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Getting Better Data from the MDS: Improving Diagnostic Data Reporting in Long-term Care Facilities
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....
Hospital Authority Clinical Vocabulary Table: the Past, the Present, and the Future
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....
Assessment Across the Ages: Implications for the Electronic Health Record
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....
Clinical Vocabularies: Essential to the Future of Health Information Management
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....
E-HIM Strategic Initiative: Core Data Sets
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.
E-HIM Strategic Initiative: Core Data Sets. Appendix 1: Core Data Sets as Standards for the EHR, Part 2: Healthcare Standards Organizations
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.
CCR Mapped to HL7: an Initial Draft from Preliminary Elements
Author:
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: September 2004
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
E-HIM Strategic Initiative: Core Data Sets. Appendix 1: Core Data Sets as Standards for the EHR (pt.1)
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.
Comments to NCVHS on HIPAA Electronic Claims Attachments
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....
Standards for the Content of the Electronic Health Record
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....
CEN/TC 251: European Standardization of Health Informatics
Author: CEN/TC 251
Source: External web site
Publication Date: January 02, 2004
DICOM: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Author:
Source: External web site
Publication Date: January 01, 2004
Checking the Numbers: Public Reporting of Quality Measures Puts Nursing Homes, HIM Professionals in Spotlight
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. Heres how HIM professionals play a part in getting these data right.
Two years ago, if I had told our CQI team I wante....
Core Data Sets for the Physician Practice Electronic Health Record
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.
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
Author: Regenstrief Institute
Source: External web site
Publication Date: October 06, 2003
Inventory of Health Care Information Standards Pertaining to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191)
Author: American National Standards Institute. Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
Source: External web site
Publication Date: September 24, 2003
Basic Guide to Standards
Author: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
Source: External web site
Publication Date: August 02, 2003
ANA Recognized Standardizations
Author: American Nurses Association. Committee for Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure (CNPII)
Source: External web site
Publication Date: April 11, 2003
ISO/TC 215 Medical Informatics
Author: International Standards Organization (ISO)
Source: External web site
Publication Date: January 01, 2003
Update on Standardized Nursing Data Sets and Terminologies
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 professions 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....
Tools for Defining Data
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....
Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
Author: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: January 02, 1997
Core Health Data Elements: Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Source: External web site
Publication Date: August 02, 1996
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