons modified the settings on his pacemaker to reduce the chances the device could be hacked by terrorists, the headlines were predictably alarmist. Fans of the Showtime hit “Homeland” immediately recognized th....

Author: Benson, Sean; Bryant, Gloryanne H.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Introduction

Medical documentation and coding practices have undergone significant transformation in recent years.  The cost of transcription, coder shortages, and an increasing emphasis on compliance have all played a role in moving the industry toward more efficient means of addressing....

Author: Benson, Sean

Source: AHIMA Computer-Assisted Coding Meeting

Publication Date: September 06, 2006

Author: Barnett, David H.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: April 02, 2002

This is the second article in a two-part series.
Background

For over 2,000 years, in all recorded histories and for all civilizations, sending secret messages required that both the sender and receiver share a common secret key. The key that decrypted a message was the same a....

Author: Alharthi, Hana; Sultana, Nahid; Al-amoudi, Amjaad; Basudan, Afrah

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2015

Abstract


Pharmacy barcode scanning is used to reduce errors during the medication dispensing process. However, this technology has rarely been used in hospital pharmacies in Saudi Arabia. This article describes the barriers to successful implementation of a barcode scanning system....