7 results.
Prison Hospital Becomes Training Ground for ACE Member
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: February 2009
HIM in Corrections
Author: Altus, Bonnie; Leeka, Joyce
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2006
What prompted you to take a position in this field?
Altus: I was working in IT when I got my RHIT, and this position became available without requiring relocation when I decided to leave IT and move into HIM. It seemed like a good first step into HIM and an interesting challen....
Telemedicine Technology in Correctional Facilities
Author: Fletcher, Donna M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1998
Telemedicine is the use of any electronic signal to transmit medical information from one site to another. This includes the transmission of medical information by video, e-mail, telephone, and satellite. Benefits of these transmissions include:
improved access to healthcare....
Correctional Healthcare: The Growing Complexities of Medical Record Management in Prisons
Author: Grzybowski, Darice; Graham, Justin
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
I. Introduction
Correctional healthcare infrastructure is becoming increasingly complex as many public acute care, behavioral and mental health facilities have closed in states. Contagious diseases that are easily spread in closely confined quarters, such as tuberculosis, pandemic i....
When Inmates Become Patients
Author: Jeffries, Jane
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2001
When you think of places to expand your professional horizons, prison is probably not the first venue that comes to mind. But that's where Maryanne Perlmutter, MPH, RHIA, CPHQ, CCHP, found her ideal job.
As standards compliance coordinator at the Central California Women's....
Justice-Involved Health Information: Policy and Practice Advances in Connecticut
Author: Trestman, Robert L; Aseltine, Rob H Jr
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2014
Abstract
Sharing health information across correctional boundaries presents many challenges. Three such projects in Connecticut may be of value in informing other jurisdictions of similar opportunities. This article describes the development and implementation of an interagency re....
Corrections Connection
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1999
During his work day, Mark Barnard, ART, performs functions similar to HIM professionals in other settings: processes medical records, enters data, and responds to requests for information. But for Barnard, there also is an important difference. Namely, the people whose health informati....