Author: Lucci, Susan; Walsh, Tom

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

One of the most alarming statistics in the news, which is growing with intent and severity, is the prevalence of cyber-attacks, particularly in healthcare. It is an alarming trend that has gained a good deal of attention. For example, in July 2015, UCLA reported that up to 4.5 million pati....

Author: Overgaard, Shauna M

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 2015

Outcome measures such as patient satisfaction, rates of readmission, and procedural complications play heavily into the penalization of an organization’s financial reimbursement.


It is important to evaluate data on multiple levels in order to consider all opportunities for in....

Author: Green, Deborah

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 22, 2015

The results of the AHIMA-Cohasset Associates second survey on IG in Healthcare are showing definite traction for information governance (IG) in healthcare. While the focus was professional readiness, we heard from 1,260 professionals working in healthcare and learned from them about the ad....

Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 15, 2015

As stated in the preamble of AHIMA’s Information Governance Principles for HealthcareTM (IGPHC), “AHIMA defines information governance as an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and supporting the organization’s strategy, operation....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 08, 2015

Many healthcare organizations continue to struggle with implementing an information governance (IG) initiative. Oftentimes it can be a challenge to articulate exactly what IG is, and to find a simple way to get executive support to get started.


At session two of AHIMA’s pre-c....

Author: El-Mahalli, Azza Ali

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


Although electronic health records (EHRs) have been implemented in many hospitals and healthcare providers benefit from their effective and efficient data processing, their evaluation from nurses has received little attention. This project aimed to assess the adoption and....

Author: Khurshid, Anjum; Diana, Mark L; Jain, Rahul

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

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Objective—To study the extent to which community health information exchanges (HIEs) deliver and measure return on investment (ROI) and improvements in the quality of care.


Materials and Methods—We surveyed operational HIEs for their characterist....

Author: Cochran, Gary L; Lander, Lina; Morien, Marsha; Lomelin, Daniel E; Brittin, Jeri; Reker, Celeste; Klepser, Donald G

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


Background—Consumer satisfaction is a crucial component of health information technology (HIT) utilization, as high satisfaction is expected to increase HIT utilization among providers and to allow consumers to become full participants in their own healthcare management.<....

Author: Ayatollahi, Haleh; Roozbehi, Masoud; Haghani, Hamid

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


Introduction: In clinical practices, the use of information technology, especially computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems, has been found to be an effective strategy to improve patient care. This study aimed to compare physicians’ and nurses’ views about the imp....

Author: Keller, Megan E; Kelling, Sarah E; Cornelius, Douglas C; Oni, Hafusat A; Bright, David R

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


One primary function of community pharmacies is to dispense medications to patients. In doing so, pharmacists frequently communicate with physicians’ offices to clarify prescription orders and obtain additional information to ensure the safe and accurate dispensing of med....