Author: Beckett, Barb; Beidler, Aurae; Halpert, Aviva M.; Davis, Nancy; Gorton, Elisa R.; McLendon, Kelly; Rose, Angela Dinh; Shindell, Roger; Tucker, DeAnn

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: January 2017

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Author: McLendon, Kelly

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: January 2017

overview of the Office of Civil Right’s HIPAA Audit Protocol, including summaries

Author: Herrin, Barry S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2016

The HIPAA-HITECH modifications to the Privacy and Security Rules have made the management of the release of information function even more complex for providers. Add in state law and other protections, and it can be difficult for health information management (HIM) professionals to know ju....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: July 01, 2016

One of the most important objectives of the HIPAA Privacy Rule—and the HITECH Act in particular—was to ensure that consumers have easy and affordable access to their own protected health information. The regulations also clarified how and when medical information about a patien....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2016

The HITECH Omnibus Rule mandated that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conduct periodic audits on the privacy and security compliance of covered entities and business associates. It was during the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) update session on March 21, 2016 at the 20....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2016

It is a dark and stormy night at a mid-sized regional trauma center when an EMS team brings in a 30-year-old man who is suffering from a prescription narcotics overdose. The patient is conscious but disoriented when he arrives on a gurney. When he wakes up, his loved ones, dutifully at his....

Author: Greene, Adam H

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2016

In 2009, CONGRESS passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which granted individuals a right to have a copy of their records sent to a third party, according to 42 U.S.C. § 17935(e) of the regulation.


Unfortunately, many attorn....

Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Source: Government (U.S.) | External healthcare industry report

Publication Date: February 2016

2015 Report To Congress on Health IT Adoption, Use, and Exchange

Author: Meigs, Stephen L; Solomon, Michael

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2016

Abstract


Electronic health record (EHR) adoption among office-based physician practices in the United States has increased significantly in the past decade. However, the challenges of using EHRs have resulted in growing dissatisfaction with the systems among many of these physicia....

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: December 15, 2015

Letter to Andrew M. Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services