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Transitioning to Electronic Clinical Quality Measures in the Informatics Era
Author: Houser, Shannon H.; Meadows, Jean M
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2017
There are a number of recent factors driving changes to how healthcare quality is being measured. First, there’s the rapid adoption of healthcare information technology (HIT) due to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “meaningful use” Electronic Health Re....
Automating HIM through Health Information Exchange: An Informatics Approach
Author: Feldman, Sue; Houser, Shannon H.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the first installment of the new Working Smart department titled “Illuminating Informatics.” This department will explore all aspects of informatics and provide guidance to health information management professionals in the practical applica....
Applying Predictive Analytics: The Role of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease
Author: Monga, Kapila
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 22, 2016
The phrase “Longevity Revolution,” referring to the increase in human life expectancy by 30 years, isn’t new anymore. Various books have been written on this subject, and it is a widely discussed topic in conferences these days. It is a no-brainer that this increase in life expectancy warr....
HIM Connections in the Kaleidoscope of Informatics
Author: Houser, Shannon H.; Mikaelian, Raymound; Payton, Evita
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
The emergence of health informatics within health information management (HIM) has changed the ways of HIM practice and operations. This change has also created various opportunities for HIM professionals to further develop their careers and gain additional education and workforce training....
HIM as the Middleman to Informatics and Data Analytics
Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: October 06, 2016
We hear so much about the amount of data available in healthcare today. But we are just beginning to understand the importance of analyzing that data to make decisions. As buzzwords like “information governance” and “data analytics” are becoming more mainstream, the analysis of data i....
Let's Talk About Informatics and HIM
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
On April 19, 2017, the industry will learn the winner of the HeroX CHIME National Patient ID Challenge, aiming to ensure that every patient is identified correctly every time. As a judge of this competition, I’ve found it fascinating to participate in the process.
I ha....
How to Break Into Analytics and Informatics
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Shawn Wells, RHIT, CHDA, manager of HIM data integrity at the University of Utah Healthcare, put himself on the health information management (HIM) career trajectory that HIM educators dream of using as an example.
Wells, who was also the first person in the state of Utah....
Transitioning to a Data-Driven, Informatics-Oriented Department
Author: Dooling, Julie A; Houser, Shannon H.; Mikaelian, Raymound; Smith, Clarice Pittillo
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Are you a data-driven individual? Is your health information management (HIM) department focused on becoming data-driven or informatics-oriented?
Today’s data analytics and informatics-oriented organizations are the centerpiece of operations and strategic visioning&mda....
Data Analytics: It’s Hip to be Square
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 21, 2016
Big data. Data explosion. Predictive analytics. Population health. Data management. Chronic disease monitoring. Natural language processing. As though healthcare was not struggling enough to keep up with acronyms, synonyms, abbreviations, and poorly defined buzzwords, we have entered the e....
Digital Family History Data Mining with Neural Networks: A Pilot Study
Author: Hoyt, Robert; Linnville, Steven; Thaler, Stephen; Moore, Jeffrey
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Following the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, electronic health records were widely adopted by eligible physicians and hospitals in the United States. Stage 2 meaningful use menu objectives include a digi....
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