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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....
Healthcare Database Management for Health Informatics and Information Management Students: Challenges and Instruction Strategies—Part 1
Author: Hylock, Ray; Harris, Susie T.
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 forever altered the data management landscape in healthcare. The volume, breadth, depth, and pace at which health i....
Data Bank: Using Data Assets to Support Evolving Payment Models and Survive Healthcare Reform
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Washington, DC, has one of the highest populations of individuals who either have AIDS or are HIV-positive in the US. In an effort to improve early diagnosis rates, treatment compliance, and prevention, researchers are using innovative data analytics methods to track participants in a pil....
Making Health Data Elegant
Author: Moschel, Matthew
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Too often, data analysts make life difficult for themselves. An analyst may produce code that is much longer and more complicated than it needs to be, causing a coworker to re-run code for several hours, not including the execute time. Why? These challenges stem from three root sources of....
Informatics and HIM: Enabling Semantic Interoperability and the Learning Health System
Author: Orlova, Anna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2015
Medical informatics is a field formalized in the 1990s with the rise of the adoption of information technology in healthcare including electronic health records systems (EHRs), laboratory information management systems (LIMS), radiology systems, and other health information technology (HIT....
Measurement Brings Meaning to Population Health
Author: Overgaard, Shauna M; Dooling, Julie A
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 27, 2015
Healthcare payments are shifting and the industry is in a rapid state of change. Efficiencies to render patient care as a top priority are crucial. Measuring brings efficiencies and meaning to a patient population.
High-Level Measurements
Population-based statistics....
Watson vs. Big Data
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2015
It is the matchup of the century—the towering hulk of healthcare’s Big Data versus the super computer known as Watson. Will Watson be able to take on this lumbering, untamed mass of information and whip it into submission?
One year ago, the Journal of AHIMA reported on the IBM su....
Robotic Telepresence in a Medical Intensive Care Unit—Clinicians’ Perceptions
Author: Becevic, Mirna; Clarke, Martina A; Alnijoumi, Mohammed M; Sohal, Harjyot S; Boren, Suzanne A; Kim, Min S; Mutrux, Rachel
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2015
Abstract
Background: Robotic telepresence has been used for outsourcing of healthcare services for more than a decade; however, its use within an academic medical department is not yet widespread. Intensive care unit (ICU) robots can be used to increase access to off-site supervis....
Workaday Informatics: How Healthcare is Applying Practical Informatics to Save Dollars and Lives
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
Watch and learn. For clinical informaticist Nathan Patrick Taylor, MPH, MS, CHDA, and others like him, watching patient-physician encounters and learning from them is just as important as knowing how to query data in a health IT system. Because as technical as informatics can get, at its....
Application of Search Analytics in the Healthcare Profession
Author: Regard, Dan; Hedges, Ron
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
As the healthcare industry moves into an electronic health record (EHR)-only environment, practitioners increasingly have to “search” electronically stored information (ESI). They may need to do this to find, for example, the date on which a patient was given a specific drug and the dosag....
Evolving Practice of Health Informatics
Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
WHEN I DECIDED to pursue my graduate education in health information management (HIM) and informatics seven years ago, adoption rates for advanced electronic health record (EHR) systems were evolving, data was siloed, and interoperability was far from reality. Organizations were up to the....
Healthcare Moving Toward an 'Information Ecosystem'
Author: Kowalski, Christine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
Just as the world is held together and shaped by a delicate and intricate global ecosystem, the US healthcare system’s community of connected components, surviving and thriving when working together toward common goals, represents its own sort of ecosystem. As healthcare moves toward an i....
Data Analysis Starter Kit: How to Apply Informatics and Analyze ROI as an e-HIM Professional
Author: Dolezel, Diane
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
The digital era of Big Data has generated a growing need for more electronic health information management (e-HIM) professionals who can assume the emerging role of data analyst.1 This new role requires learning how to analyze data and perform statistical calculations to support informed d....
Why an Informatics Degree Matters
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 2015
The HIM Problem
As HIM becomes increasingly data-centric, knowledge of informatics is becoming an essential tool.
Today, it’s hard to identify even one aspect of health information management (HIM) as a profession that isn’t profoundly affected by the use,....
Informatics Education for HIM Professionals in the Era of Interoperable Standards-Based HIEs
Author: Orlova, Anna; Lehmann, Harold
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2015
Electronic sharing of health information, both within and between organizational boundaries, requires the adoption of interoperable health information technology (HIT) solutions such as electronic health record (EHR) systems, laboratory information management systems (LIMS), radiology and....
Missed Opportunities? The Labor Market in Health Informatics, 2014
Author: Burning Glass Technologies
Source: External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: December 2014
According to this report, health informatics positions are projected to grow at twice the rate of employment overall. However, evidence suggests there is a already a shortage of qualified workers in the field.
Informatics Harnesses Healthcare’s Wild, Rich Data
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2014
Healthcare has become a data-rich field, and any data rich environment requires the ability to analyze large, complex data sets. The field of informatics provides tools to integrate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom when processing data. Good informatics includes many functions, and....
Health Intelligence Revolution Coming to Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Health information and health intelligence are beginning to have an impact on the daily lives and health of everyone. Technology-enabled, person-centered care is taking hold and transforming the healthcare delivery system, enabling accountability for the patient and challenging providers....
Defining the Basics of Health Informatics for HIM Professionals - Retired
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
All data are not created equal and technology implementation alone is not enough to improve the healthcare provided to patients. Providers and organizations must be able to distinguish between an abundance of data, meaningful data, and integration of data. Healthcare organizations are challenge....
Practical Implications of Informatics
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 2014
For decades, most consumers relied on one physician for all of their healthcare needs—their primary care physician—and that one physician knew the patient’s entire health history and documented it in one place. This paradigm is starting to change, says Anupam Goel, MD, MBA, an in....
Request/Recommendation for New Health Informatics Practitioner Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
Author: Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Health IT Policy Committee, Certification and Adoption Workgroup
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 21, 2014
This proposal was developed as a collaborative effort by groups employing, representing, and/or educating the workforce in the health informatics occupation. It was initiated by the FACA Health IT Policy Committee, Certification and Adoption Workgroup, Workforce Sub-group.
Weaving Together a Healthcare Improvement Tapestry: Learning Health System Brings Together Health IT Data Stakeholders to Share Knowledge and Improve Health
Author: Rubin, Joshua C; Friedman, Charles P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
As the “Vision” section of AHIMA’s website states, AHIMA aims to “lead the advancement and ethical use of quality health information to promote health and wellness worldwide.” In many ways, the Learning Health System’s (LHS) overarching vision represents....
Seeing Informatics in Action
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2014
Last year, as AHIMA developed our strategic plan, we began to use the phrase “transforming data into health intelligence.” It’s a familiar concept, but what does it really mean? One way to understand this idea is by looking at one of AHIMA’s strategic pillars—....
Making Data Smart: Practical Informatics is Helping Transform Data into Health Intelligence, and Now Moving into Day-to-day HIM Work
Author: Crawford, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2014
Health informatics is often considered to be an advanced level of health information management (HIM). It’s also in high demand—in addition to handling, storing, and retrieving health data more HIM professionals are getting involved in the decision-making process regarding what types of i....
Informatics Ahead: HIM Must Rise to the Challenge of Evolving Industry Demands
Author: Kennedy, Angela
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2014
Health informatics is present in every corner of the healthcare industry. A multidisciplinary approach to decision making, it’s no longer just for the research and public health arena. The science and engagement of the health informatics process is one that’s critical to the success of he....
Giving Raw Data a Chance to Talk: A Demonstration of Exploratory Visual Analytics with a Pediatric Research Database Using Microsoft Live Labs Pivot to Promote Cohort Discovery, Research, and Quality Assessment
Author: Viangteeravat, Teeradache; Rao Nagisetty, Naga Satya V
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2014
Abstract
Secondary use of large and open data sets provides researchers with an opportunity to address high-impact questions that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive and time consuming to study. Despite the availability of data, generating hypotheses from huge data sets i....
Perceived Knowledge of Health Informatics Competencies by Health Information Management Professionals
Author: Palkie, Brooke
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: December 2013
Abstract
The 2009 enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has placed unprecedented emphasis on utilizing technology to improve the quality of care and to decrease healthcare costs. To meet these goals, the healthcare field will....
Competencies for Global Health Informatics Education: Leveraging the US Experience
Author: Cortelyou-Ward, Kendall; Kahlon, Summerpal; Noblin, Alice
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: December 2013
Abstract
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has encouraged unprecedented expansion of the health information technology (HIT) industry and offers strong employment opportunities for those that qualify. However, academic institutions have been slow to address the changing n....
Tale of Two Professions: Health Information Management and Biomedical/Health Informatics Converge at OHSU
Author: Hersh, William R; Valerius, Joanne D
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2013
The disciplines of health information management (HIM) and biomedical and health informatics (informatics) have many historical differences, from the focus of their work to their academic roots. HIM has most often been seen as an operational profession, typically grouped among “allie....
Healthcare's Data Revolution: How Data is Changing the Industry and Reshaping HIM's Roles
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
The hunger for analyzed healthcare data to improve delivered care and to better meet quality measures is spurring a revolution in healthcare. Providers are demanding better health IT systems that allow HIM and data analytics professionals to sift through large amounts of data and turn it i....
Show Me the Data
Author: Taylor, Lisa Brooks
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
With the establishment of the National Quality Forum's National Quality Strategy, which sets the direction for achieving better, affordable care and healthier people and communities, providers, payers, and patients are seeing a shift in payment methodologies from volume-based to value-base....
The Next HIM Frontier: Population Health Information Management Presents a New Opportunity for HIM
Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2013
The unsustainable growth of health costs, the growing lack of access to healthcare, and increasing disparities in provided care have forced the US to change how healthcare is delivered. With multiple national initiatives facing the healthcare industry, it is a challenge for healthcare prof....
Natural Language Processing and Clinical Outcomes: The Promise and Progress of NLP for Improved Care
Author: Townsend, Hilary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
The emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) has necessitated the use of innovative technologies to facilitate the transition from paper-based records for healthcare providers. Natural language processing (NLP) is one technology providers are turning to for improving clinical outcomes....
Defining Health Informatics
Author: Campbell, Robert James
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2013
[dih-fahy-ning] [helth] [in-fer-mat-iks]
adjective, noun, noun
1. An educator’s in-depth look at what informatics is and what it can do for HIM professionals
In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen finds himself in a movie theater line in....
Quality Improvement and Data Analytics in the Era of the Electronic Health Record
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Introduction
It has been 12 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its landmark study “To Err is Human” with its astonishing conclusion that avoidable medical errors contribute to 44,000–98,000 deaths at US hospitals annually.1 It has been 10 years since t....
Utah’s All Payer Claims Database
Author: Cofrin, Kelly
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Introduction
As part of its decades-long effort to collect, analyze, and report on healthcare quality and cost, Utah has funded and created one of the country’s leading All Payer Claims databases. This data resource brings an unprecedented ability to examine costs for episodes of ca....
In Pursuit of Analytics: Best Practices for Healthcare Data Integration
Author: Plummer, Eric
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Background
One of the fundamental challenges associated with the pursuit of Healthcare Analytics, is the diverse number of applications and source information systems that must be accessed. These systems (EHR/EMR/PM/LAB/RAD/...) were designed to capture all of the relevant information abo....
Application of Simulation to Facility Planning Utilizing an Organization’s Forecasted Growth Strategy
Author: Saunders, Ninfa M.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2010
Role of Data Analysis in Revenue Cycle Improvement
Author: White, Susan E
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 27, 2010
Introduction
Data analysis techniques are becoming increasingly important for HIM professionals. The application of relatively simple and straightforward data analytics can identify significant opportunities for improvement in the revenue cycle. Traditional chart audits can be enhanced b....
Leveraging Visual Controls and Retrospective Analysis to Improve Patient Care
Author: Donofrio, Monica; Wolfinger, Jennifer
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 27, 2010
Background
Healthcare reform will require that organizations take advantage of technology to provide safer, more effective care. A natural by-product of the rapid adoption of clinical technology is the vast amount of data it produces. Yet many organizations lack the infrastructure....
Making the Most of Comparative Data in Hospital Benchmarking
Author: Kuehn, Lynn; Hyde, Linda A.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 27, 2010
Introduction
A key component of evaluating health care performance is the use of comparisons. Comparative data can come from internal or external sources and allows the user to evaluate their outcomes or measures against another data set. This aids in determining if their organization is....
ACE Member Went from Surgeon to HIT Expert
Author:
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: August 2009
Today, Pawan Goyal is the chief medical officer of the government healthcare division at EDS, an HP
Company, based in Plano, TX. His division works with entities like the Department of Veterans
Affairs implementing and managing HIT systems. One of the first Action Community for e-HIM
Excellence (ACE) members, Goyal feels his new career helps him impact a wider patient base than
he ever could as a surgeon—through designing and implementing patient-centered health
information technology.
Transforming Nursing through EHRs: An Overview of the TIGER Initiative
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2008
In February 2007 the Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative, a group of nursing and informatics leaders, released a report titled “Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing: 3-year Action Steps toward a 10-Year Vision.”1 The report describes ho....
Dial T for Training: Work Force and the EHR
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: June 2006
What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....
HIM in Medical Informatics Land, or HIM Goes to Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Author: Jacobs, Ellen B.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 21, 2005
Overview
The goal of this presentation is to inform HIM professionals about an opportunity to learn medical informatics in a condensed one-week course and the need to educate key players in medical informatics about the HIM profession.
Background
Almost every journal articl....
Framework for Designing a Healthcare Outcome Data Warehouse
Author: Parmanto, Bambang; Scotch, Michael; Ahmad, Sjarif
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: September 2005
Abstract
Many healthcare processes involve a series of patient visits or a series of outcomes. The modeling of outcomes associated with these types of healthcare processes is different from and not as well understood as the modeling of standard industry environments. For this re....
Informatics: How an Emerging Field of Study Benefits HIM
Author: Forgey, Danita; Vickrey, Jennifer
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2005
HIM, meet informatics. This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Technology is introducing HIM to the science of informatics. It's a relationship with a promising future. Informatics concerns the development of new uses for technology and assesses technology's impact....
Journal Q&A (1/05)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: January 02, 2005
Q: What is medical informatics, and is there a connection between it and health information management?
A: Medical informatics is “the collection, classification, storage, retrieval and dissemination of recorded knowledge.”1 It features an “emphasis on technology as an integr....
Expertise and Empowerment: the Essential Prerequisites to Effectiveness in Health Information
Author: Rigby, Michael
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
In the drive to modernise information management and information handling in the health sector, focus is nearly always placed on the technologies and on the conceptual issues such as coding and language. However, without competent and thus confident users, this important inv....
Data Mining for Physician and Managed Care Organization
Author: Welfeld, Joseph A.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
by Joseph A. Welfeld, FACHE
Introduction
Data mining often brings to mind complex and comprehensive software applications that take information from various data sources and attempt to extract valuable information. When operational executives hear the term, their eyes often glaze o....
PHI Audits: the Global Use of Protected Health Information in Organized Crime. Is Your Organization Ready?
Author: Busch, Rebecca S.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Organized crime is defined by The Oxford English Dictionary as: "of or pertaining to a coordinated criminal organization directing operations on a large or widespread scale."1 The term was first used and noted in a book called Organized Crime in Chicago , published by the Illinois Association....
Health Information Management Efficiency Implications for Finance
Author: Middleton, Anne; Durham, Bob
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Well-ordered review and analysis of financial data often improves operational and clinical performance in healthcare by highlighting ideal development opportunities. Variations in billing data collection, accuracy, and timeliness directly impact development opportunity ident....
Critical Issues in Bioinformatics and Computing
Author: Kesh, Someswar; Raghupathi, Wullianallur
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2004
Abstract
This article provides an overview of the field of bioinformatics and its implications for the various participants. Next-generation issues facing developers (programmers), users (molecular biologists), and the general public (patients) who would benefit from the potent....
Public Health Informatics Group
Author:
Source: External web site
Publication Date: July 19, 2004
Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Why HIM, IT Are Becoming Fast Friends
Author: Carol, Ruth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2003
Spending a lot of time with the IT department lately? As HIM processes become automated and demand increasingly sophisticated technology, HIM professionals are making IT professionals their closest allies.
Whether youre acquiring an electronic master patient index, implementing a t....
Information Infrastructure Promises Better Healthcare, Lower Costs
Author: Marchibroda, Janet; Gerber, Ticia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2003
What forces have propelled the need for a national health information infrastructure (NHII) into the spotlight? In the article, take a closer look at the origins of the NHII, the benefits it will yield, and the initiatives providing the strongest support.
The healthcare system in the US h....
Standards that Work
Author: Hurley, Brenda J.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 23, 2002
Statewide Data Systems: Entering a New Era
Author: Love, Denise
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2001
Statewide data systems are the mainstay of many state and federal data systems and of many quality assessment, research, and policy initiatives. The author gives an overview of the different kinds of systems available and looks at opportunities for growth in the future, as well as for....
Florida Cancer Data System Turns Data Into Information
Author: Zernich, Gordon
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2001
The enactment of the Cancer Registries Amendment Act in 1992 and the passage of similar state laws require healthcare facilities and state and national registries to gather information on certain diseases from patient medical records. The information is also used to identify geographic "ho....
Leadership Through Standards: Policy to Practice
Author: Hanken, Mary Alice; Herbst, Maida Reavis; Murphy, Gretchen
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 10, 2001
Understanding the Standards Environment
Standards-Foundation for Health Information Management Practice
The drive to establish standards for health informatics reflects today's commitment to use technology for the benefit of patient care and the recognition that pati....
Winding Down the Paper Shuffle: New Roles, Responsibilities for HIM
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2001
What does it mean for an organization's records to be "paperless"? In hospitals and clinics across the country, the paper shuffle may be winding down, but it's not quite over yet. In this article, HIM professionals in these organizations tell their stories.
The movement tow....
Informatics in Managed Care: HIM Adds Value to Data
Author: Stratton, Scott D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2001
The third installment of the Journal of AHIMA’s special series on managed care focuses on informatics-methods that add value to data, turning it into useful information. How do informatics and managed care fit together, and what is HIM’s role in this picture?
The HIM professional’s knowl....
Knowledge Management: Finding the Golden Nuggets
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2001
We live in the so-called Information Age, but we should actually refer to it as the Data Age. As a nation, we are data rich and information poor.
The dilemma of holding large amounts of valuable data but little useful information is not unique to healthcare. The inability....
Health Informatics Standards: A User's Guide
Author: Brandt, Mary D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2000
From code sets to data sets to developing organizations, how much do you really know about technical standards? This article provides a handy reference guide.
The vision is clear: a longitudinal, or lifetime, health record for each person that is computer-based, secure, readily ac....
Vision of Health Information Management in 2010
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1999
Two-thirds of today's health information managers will be in the prime of their careers 10 years from now. But what will the world of work look like? One way to gain an understanding of the future is to create scenarios. Scenarios are literally stories about the future th....
Common (and Uncommon) Ground
Author: Dixon-Lee, Claire
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1999
On a trip to Dublin this spring, I met with several officers of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland. During this visit, we talked about health information management, finding common ground on topics like:
Year 2000 compliance
the need for clinical vocabulary....
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