Author: Abbott, Debbie

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Presentation Overview
Data security is becoming an important issue for all facilities due to the inherent risks of securing data externally with the transference of information over the Internet and internally from unauthorized access. We will identify the risks to facilities, present example....

Author: Acker, Beth A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

The term “medical device” covers a wide range of health or medical instruments used to treat, mitigate, diagnose, or prevent a disease or abnormal physical condition. Virtually every care setting captures data from medical devices, including vital signs, blood analysis, ventilator....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: February 2009

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

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA sample form

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: August 2011

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2011

Editor's note: This update supplants the November-December 2006 practice brief "Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange".


The primary function of a health information exchange (HIE) is to permit access to clinical information on demand at the point of care. HIEs enabl....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: September 2010

The health information exchange (HIE) landscape has changed dramatically over the past five years. More HIEs are available to organizations and providers than ever before. Industry initiatives leveraging technological advances and the call for all Americans to have an electronic health record b....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA sample form

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

HIPAA’s Accounting of Disclosure Provisions Led to Few Patient Requests; Now ARRA Is Upping the Ante

Provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extend HIPAA’s accounting of disclosure regulations for providers who maintain electronic health records. The provisions a....

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....