Author: Xiao, Anna Q; Acosta, Frank X

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2016

Abstract


Objectives: This study describes the efforts to implement electronic charting in a large public psychiatric outpatient clinic with the objective to improve clinical documentation.


Methods: Data made available through the quality review process are utilized t....

Author: Lee, Wei-Chen; Veeranki, Sreenivas P; Serag, Hani; Eschbach, Karl; Smith, Kenneth D

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2016

Abstract


Well-designed electronic health records (EHRs) must integrate a variety of accurate information to support efforts to improve quality of care, particularly equity-in-care initiatives. This case study provides insight into the challenges those initiatives may face in colle....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Shawn Wells, RHIT, CHDA, manager of HIM data integrity at the University of Utah Healthcare, put himself on the health information management (HIM) career trajectory that HIM educators dream of using as an example.


Wells, who was also the first person in the state of Utah....

Author: Delahoussaye, Elizabeth A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Health information management (HIM) professionals can pull meaningful information from privacy and security breach data to evaluate release of information (ROI) processes, uncover workflow risks, and implement corrective measures. While large scale breaches impacting millions of patients m....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kirby, Annessa; Kadlec, Lesley; Landsbach, Grant; Lusk, Katherine; Munns, Megan; Noreen, Neysa; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

In healthcare, matching patients accurately to their medical history across multiple care sites and among various sources of data has become increasingly important as healthcare data is shared across platforms. Additionally, as clinicians need to interact with third parties and provide car....

Author: Bradley, Paul

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

A year in and ICD-10 is almost approaching the point of old news.


Of course—I’m kidding! Nothing could be further from the truth. From a data analytics perspective, the impact of ICD-10 is only beginning to be realized and understood.


For one, this first year....

Author: Twiggs, Mariela; Goldstein, Sara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Healthcare provider organizations rely on a variety of entities to help them carry out healthcare activities and functions. If these entities create, maintain, or transmit protected health information (PHI) on behalf of a provider organization, they are considered a business associate (BA....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Houser, Shannon H.; Mikaelian, Raymound; Smith, Clarice Pittillo

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Are you a data-driven individual? Is your health information management (HIM) department focused on becoming data-driven or informatics-oriented?


Today’s data analytics and informatics-oriented organizations are the centerpiece of operations and strategic visioning&mda....

Author: Orlova, Anna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Data quality management has always been an area of focus for AHIMA. But the need for quality and integrity of data and information is greater than ever in all healthcare settings—especially with the growing adoption of health information technology (HIT), including electronic health....

Author: Meehan, Ann M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Editor’s Note: This article is the seventh in a series that provides a road map for implementing an information governance (IG) program in any organization. Each month a set of concepts is discussed that tie to the IG Road Map Infographic developed by AHIMA. Any organization can take....