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Measuring Success with Accurate Patient Identification
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 18, 2016
Healthcare is transforming at a rate not previously seen. Many different levers are at work in this transformation, applied either in parallel or jointly. This transformation is occurring with the goal of advancing the IHI Triple Aim—improve care and outcomes, reduce costs, improve health.....
AHIMA Comments on ONC’s Transatlantic eHealth-Health IT Cooperation Roadmap
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 2016
Autumn/Fall 2015 Public Stakeholder Consultation Guidance Questions
What Do You Mean by "Electronic Health Record?"
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 15, 2016
My blog posts have, for the most part, focused on electronically stored information (ESI) in the context of civil litigation. In this blog I want to shift my focus slightly to raise some questions about the electronic health record and what must be produced in response to a....
Small Organization Making Mighty Strides with IG
Author: Rockendorf, Betty
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 10, 2016
Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) is a 25-bed critical access hospital in Sturgeon Bay, WI that offers many services, from inpatient and outpatient care to rehabilitation services, emergency department and urgent care, six clinics, and a skilled nursing facility. So, how doe....
Information Governance Toolkit 2.0
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: March 2016
AHIMA’s Information Governance Toolkit provides guidance that will assist in strengthening the healthcare organization’s performance related to managing information and data that is necessary for achieving strategic goals. The toolkit, available in the AHIMA webstore, is free to AHIMA members.
Finding John Doe: Patient Matching and the Need for a National Health Safety Identifier
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Over the past several years it’s been hard to avoid public conversations about the “childhood obesity epidemic.” One of the biggest targets for regulators like the USDA and for politicians such as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been Americans’ addi....
Bridging HIM's Disconnect with IT: Build Relationships First, Tackle Differences Later
Author: Haugen, Mary Beth; Richardson, Amy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Consider the following fictional, and perhaps all-too-familiar, conversation between health information management (HIM) department staff and health information technology (IT) staff:
Chief Information Officer (CIO) to HIM Director: “Were you aware that last month we implem....
Information Governance Road Map: Mile Marker 1—Getting Started
Author: Meehan, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series that provides a road map for implementing an information governance (IG) program in any organization. Each month a set of concepts will be discussed that tie to the IG Road Map Infographic developed by AHIMA. Any organization can t....
Peddling Out of the HIE Peloton: Some Mass HIway Providers Pulling Away from the Pack and Using HIE for True Care Coordination
Author: Belanger, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
The world of health information exchange remains busy in Massachusetts as the Mass HIway, the statewide health information exchange (HIE), enters its fourth year of rolling out Direct messaging statewide. Overall, Mass HIway officials feel things are going very well, with more than 580 or....
ICD-10 Opens Documentation Gaps
Author: Diop, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
We studied. We practiced. We prepared. We had extensions—first a year, then two. More time to practice. Then, at long last, October 1, 2015 arrived, bringing with it the much-anticipated new code sets ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Despite much hand wringing and nay saying, the implementation....
Transforming Data into Meaning: Standards-based Capabilities to Bring Disparate Data Sources Together
Author: Selsky, Darren
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Data integration is a costly activity, but one that is used by healthcare organizations on a daily basis to unite information from diverse sources, such as lab, pharmacy, and radiology. This data is typically centralized in electronic health records (EHRs) or other niche systems for clini....
What Makes Data Meaningful? The Important Role of Data Structures
Author: Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Healthcare is striving for meaningful health data—something well noted in many recent industry articles and presentations. But how will the cultivation of meaningful data be accomplished in the healthcare industry’s complex environment?
Healthcare data comes from....
End the Patient Matching Name Game, Become a Millionaire
Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has a proposition. Come up with a solution to the following scenario, become a millionaire:
“Consider the number of John Smiths living in the same town, sometimes even under the same roof. Now think about th....
Bringing HIM Front and Center for Master Data Management
Author: Martin, Melissa
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
MARCH IS A very busy month for AHIMA. We are kicking off our voluntary patient safety identifier campaign and preparing to showcase it at our Advocacy Symposium. Also, we will present the campaign to our legislators during Hill Day in early April.
This is the perfect time....
HIM Best Practices for Records Management at Transitions of Care
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....
MyHealthID: The Power of a Hundred Thousand Signatures
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Late last year, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo challenged an audience at the Bipartisan Policy Center to commit to a future where consumers can easily and securely access their health information; where providers share health information for care with....
Importance of Consumer Engagement in IG Advocacy
Author: Kadlec, Lesley
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 25, 2016
We hear a lot of conversations about information governance (IG) in healthcare, and our importance in leading these initiatives. But oftentimes the IG discussion centers on the work to be done within the four walls of the institution, and does not look at the need to engage healthcare cons....
Train Your IG Workforce Now
Author: Glondys, Barbara
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 18, 2016
Although health information management professionals are still wrapping their heads around IG, it is critical to begin involving and training your organization’s workforce community in the principles and practices of IG sooner rather than later. The Pocket Glossary of Health Informat....
Avoiding Sanctions through Effective Information Governance
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 16, 2016
My prior posts have looked at AHIMA’s Information Governance Principles for HealthcareTM (IGPHC) in the litigation context. In this post I want to focus on one facet of litigation, something every healthcare provider (and every other party) wants to avoid: sanctions. Specifically, th....
Information Governance: Bibliography of Articles and Additional Reading (2016 update)
Author:
Source: AHIMA bibliography
Publication Date: February 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Andronis, Katerina, and Kevin Moysey. "Data Governance for Health Care Providers," in Health Information Governance in a Digital Environment, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 193. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2013.
Presents data gov....
Yellow Brick Road to IG
Author: Goodell, Suzanne
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 11, 2016
I am the director of meaningful use for a health system with 6 hospitals, 400-plus employed physicians, and a regional presence in my state. I suspect my healthcare system isn’t the only one using patient registration practices better suited to a bygone era. Recently I stumbled across one....
You Can't Succeed in Information Governance without Trying
Author: Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 04, 2016
Every health information management (HIM) leader has their hands full these days. All of us are working hard just to keep up. Despite the ever increasing pace at which the healthcare industry—and HIM—is moving forward, through AHIMA’s information governance (IG) pilot program, we also see....
Report to Congress: Update On The Adoption Of Health Information Technology And Related Efforts To Facilitate The Electronic Use And Exchange Of Health Information
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.) | External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: February 2016
2015 Report To Congress on Health IT Adoption, Use, and Exchange
Getting Started with Information Governance: Applying SBAR to IG
Author: Glondys, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
A communication technique developed by the United States Navy and used with nuclear submarines has been endorsed by multiple healthcare organizations. That technique, known as “SBAR,” is an acronym for “Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation,” a technique....
Healthcare Privacy Considerations of Body-Worn Cameras
Author: DeMasters, Dana; Deanna, Peterson
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
A police officer with a body-worn camera records video of an altercation in an emergency department involving a patient who has become violent. During the recording another patient not involved in the altercation has their image captured. The officer leaves the facility wit....
State of Information Governance in 2016: Healthcare Organizations Stand Out, But More Work is Needed
Author: Blair, Barclay T; Snyder, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
Though the discipline of information governance (IG) is relatively young, research from the Information Governance Initiative (IGI) shows that organizations today are spending real money on IG and taking on a variety of IG projects. Simply put, IG work is getting done.
But ho....
Cultivating Healthcare Information Governance: How to Grow Your Program Maturity
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
Buying tomatoes at the grocery store or farmer’s market will suffice for most cooks. For others, particularly those with a green thumb, growing their own is the only way to fulfill all their salsa and marinara sauce fantasies.
These devotees understand that a garden ca....
Adaptive Leadership in Information Governance
Author: Thierry Sheridan, Patty; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
Information governance (IG) captures the soul of health information management (HIM), yet many HIM professionals may not engage in IG due to a lack of knowledge, inexperience, or a misunderstanding of all that IG entails. Because of this, experts in IG leadership took part in a focus group....
HIT Standards for HIM Practices in an Interoperable World
Author: Orlova, Anna; Rhodes, Harry B.; Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
At the 2015 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, members of AHIMA’s Standards Task Force reported on a ground-breaking white paper they developed called “Health IT Standards for Health Information Management Practices,” a first-of-its-kind white paper that serves as a guide for....
New World of Information Governance
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
This month, AHIMA celebrates our fourth annual Information Governance (IG) Month. AHIMA created this event to increase awareness and understanding of IG and to help members understand IG’s importance to HIM practice. You’ll be seeing more details about IG Month in our publicati....
IG: It's a Marathon, not a Sprint
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: CodeWrite | AHIMA newsletter article
Publication Date: January 28, 2016
Developing an information governance (IG) program within your organization takes time and planning. Just like marathon runners who follow a training plan that begins with short runs and gradually builds to longer distances, so too should organizations start with small s....
Documentation Detective: Seven Steps to CDI Foundational Success
Author: Combs, Tammy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 27, 2016
When an architect draws up plans for a building, they pay close attention to the details of the foundation. This provides the support to the building and prevents it from crashing down at any moment. If the building later has structural damage it is easy to fix when the foundation is not i....
Getting Your Feet Wet with Open-Source Statistical Languages
Author: Taylor, Nathan Patrick
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 25, 2016
If you are new to healthcare analytics, it can be quite expensive to get up and running with a statistical application. Between the cost of the software itself and the instructional courses—not to mention your investment of time—just getting started could run several thousand dollars. Than....
Comments on the Sequoia Project’s Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient Identity Management
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: January 22, 2016
Letter to Ms. Mariann Yeager, Chief Executive Officer, The Sequoia Project
Exploring Encryption and Standards in Release of Information
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 2016
The HIM Problem
As providers and business associates bring themselves into compliance with the HITECH-HIPAA Final Rule, encrypting data in transmission and at rest can pose a challenge. Two ROI experts discuss encryption and the use of standards in privacy and security.....
Regulating Telemedicine (Or Trying To)
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 20, 2016
Telemedicine is, to say the least, “exploding”—both as a source of electronic health information and a business model. As of December 2015, “29 states and Washington D.C. have enacted legislation ensuring that private insurers offer reimbursement for telemedicine at equival....
Managing Unsolicited Health Information in the Electronic Health Record (2016 update)
Author: Kadlec, Lesley
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2016
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the October 2013 Practice Brief titled "Managing Unsolicited Health Information in the Electronic Health Record"
Consumer engagement is developing as a key focus area in US healthcare, and patients are increasingly able&mdas....
Data Mapping Best Practices (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Maimone, Carol
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2016
This practice brief supersedes the November 2013 practice brief “Data Mapping Best Practices.”
The healthcare industry collects vast amounts of data from electronic sources. These data are captured in a wide variety of formats using various collection methods. Health d....
Using CDI Programs to Improve Acute Care Clinical Documentation to Support ICD-10-CM/PCS - Retired
Author: Combs, Tammy
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2016
Editor's note: This brief replaces the 2001 practice brief "Documentation Requirements for the Acute Care Inpatient Record, and the 2013 and 2014 versions of the practice brief "Using CDI Programs to Improve Acute Care Clinical Documentation in Preparation for ICD-10-CM/PCS."
IG: An Organizational Structure Where Everyone is MVP
Author: Crabb, Stephanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 14, 2016
How are football and IG related? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a sports fanatic and football is my favorite professional team sport. So, as we stand on the precipice of the playoff season, I have football on my mind. With IG ALWAYS on my mind, I found myself thinking about how to ans....
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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