Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Mitchell, Sue

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

Reporting diagnoses consistently can be a challenge in nursing homes. Analysis of the MDS by AHIMA suggests future improvements, but there are also ways to improve reporting today.
Consider the following scenario: a patient in a long-term care facility has many diagnoses, including one fo....

Author: Fung, V.; Cheung, N T; Szeto, K; Ngai, L; Lau, M; Kong, J HB

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Abstract

The use of standard clinical vocabulary to support the development of clinical information systems is well established. The ICD-9-CM was adopted locally to form the basis of the Hospital Authority Master Disease Code Table (HAMDCT) and incorporated for use into the Clinical Mana....

Author: Garvin, Jennifer Hornung

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

Patients across the globe are using traditional and Western (allopathic) medicine to improve health. At the same time, the records of patients are being modified from paper-based documentation to an electronic format. This technical paper places some of the major medical tra....

Author: Fenton, Susan H.

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The field of clinical vocabularies is incredibly dynamic. In this paper you will find topics and research from the past that support the principle of a clinical vocabulary as essential. The presentation at the conference will include the latest information regarding the avai....

Author: AHIMA Work Group on Core Data Sets as Standards for the Electronic Health Record

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2004

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA Work Group on Core Data Sets as Standards for the Electronic Health Record

Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: September 02, 2004

This practice brief appendix has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author:

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: September 2004

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA Work Group on Core Data Sets as Standards for the Electronic Health Record

Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: September 02, 2004

This practice brief appendix has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: January 26, 2004

January 26, 2004

Simon Cohn, MD, MPH, FACP
Chairman, NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security, and
National Director for Health Information Policy
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program
One Kaiser Plaza
Oakland, California 94612
Re: HIPAA Att....

Author: Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Zeng, Xiaoming; Jarymowycz, Christine; Firouzan, Patricia Anania

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2004

This research study was funded in part by the AHIMA Foundation for Research and Education. The authors would also like to acknowledge the University of Pittsburgh HIM students that participated in this research project: LaTonya Thompson, Brandi Long, Manisha Ghate, Leanne Borelli, Jul....

Author: CEN/TC 251

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2004

Author:

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

Author: Slomski, Anita J.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2003

Nursing homes have long been aware of how they stack up to other facilities in terms of clinical quality. Now, with Nursing Home Compare, the public is aware, too. Here’s how HIM professionals play a part in getting these data right.
Two years ago, if I had told our CQI team I wante....

Author: AHIMA Task Force

Source: AHIMA Task Force

Publication Date: October 20, 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Regenstrief Institute

Source: External web site

Publication Date: October 06, 2003

Author: American National Standards Institute. Healthcare Informatics Standards Board

Source: External web site

Publication Date: September 24, 2003

Author: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs

Source: External web site

Publication Date: August 02, 2003

Author: American Nurses Association. Committee for Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure (CNPII)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: April 11, 2003

Author: International Standards Organization (ISO)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2003

Author: Warren, Judith J.; Bakken, Suzanne

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2002

HIM professionals can learn a lot from the nursing profession’s development of classification systems, terminology models, and quality indicators. Compared to other healthcare classification systems such as ICD-9-CM or CPT-IV, the nursing systems have not been widely used for reimbursemen....

Author: Shakir, Abdul-Malik

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 1999

Similarly, data dictionaries, data sets, and data models have much in common, but many significant differences. Each can be used to define data, especially data that needs to get from point A to point B. This article describes each of these tools and the value they add to health information ma....

Author: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: August 02, 1996