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Storage Solution: A Plan for Paper in the Transition to Electronic Document Management
Author: Grzybowski, Darice
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2008
For Mercy Health Partners, solving its paper records storage needs was a sound first step in achieving its long-range health IT plans.
Mercy Health Partners, part of the Catholic Healthcare Partners group, knew it couldn’t put the electronic cart before the paper horse.
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How and Why to Preserve Health Records During Litigation
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
The term preservation, when used in a legal context, refers to placing information identified as relevant to a civil or criminal US court case in a legal hold to ensure the data is not destroyed or tampered with.
Health information managers, or anyone who works with records....
Risks and Results of Data Spoliation
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2014
The September e-HIM Best Practices article answered some basic questions about preservation of records in the context of civil litigation. This article will consider the question, “What if something goes wrong?”
Spoliation Defined
Health information management (H....
Federal Changes Proposed for eDiscovery Litigation Rules: Several Modifications will Directly Impact HIM
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2014
Courts don’t remain civil on their own. It takes well-crafted procedural rules, enforced by knowledgeable attorneys and judges, to keep the American legal system humming along in an orderly fashion. Aiding with the civility of the law is the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Federal Rules....
Keep Out: Unsecured PHI Inside
Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
Crumbling, decaying, and abandoned hospitals aren’t just physically dangerous examples of urban decrepitude—they also could be prime targets for medical identity thieves who know what they’re doing.
Take the case of Chicago, IL’s Edgewater Medical Center, a....
Facility Closure: How to Get In, Get Out, and Get What Is Important
Author: Lail, Pamela J; Laird, Sarah S; McCall, Kris; Naretto, Joe; York, April
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
This article examines the current state of affairs of the health information management role in facility closure as well as the impact on revenue cycle operations. Health information management professionals are uniquely positioned to assist an organization in closure eff....
Medical Record Retention and Media Formats for Medical Records
Author: Medicare Learning Network
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Publication Date: August 10, 2010
Reframing Retention Management in a Multimedia Environment
Author: Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
Within the last decade, the domain of record retention management has exploded in response to the development of electronic records and their storage demands, the mandates emanating from regulations like HIPAA, and the emergence of e-discovery as the requisite method for compelling record prod....
Managing Electronic Information Beyond the Health Record
Author: Nunn, Sandra L.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Introduction
Health Information Management professionals have embraced the challenge of implementing and managing the Electronic Health Record. This presentation will demonstrate how to stretch the skills the HIM professional developed in building the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to mov....
Long Term Digital Preservation and IG: The Evolving When, Where, and How Strategy
Author: Palkie, Brooke
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 16, 2017
As I begin digging into the intricacies of long-term digital preservation (LTDP) of electronic healthcare data, I am realizing how little I knew. The ever-changing formats and standards for accessing personal health information (PHI) come to mind. Once obsolete, how will this information b....
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