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Regional Extension Centers (RECs): Building Resources, Achieving Efficiency, Economy and Sustainability through Collaboration
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: December 13, 2010
7 for 11: Health Information Management and Technology Stories to Watch in 2011
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2011
Seven stories unfolding in 2011 illustrate the sweeping changes under way in what will be an active and sometimes tumultuous year in health information management.
Each year brings change to HIM, whether it is coding modifications, compliance changes, or new technology. But 2011 promises....
The Problem List beyond Meaningful Use: Part I: The Problems with Problem Lists
Author: Holmes, Casey
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2011
The meaningful use program requires that problem lists in the EHR use a common dictionary through coding. It is a good first step in boosting the usefulness of problem lists, but getting to the next level will be a harder challenge-agreeing on standardized content and use.
Last mont....
First Steps to Patient-Centered Care: Meaningful Use Focuses Industry on Baby Steps
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2011
It is hard to say just what patient-centered care is, but just about everyone agrees that we lack it. The meaningful use program has focused providers, vendors, and consumer advocates around some basic first steps.
This January the meaningful use program began, and with it launched a....
Meaningful Use and Clinical Documentation
Author: Benson, Sean
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2011
Little direct attention has been paid to clinical documentation in the context of meaningful use. Discussion and debate instead focused on electronic health records (EHRs), computerized physician order entry, and other health IT systems.
However, the electronic capture and exchange....
Patient-Centered Care: Looking ahead to Stage 2
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 2011
Editor’s note: In the cover story to this month’s print issue, Journal writer Chris Dimick explores the patient-centered measures in the meaningful use EHR incentive program. As experts tells him, the current stage 1 measures are a good start to getting patients more informatio....
AHIMA Comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 Draft Recommendations
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: February 24, 2011
Electronic Copy versus Electronic Access
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
Registration for the meaningful use program opened in January, and many HIM professionals and chief information officers are preparing their organizations to meet stage 1 meaningful use criteria. Two of the objectives directly affect an organization's release of information (ROI) process. Part....
Patient Portals and Meaningful Use: Using Portals to Meet the Patient Access Objectives
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
The stage 1 meaningful use criteria do not require that eligible providers (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) create patient portals, but portals may be the best option for meeting certain stage 1 patient access and electronic communication-related provisions. Portals may also be mandatory in....
The Problem List beyond Meaningful Use: Part 2: Fixing the Problem List
Author: Holmes, Casey
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
Yesterday's problem lists aren't suited for tomorrow's electronic systems. Standardizing the content and use of problem lists will help leverage new tools, and new tools can help improve problem list accuracy.
The problem list, that cheat sheet to patient health, originated with Law....
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