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RHIOs at a Crossroads
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....
Data Standards, Data Quality, and Interoperability - Retired
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.
Renewing Our Commitment to Confidentiality
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....
Getting Information Rights Right: Identifying the Rights-related Issues in Health Information Exchange
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....
Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange
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.
Facsimile Transmission of Health Information (2006 update)
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.
Architecture of the FHIE: How the DoD and the VA Are Integrating 10 Million Health Records
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....
Privacy and Security Challenges in HIEs: Unique Factors Add New Complexities to Familiar Issues
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....
Language of Health Data Exchange
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....
Data Standard Time: Data Content Standardization and the HIM Role
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....
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