Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: February 2009

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....