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Action Plan for Paper Storage in the HIPAA Era
Author: Batterman, Christopher T.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: January 02, 2003
Few laws have created a bigger stir in the healthcare industry than HIPAA. While originally intended to simplify electronic transactions, HIPAA has broader implications. The need to ensure the privacy of medical information is a responsibility that touches most areas of the healthcare industr....
Boosting Efficiency in Home Health Record Systems
Author: Abraham, Prinny
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2000
The growing pains of the past decade have led to medical record backlogs and record retrieval crises for many home healthcare agencies. These problems have pushed more than one agency director into enlisting the skills of an HIM professional to evaluate the medical record systems in pl....
Breaking with Tradition: Improving HIM Functions in Behavioral Health
Author: Haines, Pamela T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1999
Operation PAR, Inc., in St. Petersburg, FL, is an integrated substance abuse/mental health delivery system that includes substance abuse programs and a recently acquired psychiatric hospital. It includes inpatient, residential, and outpatient programs for both juvenile and adult client....
Caught in the Camera's Eye: Filming and Patient's Consent
Author: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Source: In Confidence (newsletter) | AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: March 02, 2001
Q: Can staff of a healthcare organization, or their designated agent, film or videotape patient care activities in the Emergency Department? Does the staff have to get a patient’s consent to film or videotape their care while it is being provided?
A: Yes, to both questions. It is appropri....
Changes for the Better: Implementing Four Best Practices
Author: Doyon, Cynthia; Thompson, Kim; Meottel, Lori
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1999
Best practices don't have to be expensive or difficult. Sometimes changing a process for the better simply means looking at it from a new angle. Here's how one hospital staff collaborated on simple changes that made a difference.
When it comes to reengineering processes....
Cloud Computing 101
Author: Dinh, Angela K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2011
In the past several years cloud computing has gained substantial recognition. However, it is still a relatively new concept for those in the healthcare industry.
Before adopting cloud-based services or applications, organizations need to understand how cloud computing works, the typ....
Complete Medical Record in a Hybrid EHR Environment. Part II: Managing Access and Disclosure
Author: AHIMA Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2003
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Compliance Efforts Lead to Process Improvements
Author: Swope, Shana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2000
After Medicare regulations and the accompanying paperwork threatened to overwhelm an outpatient rehabilitation center, staff took steps to simplify the recertification process. The result was improved efficiency plus increased commitment to the electronic medical record. He....
Desperately Seeking Smart Cards
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Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1999
The Department of Defense issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a personal identification card that can be used in conjunction with systemwide computer-based patient records system. Currently, most chip-based smart cards hold eight to 16 kilobytes, but the department is looking for a ....
Digital Disclosure and Discovery: the Sedona Conference Counts the Ways that Electronic Documentation is Different
Author: Quinsey, Carol Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
Capturing data digitally is one thing. Producing it later is another. Any organization required to produce electronic documentation for any reasonwhether for discovery in a legal proceeding or disclosure in support of ongoing patient careknows that producing documentation....
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