176 results.
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Unprecedented Opportunity: Using Federal Stimulus Funds to Advance Health IT in California
Author: California HealthCare Foundation; Manatt Health Solutions; Mittman, Robert
Source: External web site
Publication Date: February 23, 2009
What California Stands to Gain: the Impact of the Stimulus Package on Healthcare
Author: California HealthCare Foundation; Manatt Health Solutions; Mittman, Robert
Source: External web site
Publication Date: March 23, 2009
AHIMA Statement on Meaningful Use [highlights]
Author: Fuller, Sandra R.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: April 29, 2009
AHIMA Statement on Meaningful Use
Author: Fuller, Sandra R.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: April 29, 2009
Achieving the Health IT Objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: a Framework for 'Meaningful Use' and 'Certified or Qualified' EHR
Author: Connecting for Health
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: April 30, 2009
This report presents seven principles for meaningful use and qualification or certification of EHRs.
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Report of Hearing on “Meaningful Use” of Health Information Technology, April 28-29, 2009
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: U.S. National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics
Publication Date: May 19, 2009
Measuring Meaningful Use: A Major Opportunity to Accelerate Change by Clarifying Priorities
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires adoption of measures for the “meaningful use” of health IT in order to unlock billions of dollars in incentives. After years of growing support for health IT adoption that improves healthcare, this is the time to get specific abou....
Big Gamble: Will Stimulus Dollars Pay off in Health Information Consumers Can Use?
Author: Seidman, Joshua J
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
Getting a return on health IT investment will require that patients receive information that helps them improve their health.
At a late February government affairs retreat of the eHealth Initiative (eHI), shortly after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),....
Call for HIM Action: ARRA Holds Opportunity, Challenge for HIM Professionals
Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, includes $19.2 billion in provisions for healthcare information technology and information management.1 Much of the money is dedicated to health IT adoption, but a significant amount goes toward training, education, and knowled....
AHIMA Comments on ONC Meaningful Use Draft Definition
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: June 11, 2009
AHIMA Comments on ONC Regional Extension Draft Program Description
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: June 11, 2009
HIM Role in Assisting Regional Extension Centers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: July 13, 2009
The groundbreaking American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes a number of provisions that offer opportunities to HIM professionals. For example, health IT extension programs will be developed to help healthcare providers adopt, implement, and effectively use certified electronic hea....
Recommendations by the Certification and Adoption Workgroup
Author: HIT Policy Committee
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 16, 2009
Meaningful Use Matrix
Author: HIT Policy Committee
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 16, 2009
ARRA You Ready?
Author:
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: September 2009
ARRA and the HIM Workforce
Author: Rollins, Genna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
The success of health IT will hinge on how well it is planned and managed. Provisions in the stimulus bill that promote professional support and fund training offer exceptional opportunities to HIM programs, individuals, and the profession.
For years AHIMA and col....
Informing and Interconnecting Physicians: The Workflow Issue
Author: Taffel, Bruce H.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Abstract:
To bring the types of sustainable quality improvements and operating efficiencies that transform patient care into the practice environment, physicians must have tools that deliver clinically relevant information at the point of care. The HITECH provisions in the American Recove....
Regional Extension Centers Offer New Jobs for HIM
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 06, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) set aside $500 million for healthcare workforce development in professions like HIM. ARRA also expanded and even created new HIM jobs through the act’s $19 billion investment in the national transition to electronic health record systems.
....
Blumenthal Heralds Era of Meaningful Use
Author:
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 07, 2009
This is a time that many have hoped and wished for,” David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, national coordinator for health information technology, said during Tuesday’s general session. Blumenthal gave the audience an overview of current federal initiatives in health information technology and the contrib....
Healthcare Cauldrons in Washington: HIM Issues Abound in Federal Bills and Initiatives
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
This season Washington is like a healthcare cauldron, boiling away with bills and initiatives. Here’s a taste of a few that have come to the surface for HIM.
Healthcare Reform
As fall began, five congressional committees had released five different health reform bills. Pre....
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Community College Consortia to Educate Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 25, 2009
CMS Releases Notice on Meaningful Use, ONC Issues Certification Standards
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 2009
Dec 31, 2009 07:01 am
CMS and ONC released proposed and interim regulations on meaningful use and EHR certification late yesterday as the year wound down.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a 556-page a notice of proposed rulemaking defining the “m....
Achieving Meaningful Use: Health IT Standards Committee Reviews Standards Needed to Achieve Meaningful Use
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2010
This month the Journal introduces a new column on practical applications and emerging issues related to data standards.
The need for standards has never been more pervasive as the healthcare industry moves toward increased health IT adoption.
Provisio....
2010 Healthcare Calendar: The Deadlines and Initiatives to Prepare for This Year
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2010
Last year saw movement on major HIM issues, starting in January with the publication of the ICD-10-CM/PCS final rule. This was quickly followed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which has dominated healthcare discussions all year, matched only by the healthcare reform d....
Meaningful Use CMS Proposed Rule Overview
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 06, 2010
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology; Interim Final Rule
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: January 13, 2010
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, pages 2025-2028
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: January 13, 2010
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, pages 2033-2034
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: January 13, 2010
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Proposed Rule
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: January 13, 2010
Overview of the Meaningful Use NPRM
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: January 20, 2010
Jan 20, 2010 08:42 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 1
On January 13, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking on the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program. On....
Meaningful Use: Provider Requirements
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: January 21, 2010
Jan 20, 2010 11:46 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 2
The first paper in the series offered a general overview of the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on January 13, 2....
Meaningful Use: Incentive Payments and Program Requirements
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: January 27, 2010
Pursuit of Meaningful Use
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
On January 13 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a notice of proposed rulemaking containing the stage 1 criteria for meaningful use of certified electronic health records. As this is the prerequisite to receiving incentive payments provided through the American Recovery a....
Meaningful Use and EHR Certification
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: February 03, 2010
Feb 03, 2010 03:35 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 4
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed requirements within the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Jan....
Measures Reporting for Eligible Hospitals
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: February 11, 2010
Feb 11, 2010 12:02 am
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 5b
The fourth paper in this series reviewed the EHR certification requirements related to the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare....
Measures Reporting for Eligible Providers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: February 11, 2010
Feb 11, 2010 12:01 am
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 5a
The fourth paper in this series reviewed the EHR certification requirements related to the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare....
Integrating EHRs: Hospital Trends and Strategies for Initiating Integrated EHRs Within Their Communities
Author: Zwyiak, Walt; Drazen, Erica; Computer Sciences Corporation
Source: External web site
Publication Date: February 15, 2010
The question for hospitals is becoming not whether but how to initiate integrated EHR use within their communities.
Clinical Quality Measures for Hospitals
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: February 17, 2010
Feb 17, 2010 01:26 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 6b
Papers 5a and 5b in this series reviewed the functionality measures for providers and hospitals described in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers fo....
Clinical Quality Measures for Providers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: February 17, 2010
Feb 17, 2010 01:25 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 6a
Papers 5a and 5b in this series reviewed the functionality measures for providers and hospitals described in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, publish....
Qualifying for Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 2010
Feb 24, 2010 04:21 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 7
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in....
Overview of AHIMA’s Comments on Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 2010
Mar 03, 2010 03:59 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series Paper no. 8
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Janua....
Overview of AHIMA’s Comments on Certification Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: March 10, 2010
Mar 10, 2010 10:29 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 9
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....
AHIMA Comments on the Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: March 12, 2010
ARRA in Flux: Healthcare Industry Awaits Rules on Several ARRA Provisions
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
The series of snow storms that hit Washington, DC, in February shut down Congress and the federal government for several days. The storms only added to delays that have kept the healthcare industry in a state of flux, awaiting several rules from provisions in the American Recovery and Rein....
Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Leadership Perspectives on Anticipated and Realized Benefits
Author: Mills, Troy R.; Vavroch, Jared; Bahensky, James A.; Ward, Marcia M
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2010
Abstract
The growth of electronic medical records (EMRs) is driven by the belief that EMRs will significantly improve healthcare providers’ performance and reduce healthcare costs. Evidence supporting these beliefs is limited, especially for small rural hospitals. A survey that focused on....
Access + Understanding: The Role of Health Literacy in Patient-Centric Health IT
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
Improving the ability of patients to understand and apply health information goes hand in hand with designing systems that deliver it. Both are needed to improve outcomes and reduce disparities.
Recent federal initiatives to promote health IT, including the “meaningful use” EHR incen....
Copy That? Meeting the Meaningful Use Objectives for Electronic Copies, Part 2
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
Hospitals and providers seeking to receive payments under ARRA’s “meaningful use” incentive program must prove their eligibility by meeting objectives and associated measures for the use of their EHR systems. Some of the requirements of most interest to HIM professionals are related to a provi....
Health IT for the People: An Increasing Movement—but No Road Map—for Patient-centered Health IT
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
There is increasing recognition that health IT should work for patients, too, providing them with information they need in ways that are convenient to them. But although the journey is beginning, no one has a map.
The health IT landscape is still uncharted territory for most US provi....
NHIN Direct: ONC Keeps It Simple in Effort to Jumpstart Data Exchange
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
The federal government is creating a stripped-down version of the nationwide health information network to aid the meaningful use program. What does it mean for HIEs?
Simple is not a word typically associated with electronic health information exchange. For years, the act of sending....
Missing Pieces: Healthcare Waits on Regulations That Will Fill in the ARRA Puzzle
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2010
As this issue goes to press, healthcare remains unsettled, waiting on the publication of key rules related to ARRA and the HITECH Act.
Until these rules appear, providers cannot assess with any certainty their willingness and ability to apply for the meaningful use incentive program....
Outline of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). Final Rule
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: July 2010
Stage 1 Meaningful Use Objectives, Measures, and Corresponding Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: July 27, 2010
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Final Rule
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 28, 2010
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 28, 2010
DOQ-IT Déjà vu
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 2010
Chris Dimick
Aug 01, 2010 07:15 am
The regional extension center program might have some people experiencing déjà vu.
Granted, the REC program is an unprecedented attempt by the federal government to transition American healthcare to electronic health record sy....
Certified Meaningful
Author: Costa, Kerry F
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
This month providers will begin seeing the first EHR products approved for use in the "meaningful use" incentive program. Another piece of the ARRA puzzle is falling into place.
In March 2010 the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) proposed two programs to test and approve EHR p....
Meaningful Use—Final at Last: Final Rule Adds Flexibility to Objectives, Eases Measures
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
The final rule on the EHR incentive plan offers more "flexibility and choice" than the daunting proposed rule, adjusting the objectives and scaling back some of the measures. Now interested providers just need to figure out how to get with the program.
After perhaps the longest six m....
United RECs of America
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
Most of the 60 regional extension centers have officially launched operations and begun helping providers implement health IT.
The RECs were created under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided $642 million in grants for the centers' first two....
ARRA Timeline
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
ARRA arrived with a bang in February 2009, but the regulations enabling the law's healthcare provisions have inched forward since then. Much of the responsibility for drafting regulation fell to the Department of Health and Human Services, which had a tall order to fill within deadlines mandate....
$58 Billion to Go
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services received approximately $146 billion in funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It was tasked with disbursing that money through programs or objectives specified within the act's healthcare-related provisions.
Over the year....
Overview of the Meaningful Use Final Rule
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: August 25, 2010
Meaningful Use: Provider Requirements
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: August 26, 2010
Meaningful Use: Incentive Payments and Program Requirements
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: August 26, 2010
Summer Reading: Skimming the New ARRA-HITECH Regulations
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2010
In July the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ended the waiting game for the HITECH privacy and security regulations, the meaningful use final rule, and the final rule on standards and certification.
HIM professionals and their organizations, anxious to familiarize thems....
Quality Check: An Overview of Quality Measures and Their Uses
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2010
Meaningful use and pay-for-performance are shining a spotlight on quality measures. There are hundreds of measures in use, but most fall within three broad categories.
Just performing a healthcare service may not be enough to receive payment anymore. Increasingly, payers are ty....
Meaningful Use and EHR Certification
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: September 02, 2010
Measures Reporting for Eligible Providers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: September 04, 2010
Measures Reporting for Eligible Hospitals
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 2010
Clinical Quality Measures for Providers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: September 15, 2010
Clinical Quality Measures for Hospitals
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: September 15, 2010
Qualifying for Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 2010
Preparing for Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 2010
Compliance Issues in Practice: Shore-Up Your Program Before Auditors Hit the Door
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P; Robb, Deborah
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 25, 2010
Introduction
Nearly ten years since the Office of Inspector General (OIG) first issued guidance for physician practices on compliance with federal legislation, many physician practices still lack a proactive, cost-effective approach to achieving compliance. Taking this critical step can....
Ensuring Meaningful Electronic Record Designs and Functionality for Inpatient and Outpatient Medical Organizations
Author: Levinson, Stephen R
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 29, 2010
Introduction
Current national policy is actively encouraging universal adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) as an initial step on the journey to systemic healthcare reform. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides incentive funds to....
The Health Data Analyst’s To-Do List: Demand for Analytics Fueled by ARRA, PPACA, and ICD-10
Author: Hyde, Linda A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
In October 2008 a Journal article titled "HIM Jobs of Tomorrow" profiled 11 new and revised jobs representing changes in HIM.1 One of the jobs highlighted was health data analyst.
Data analysis is not a new role in HIM, but it has been evolving appreciably. In the two years since th....
Payout: Reviewing Meaningful Use Payments
Author: Viola, Allison F.; Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
CMS will pay meaningful use bonuses through three programs: Medicare Fee for Service (FFS), Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicaid programs.
FFS Payments to Providers
For eligible professionals (EPs), understanding the payment system is especially important, because they must ch....
Health Information Technology: Integration of Clinical Workflow into Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records
Author: Bowens, Felicia M.; Frye, Patricia A.; Jones, Warren A.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2010
Understanding the Meaningful Use Vocabulary Standards
Author: Ulmer, Stephen E.; Fuller, Jan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The vocabulary standards adopted in the meaningful use final rule provide the language to capture primary health data required for the meaningful use objectives. It is through these standards that health information will be captured and transmitted. Knowing the vocabulary standards and underst....
Direct Route to Meaningful Use? Health Story Project Offers a Path to Integrate Clinical Documents into EHRs
Author: Alschuler, Liora
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The meaningful use final rule is spurring many organizations to implement electronic health records (EHRs). However, integrating clinical notes into EHRs continues to be a problem for many organizations.
The Health Story Project aims to streamline this process by supporting the deve....
Analyzing Clinical Quality Measures for Meaningful Use
Author: Kallem, Crystal
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
One of the top health policy outcome priorities associated with meaningful use is to improve the quality and efficiency of care for Medicare and Medicaid populations. Eligible hospitals and providers that seek to apply for stage 1 meaningful use incentives will be required to capture and repor....
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
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....
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....
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....
A Possible Delay for Stage 2
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
This spring, as the first providers began attesting to their performance in stage 1 of the meaningful use program, the rest of the industry seemed too absorbed with the program's next phase to take much notice.
Through the spring a subgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee was prepa....
All Together Now: Planning for ICD-10, ARRA, and the Affordable Care Act
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
Back in January 2009, when the deadline for ICD-10-CM/PCS was announced, the path to October 1, 2013, seemed straight and reasonably long. Then came ARRA/HITECH (February 2009), soon followed by the Affordable Care Act (March 2010).
Add in other federal and local regulations that nee....
Aligning ICD-10: Federal Initiatives Recognize the Value of Integration
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
The theme of this month's Journal is very timely on two accounts. First, the process for implementing ICD-10-CM/PCS is heating up as the industry is now six months from what many consider the first national milestone: the January 2012 compliance deadline for the HIPAA 5010 transaction upgrade.....
EHRs in the Cloud: Contract Protection for a Rainy Day
Author: Lamar, Marilyn
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2011
Cloud computing has been suggested as a cost-effective way to use electronic health records (EHRs), particularly for small providers that may not have an IT staff. Cloud-based EHRs store patient health records and the EHR software on computers operated by the EHR vendor.
The healthc....
Pick One: Comparing the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2011
Approximately 77,000 healthcare providers had registered for the meaningful use EHR incentive programs through July, program officials told the Health IT Policy Committee at its August 3 meeting. That is a significant number, but it leaves plenty of eligible providers and hospitals still to re....
popHealth Primer: ONC Funds Open-Source Software to Streamline Clinical Quality Measures Reporting for Meaningful Use Program
Author: Cottington, Sarah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2011
Reporting clinical quality measures from an electronic health record (EHR) system is new territory and can be challenging for providers. However, that is just what eligible professionals must do to participate in the meaningful use EHR incentive program.
Recognizing the challenge, t....
Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: September 12, 2011
Colorado Regional Extension Center: Successful Strategies for Provider Engagement
Author: Leone, Robyn
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Background
In April 2009, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provisions were included in the “stimulus bill” to fund health information technology grants across the country. These provisions were written under the Health Information Technology for Economi....
Telling the HIM Story in Meaningful Use
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2011
The term "meaningful use" is used freely within Washington and throughout the healthcare industry. For HIM professionals it is not a new concept, but the term has proliferated in the last few years with the creation of the ARRA-funded EHR incentive program.
At some point the talk wi....
Advancing HIE: ONC Works to Harmonize Standards and Elements to Foster Health Data Exchange
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2011
As the meaningful use program marches forward, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues to sharpen its focus on health information exchange (HIE). One of the main components in the HITECH Act mandated "the use of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of h....
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