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Investigative Approach: How Clinical Documentation Teams Improve Communication, Documentation Outcomes and Patient Care
Author: Robinson, Steven
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 29, 2016
Clinical documentation programs’ success is a result of the healthcare team keeping a constant vigil on communication while operationalizing outcomes and instilling provider support. Patient care is largely dependent on accurate communication among the healthcare provider team. In a....
Applying Predictive Analytics: The Role of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease
Author: Monga, Kapila
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 22, 2016
The phrase “Longevity Revolution,” referring to the increase in human life expectancy by 30 years, isn’t new anymore. Various books have been written on this subject, and it is a widely discussed topic in conferences these days. It is a no-brainer that this increase in life expectancy warr....
Patient Engagement, Patient Portals, and Information Governance
Author: Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 15, 2016
Involving patients in the management of their health (patient engagement) encourages greater patient participation in care. It also increases the integrity of the health information stored by our health systems—patients will be the first to tell you if the information is incorrect. P....
Clinical Validation: the Next Level of CDI (December 2016 update)
Author: Denton, Debra Beisel; Endicott, Melanie; Ericson, Cheryl E; Love, Tammy R.; McDonald, Lori; Willis, Daphne
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
One of the more challenging tasks for both coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals is clinical validation. This is a relatively new responsibility that has evolved as CDI programs mature and CDI and coding professionals advance their knowledge and collaboration on clin....
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”
As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....
Copy Functionality Toolkit (2016 update)
Author: Gelzer, Reed D.; Hall, Terri; Liette, Elizabeth; Warner, Diana; Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: 2016
A Practical Guide: Information Management and Governance for Copy Functions in Electronic Health Record Systems
Leveraging Opportunities to Gain Buy-In for Information Governance
Author: Goodell, Suzanne
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 21, 2016
Recently, I have been talking with our CMIO, working to gain her executive sponsorship for implementing system-wide policies for patient naming, matching, and identification. She was receptive to my suggestions, but her plate was already full, and she didn’t seem ready to lead a new system....
From the HIE Point of View: When is Data Too Old to Use? It Depends
Author: VanOver, Jennifer; Lusk, Katherine
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 16, 2016
When health information management involved keeping paper records in file rooms, a rule of thumb was that after two years with infrequent activity, medical records were often moved to off-site storage. This reduced the cost of maintaining medical records onsite long term. The records often....
Why Standardize an Electronic Health Record? [sponsored article]
Author: BRG HIM and Healthcare Technology Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 11, 2016
This article is published in sponsorship with Berkeley Research Group (BRG).
A physician approaches a health information management (HIM) staff member, upset because the location of a document in their office is not in the same location in the hospital record.....
New ONC Chief Touts Importance of Standards Development Work
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
The new National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Vindell Washington, MD, plans to focus on some old issues for the healthcare industry—a lack of universal standards, limited interoperability, and the difficulty present for both providers and consumers trying to exchange and access hea....
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