Author: Fahy, Kristi; Hermann, Michelle

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2017

Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.


AHIMA defines information governance (IG) as “an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its life cycle and for supp....

Author: Gibbs, Sally

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2017

How does a healthcare system with 24 hospitals, 40 physician offices, and 50 free-standing ambulatory surgery centers that spans from the entire state of California to just over the Oregon border continue to keep their coding and billing staff current with the latest coding guidelines and....

Author: Haugen, Mary Beth; Dascher, Paula; Manor, Barbara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2017

Editor’s Note: This article is a follow-up to the piece “Bridging HIM’s Disconnect with IT” that appeared in the March 2016 Journal of AHIMA.


As healthcare organizations move toward value-based models, health information management (HIM) and informatio....

Author: Combs, Tammy

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: November 23, 2016

Have you ever spent hours working on a project, only to find out at a random meeting that another team has been working on the same project? This type of scenario can be frustrating to both teams and lead to distrust in the work process—not to mention wasted time that could have been spent....

Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: November 16, 2016

As a presenter at this year’s AHIMA Annual Convention and Exhibit, I covered many topics. While I plan to post about others in subsequent posts, this month I want to discuss a subject that many healthcare providers and their staff members might find unfamiliar: the National Labor Rela....

Author: Combs, Tammy

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 27, 2016

Mastering physician engagement can be a challenging process, but it is within reach when you develop a plan of action and have a little patience. During AHIMA’s 2016 CDI Summit: Advancing the Documentation Journey, held August 1-2 in Washington, DC, Dr. John Showalter, MD, MSIS, University....

Author: Delahoussaye, Elizabeth A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Health information management (HIM) professionals can pull meaningful information from privacy and security breach data to evaluate release of information (ROI) processes, uncover workflow risks, and implement corrective measures. While large scale breaches impacting millions of patients m....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: July 29, 2016

As clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs become more popular, providers are still struggling with implementing CDI programs for several different reasons, including: geographical location; a shortage of outpatient coders and CDI specialists; or even the lack of physi....

Author: Glondys, Barbara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2016

On March 28, 2016, the information systems at 10 MedStar Health hospital locations were attacked by a virus that prevented certain users from logging in to the organization’s information systems. The organization immediately moved to back-up systems using paper transactions. All facilitie....

Author: Rudman, William J.; Hart-Hester, Susan; Richey, John; Jackson, Kathryn

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: July 2016

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Evolving economic and technological advances have affected the work environment and the workforce, resulting in new competency requirements for employees. Finding the right person for each job can be difficult, and new hires often fail to meet employers’ expectations. Thi....