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Making Health Information Exchange Work: HIOs Currently Not Ready to Support the Information Needs of a Reformed Healthcare System—But Small Changes Offer Big Outcomes
Author: Callan, Kathy; Fuller, Jan C.; Galterio, Louis; Just, Beth Haenke; Reich, Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried ; Steigerwald, Christine; Turner-Combs, Mary Lou; Wolf, Sheldon H; Dooling, Julie A; Kirby, Annessa; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2014
Editor’s note: This article is part two of a two-part series analyzing the current state of health information exchange organizations and their operational models.
The question facing the healthcare industry is “will health information exchange organizations (HIOs....
Tracking HIE’s Ever Evolving Operational Models: Emerging health information exchange market still sorting out its business and governance models
Author: Callan, Kathy; Fuller, Jan C.; Galterio, Louis; Just, Beth Haenke; Reich, Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried ; Steigerwald, Christine; Turner-Combs, Mary Lou; Wolf, Sheldon H; Dooling, Julie A; Kirby, Annessa; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2014
Editor’s note: This article is part one of a two-part series analyzing the current state of health information exchange organizations and their operational models.
Health information exchange (HIE) continues to be an embryonic domain—a swirling array of various pu....
Healthcare DIY: Empowering Consumers to Optimize their Healthcare through Health Information
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
There’s no doubt that consumers of a certain age take comfort in going to the doctor, agreeing with their diagnosis, and following his or her treatment plan to the letter without doubts or hesitation. But this paternalistic approach to healthcare is starting to erode as younger gener....
Electronic Health Records and Information Portability: A Pilot Study in a Rural Primary Healthcare Center in India
Author: Radhakrishna, Kedar; Goud, B Ramakrishna; Kasthuri, Arvind; Waghmare, Abijeet; Raj, Tony
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2014
Abstract
Clinical documentation and health information portability pose unique challenges in urban and rural areas of India. This article presents findings of a pilot study conducted in a primary health center in rural India. In this article, we focus on primary care in rural Indi....
AHIMA Submits Comments on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Records
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: June 25, 2014
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is pleased to
submit these comments on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Applicability of 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Patient Records.
AHIMA is committed to promoting and
advocating for high quality research, best practices and effective standards in health information and to actively
contributing to the development and advancement of health information professionals worldwide. AHIMA’s enduring
goal is quality healthcare through quality information. These comments provide AHIMA’s
responses to several of SAMSHA’s questions.
Electronic Prescribing: Improving the Efficiency and Accuracy of Prescribing in the Ambulatory Care Setting
Author: Porterfield, Amber; Engelbert, Kate; Coustasse, Alberto
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2014
Abstract
Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) is an important part of the nation’s push to enhance the safety and quality of the prescribing process. E-prescribing allows providers in the ambulatory care setting to send prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy and can....
Justice-Involved Health Information: Policy and Practice Advances in Connecticut
Author: Trestman, Robert L; Aseltine, Rob H Jr
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2014
Abstract
Sharing health information across correctional boundaries presents many challenges. Three such projects in Connecticut may be of value in informing other jurisdictions of similar opportunities. This article describes the development and implementation of an interagency re....
Authorization Requirements for the Disclosure of Protected Health Information - Retired
Author: Dunn, Rose T; Rose, Angela Dinh; Wieland, LaVonne R.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: The following article supplants information contained in the October 2002 “Required Content for Authorizations to Disclose” Practice Brief.
The HIPAA privacy rule became effective April 14, 2003, and established standards for information disclosure....
Redisclosure of Patient Health Information (2013 update)
Author: Downing, Kathy; Odia, Godwin
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: This update supplants the 2009 practice brief “Redisclosure of Patient Health Information.”
Redisclosure is the act of sharing or releasing health information that was received from another source (e.g., external facility or provider) and made part....
Data Migration Lessons Learned: One Facility Relates Hard-learned Best Practices After Migrating to a New EHR
Author: Noreen, Neysa
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
During the planning stages of a new electronic health record (EHR) implementation at Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minnesota's PACE clinic, discussions began regarding what needed to be done with the legacy EHR's historical data. Discussions moved quickly to migrating the data from the....
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