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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....
Peddling Out of the HIE Peloton: Some Mass HIway Providers Pulling Away from the Pack and Using HIE for True Care Coordination
Author: Belanger, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
The world of health information exchange remains busy in Massachusetts as the Mass HIway, the statewide health information exchange (HIE), enters its fourth year of rolling out Direct messaging statewide. Overall, Mass HIway officials feel things are going very well, with more than 580 or....
HIM Best Practices for Records Management at Transitions of Care
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....
Access to Health Information: It Takes a Village
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 2015
Obtaining access to one’s written or electronic medical records in a timely manner is one of the guarantees listed in AHIMA’s “Consumer Health Information Bill of Rights.” Yet, for one consumer, Amanda Michelle Jones, MS, AM, being on a first-name basis with medical records depa....
The ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’ of Data Conversions
Author: Taylor, Nathan Patrick
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2015
Many people in healthcare tend to think simply about data “in” and data “out.” They see the process of data conversion as cost effective and expect it to be easy. It’s not easy.
Data conversions are commonplace in healthcare today, especially with constant improvements and....
AHIMA Comments to ONC and OCR Regarding Charges and Fees for Electronic Copies of Health Information
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: September 10, 2015
This letter is in response to the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) request for responses regarding the charges and fees for electronic copies of health information.
Achieving Health Information Systems Interoperability
Author: Orlova, Anna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
With the growing adoption of health information technology (HIT), interoperability—or the sharing of data between systems—has become a topic that everybody in healthcare is talking about. Interoperability impacts every stakeholder in healthcare with each individual party involv....
Connecting the Disparate: Middleware’s Role in Solving Healthcare’s EHR Interoperability Problems
Author: Voltz, Donald M
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
According to data published on HealthIT.gov, 173 health IT vendors are supplying certified electronic health record (EHR) products to more than 4,500 hospitals. Despite wide penetration of EHRs in hospitals, clinics, and physician offices, a lack of access to patient information between sy....
Report on Health Information Blocking
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
Publication Date: April 2015
This report responds to Congress’s request for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC) to produce a report on the extent of health information blocking and a
comprehensive strategy to address it.
Implementing EHRs: An Exploratory Study to Examine Current Practices in Migrating Physician Practice
Author: Dolezel, Diane; Moczygemba, Jackie
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2015
Abstract
Implementation of electronic health record (EHR) systems in physician practices is challenging and complex. In the past, physicians had little incentive to move from paper-based records. With the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Healt....
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