Author: Pan, Eric

Source: External web site

Publication Date: September 30, 2004

presentation at the HIT Summit West, San Francisco, CA

Author: Jenkins, Kristin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2012

Data are of no value unless they drive action. Action in healthcare has limited positive impact when it is uninformed or uncoordinated.

Publicly available data can help organizations improve healthcare quality. However, getting the most out of these data requires the right tools. A....

Author: Sembritzki, Juergen

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

Several European countries already have nationwide card systems in place, some even containing medical data. Some of those which are merely administrative are going to be replaced during the coming years, for example, in Germany.
The only health card project funded cu....

Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 21, 2007

Author: Wagner, Lew

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2002

Threats to your facility’s physical and information security become more complex all the time. To create a truly effective security program, consider developing an integrated security program that encompasses both traditional and information technology protection. The result? A strong, st....

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: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2003

There were no big surprises in the final security rule. As promised, it has been reconciled with the privacy rule and most redundancies were removed. The security rule addresses only electronic protected health information (ePHI), though we must not forget the privacy rule’s “mini-se....

Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann; Dooling, Julie A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2013

The Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was originally defined as a “set of standards, services, and policies” by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in 2007. Further changes were established in February 2009 as a part of the Health Information....

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: June 2003

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

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2001

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

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....

Author: Dooling, Julie A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

Health information exchange (HIE) continues to evolve and change, thanks in part to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), which has been encouraging new ways of exchanging and sharing health information that foster trust, drive efficiencies, and ultimately place the i....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2012

It has been a decade since the first privacy officers took their jobs in response to the HIPAA privacy rule. A slew of changes since then have added more responsibility, required more skills, and demanded more time of them than anyone could have imagined.

When Nancy Davis, R....

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....

Author: Hyde, Linda A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2010

In October 2008 a Journal article titled "HIM Jobs of Tomorrow" profiled 11 new and revised jobs representing changes in HIM.1 One of the jobs highlighted was health data analyst.

Data analysis is not a new role in HIM, but it has been evolving appreciably. In the two years since th....

Author: Rivera, Teresa

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

Background

The Utah Health Information Network, UHIN, has been exchanging data electronically since 1993. Formed and governed by the community, UHIN, is a solution to the high cost of sending claims and receiving payments electronically. UHIN has been operating as a nonprofit organization....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

Washington State’s experiment in consumer-controlled health records has moved into a pilot phase, transforming the health record banking model from theory to testing. In March the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) announced the launch of three pilot sites that will try out the....

Author: Connecting for Health

Source: External - used with permission

Publication Date: June 25, 2008

This document is part of The Connecting for Health Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information, which is available in full and in its most current version here.

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

Banking health data like a financial transaction is the simplest solution to healthcare’s networking challenges says William Yasnoff, founder of the Health Record Banking Alliance.

There are a lot of plans for regional and, eventually, nationwide health information exchange, b....

Author: Zach, Henry

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2004

Sharing data electronically rather than verbally or on paper benefits healthcare by reducing medical errors, improving the quality of routine and emergency care, and lowering administrative costs. Capturing and transmitting information digitally also ensures patients and providers are able to....

Author: E-HIM Work Group on Patient Identification in RHIOs

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

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

Author: Lee, Lorraine; Whitcomb, Kathleen; Galbreth, Michael; Patterson, David

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Backed with fresh ARRA funding, SCHIEx blends business models with a strong state role and a belief that HIE is a public good.

The field of health information exchange is littered with examples of failed or defunct efforts, such as those in Santa Barbara (CA), Seattle, Cle....

Author: Dierker, Lynn

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

Operating between community efforts and a nationwide health data network, statewide public-private partnerships are showing unique potential to advance interoperability and promote effective governance.

The early proliferation of health data-sharing networks produced numerous config....

Author: Winter, Kitt; Hastings, Bob

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2011

The Social Security Administration has plenty of reasons to streamline its records request process-more than 15 million reasons each year, in fact. That's why it has been pioneering information exchange projects with the private sector, including use of the Nationwide Health Informa....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2011

The federal government has been actively encouraging health information exchange through direct grants and leadership. However, its challenge now is keeping focused and getting the multiple efforts aligned.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is attempting to do in a....

Author: Scichilone, Rita A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2012

When preparing a meal to share with others, the best cooks pay attention to which ingredients baked into the final product can determine the success or failure of the meal. This process is surprisingly similar to HIM professionals sharing health data with others. The way information is pre....

Author: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

Source: External healthcare industry report

Publication Date: September 12, 2007

a taxonomy of secondary uses and re-uses of healthcare data

Author: Galterio, Louis

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2013

Healthcare facilities are cutting out the middle man-the post office-by sending audit-requested medical records directly to the federal government using the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) program.



The esMD program has been growing at a fast ra....

Author: Schrader, Michael

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2004

In Santa Barbara County, a regional data-sharing network offers a model for the future of HIM infrastructures.
Located north of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara County is a favorite destination, known for its beaches, resorts, and vineyards. Local homeowners include Oprah Winfrey, Martin Shee....

Author: Keough, Tim

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2004

Remote coding offers big benefits and unique security challenges. Here’s how one organization moves patient data securely across the Internet.

"Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought....

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: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2002

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

Author: Hughes, Gwen; Smith, Cheryl M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2001

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

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: AHIMA sample form

Publication Date: October 23, 2002

Survey



Name: ______________________________ Department: ___________________________

Title: ________________________________ Phone extension: ______________

Requesting Patient Health Information


1. Do you ever request patient health informa....

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.

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: 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....

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: Rhodes, Harry B.; Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2003

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

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2001

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

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2003

October 16, 2003, is just a few months away. Has your organization addressed all the code set issues that are part of the HIPAA financial and administrative transactions and code sets requirements?


Because providers are accustomed to using many of the medical code sets required....

Author: McLaughlin, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2001

HIPAA's provisions have brought healthcare clearinghouses into the spotlight. What is a clearinghouse, and how is its role affected by the new regulations? This article answers these questions.

A clearinghouse is typically used to collect, validate, and distribute insurance c....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: August 2011

Author: California HealthCare Foundation

Source: External web site

Publication Date: June 02, 2007

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2007

Varying privacy practices that pose barriers to health information exchange are putting HIM concerns in the national spotlight.
The 35-year-old Minnesota woman’s winter vacation in the neighboring state of Wisconsin was going great, until her ski snapped and the accident happened. B....

Author: Pritts, Joy; Jacobson, Robin; Connors, Elenora

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 15, 2009

Author: Pritts, Joy; Kayne, Kyle; Jacobson, Robin

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 15, 2009

Author: Pritts, Joy; Lewis, Stephanie; Jacobson, Robin; Lucia, Kevin; Kayne, Kyle

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 15, 2009

Author: Pritts, Joy

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 15, 2009

Author: Dimitropoulos, Linda L.

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 30, 2009