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Survey: Patient Matching Problems Routine in Healthcare
Author: Dooling, Julie A; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kirby, Annessa; Landsbach, Grant; Lusk, Katherine; Munns, Megan; Noreen, Neysa; O'Connor, Michele; Patten, Melinda
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 06, 2016
A recent survey with AHIMA members revealed that over half of HIM professionals routinely work on mitigating possible patient record duplicates at their facility, and of those 72 percent work on mitigating duplicate records weekly. Contributing to the issue, less than half (47 percent) of....
Standards Activities Respond to Consumer Mobile Health IT Trends
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
All of the current excitement about the potential of mobile technologies and patient engagement opportunities comes at a time when many providers are frustrated about their electronic health record (EHR) systems. Struggling against poor EHR system usability, a lack of interoperability, and....
Shifting from Reactive to Proactive HIPAA Audits
Author: Brinda, Danika
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Stories about workforce members inappropriately accessing health information continue to plague the Department of Health and Human Services’ Data Breach Portal—which lists US provider data breaches that affect more than 500 individuals. Recently two data breaches reported on th....
Use Case: The Fulcrum of Standards Development
Author: Campbell, Susan E
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Information for general health information managers about the standards development framework and process—with a focus on mobile health For Patient and Self Care
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections Starts with Data Collection
Author: Cange, John R
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
To prevent a problem, however, requires that you understand the potential causes of the problem—and this understanding requires data. A complete understanding requires a complete dataset. In the case of HAIs, the ideal dataset would contain data concerning every type of HAI from ever....
MACRA and the Role of Clinical Data Integrity
Author: Stearns, Michael
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 on April 16, 2015. This legislation repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) but also introduced a number of provisions designed to compensate physicians and other healthcare professionals ba....
Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Archer, Anita; Campbell, Angela; D'Amato, Cheryl; McLeod, Melissa; Rugg, Donna
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Editor's Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the May 2013 and March 2010 Practice Briefs titled "Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice."
Mappings between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS will play a critical role in the successful utilization of ICD-10-CM/PCS. The Centers for Me....
Electronic Health Record Use a Bitter Pill for Many Physicians
Author: Meigs, Stephen L; Solomon, Michael
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Electronic health record (EHR) adoption among office-based physician practices in the United States has increased significantly in the past decade. However, the challenges of using EHRs have resulted in growing dissatisfaction with the systems among many of these physicia....
Digital Family History Data Mining with Neural Networks: A Pilot Study
Author: Hoyt, Robert; Linnville, Steven; Thaler, Stephen; Moore, Jeffrey
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Following the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, electronic health records were widely adopted by eligible physicians and hospitals in the United States. Stage 2 meaningful use menu objectives include a digi....
Healthcare Database Management for Health Informatics and Information Management Students: Challenges and Instruction Strategies—Part 1
Author: Hylock, Ray; Harris, Susie T.
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 forever altered the data management landscape in healthcare. The volume, breadth, depth, and pace at which health i....
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