Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2007

Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) represent what is best about public service organizations in our country. They are voluntary organizations formed by people who want to improve the safety and quality of healthcare by making reliable information available where it is neede....

Author: Fenton, Susan H.; Giannangelo, Kathy; Kallem, Crystal; Scichilone, Rita A

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2007

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2006

With renewed interest in privacy and security, a renewed role for HIM.

Confidentiality has been an HIM domain ever since the profession recognized and accepted Hippocratic responsibilities to keep health information secure. Pre-HIPAA, HIM professionals were responsible for....

Author: Carter, Patricia; Lemery, Chrisann; Mikels, Debra A; Bowen, Rita K.; Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2006

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Waller, Adele A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2006

To protect the information rights of both individuals and organizations, RHIOs must identify and address the issues from the outset.

The exchange of health information among disparate organizations raises significant issues concerning the rights and responsibilities of all pa....

Author: Blevins, Alicia; Davis, Nancy; Hjort, Beth M.; Lemery, Chrisann; Mangin, Wendy L; Mikels, Debra A; Nicholas, Cindy

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2006

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Donham, Greg W.; Mallia, Tony

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2006

An ambitious project offers lessons for the NHIN and illustrates core HIM issues in data exchange.
In response to the reported illnesses of Gulf War veterans, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) undertook an initiative to create comprehensive, lifelong....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2006

On a recent trip out of town, I had a very enlightening conversation with a cab driver on the way to the airport. Even though it was early in the morning, the driver was extremely talkative and initiated a conversation about what I did for a living. This immediately led to direct questions rega....

Author: Bloomrosen, Meryl; Heubusch, Kevin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2006

Rapidly advancing data exchange initiatives have left a trail of acronyms in their wake. Is a SNO a RHIO, and where did LHIIs go?



As thinking on the nature of regional and nationwide data exchange evolves, terms devised from necessity have been left behind just as....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on EHR Data Content

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2006

To efficiently and accurately share clinical information, EHRs must be interoperable—the IT systems and software applications used by various facilities and made by different vendors must be able to communicate so that usable data can be exchanged accurately, effectively, and consistentl....