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Close Doesn’t Count: Patient Matching Challenges in HIEs
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Lisa A. Eramo, MA
The more we know about patients, the easier it is to match them. Or at least that’s the theory. Clinical data, patient-generated data, biometrics, social determinants of health: all of this should make patient matching in health information exchanges (HI....
Clinical Documentation Improvement for Outpatient Care: Design and Implementation
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief is based on an excerpt from the AHIMA Press publication Clinical Documentation Improvement for Outpatient Care: Design and Implementation by Pamela Carroll Hess, MA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CPC.
The AHIMA Foundation has established compe....
Three Ways Analytics Optimizes Health Outcomes
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Valerie Watzlaf, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA
Over the summer I was fortunate to participate in several conferences. I was both honored to be involved and enthralled at the expertise of all of the individuals who participated and presented.
Data is powerful. Data litera....
Coding Quality Improvement Plan Implementation for Hospital-Acquired Physician Groups
Author: Youmans, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Karen Youmans, MPA, RHIA, CCS, and Vanessa Youmans, MA, RHIA, CCS, CPC
As healthcare organizations strive for continuous efficiency and sustainability, mergers and acquisitions (M&A)among diverse medical facilities provides organizations new opportunities to reduce costs an....
Anonymized EHRs Create Potential Liability for Google and Hospital
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Gail L. Gottehrer, JD, and Ronald J. Hedges, JD
A recently filed class action highlights the risk that the proliferation of health-related smartphone apps, fitness trackers, and the data these programs collect, may enable the re-identification of purportedly de-identified elect....
CAC Takes Coding Into the Future
Author: Fahy, Kristi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Kristi Fahy, RHIA
Technology is the segue to the future. It is the very thing that will transform the landscape of today’s world into one with endless possibilities. In healthcare, that transformation is being accelerated by the transition to electronic health records (EH....
NIST Privacy Framework: Protecting Privacy While Promoting Interoperability
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Karen Starling Greenhalgh, HCISPP, CHC, CHPC
Privacy is often seen as a barrier to electronic health information exchange (HIE). To help address those concerns and meld core privacy principles with proven oversight and accountability mechanisms, the National Institute of Standa....
Telehealth's Popularity Puts New Emphasis on Privacy and Security
Author: Clack, Lesley
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Lesley Clack, ScD, MS, CPH
Telehealth, which refers to healthcare services facilitated remotely through electronic information and telecommunications technology, is on the rise. In 2010, 35 percent of hospitals had partially or fully implemented computerized telehealth systems,....
‘The Farewell’ Offers Insights into HIPAA’s Right to Access
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Mary Butler
In the film The Farewell, Chinese-American actress and comedian Awkwafina plays a woman torn between two cultural approaches to death and dying when her character, Billi, learns that her grandmother has terminal lung cancer. Billi's grief is compounded when she....
A Time to Be Bold
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2019
By Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, chief executive officer
HIM professionals are well aware of the work involved in matching patients to their unique records. Mismatched records can cost us time, lead to frustration, and cause headaches and dissatisfaction for patients and provide....
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