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Blogging in an Online Health Information Technology Class
Author: Zeng, Xiaoming; Harris, Susie T.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: September 2005
Abstract
In this article we introduce blogs, including their brief history, their current status, and motivations for blogging. We describe how we created a course blog in one online Health information management (HIM) baccalaureate course. We describe three pedagogical purposes (online....
Virtual Classrooms Increase Velocity on Information Highway
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
Back in elementary school, a new lunch box and a pencil were all you needed on the first day of school. In the age of Internet-based education, however, the hardware requirements are a little more involvedbut the classroom is still there.
A handful of accredited....
Commitment to Change Creates New Opportunities
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
If you want to be an agent of change, sometimes you must first change your own life. That's a lesson Debra Harris, MA, RRA, has learned.
Harris, director of health information services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA, began the process when she decided that continui....
VA Program Bridges Skills Gap, Improves Performance
Author: Zangl-Milbrand, Evelyn
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2001
When I was hired as the assistant director of the HIM section with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHS), I faced a major challenge. Congress had recently required the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to submit claims to third-party payer....
Maintenance and Update Issues for Clinical Vocabulary Mapping
Author: Wilson, Patricia S
Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
Presentation for the Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Methods Symposium
AHIMA Conference, 2005
San Diego, California
October 15, 2005 Introduction
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is no longer an option. It has become a necessity. It is essential to an enterprise to hav....
New Blueprint for HIM Education
Author: Wilhelm, Carol Ann; Dixon-Lee, Claire
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
The shift to electronic practice has enlivened the profession and opened doors to new work settings. There remains a critical need for HIM professionals to guide and manage EHR implementations in acute care settings, but the marketplace for HIM graduates is expanding to additional markets such....
Two Educational Approaches to Ensuring Data Quality
Author: White, Susan E; Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
The health information management (HIM) field is growing and changing at a swift pace, with HIM professionals having to navigate value-based purchasing, quality metrics, health disparity and population health studies, and a never-ending stream of Big Data. As experienced HIM professionals....
HIA Faculty Perspective of an Interdisciplinary Review Process for Improving Teaching Effectiveness
Author: White, Andrea Weatherby; Wager, Karen A.; Lee, Frances Wickham
Source: Educational Perspectives (AOE)
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Dept. of Health Administration and Policy,
Medical University of South Carolina
Abstract: This paper presents a description of an innovative process used to improve the quality of teaching effectiveness in a college of allied health at a university with an academic health cen....
Taking the Plunge: Deciding to Return to School
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
Perhaps you are pondering the idea of going back to school. You may be filled with excitement at the prospector you may be asking yourself why you would want to do such a thing. Regardless of your level of education or job experience, lifelong learning can yield valuable rewards.....
Creative Learning Environments That Won’t Put Us To Sleep—And We Just Might Learn Something
Author: Weinert, Victoria Anne
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Three…two…one…ready or not, here it comes! There’s no turning back. The date has been set and we’ve got to be prepared for the implementation of ICD-10 on Oct 1, 2013. The clock moves forward, but we’re still busy with our day-to-day responsibilities and....
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