Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2014

The US healthcare industry has the unfortunate distinction of having the highest per capita cost of data breaches, recent reports suggest.


A May 2014 Ponemon Institute analysis found that the per capita cost of a healthcare breach was $359 per record. The overall mean across indus....

Author: McLendon, Kelly

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2014

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to look for avenues to allow greater patient access to their own health information so that they may be more active in their healthcare management. HHS recently created final rules that remove the Clinical Laboratory Improveme....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 2014

Joanna Belbey, a social media compliance specialist for Actiance, spoke with the Journal for the November/December eCompliance issue about the role of social media and telemedicine in healthcare. As telehealth and social media continues to be an evolving force in healthcare, Bel....

Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2014

Health information management (HIM) professionals are frequently pulled into litigation due to their role as custodians of health records and protected health information. This role also can categorize them as parties to civil litigation, which obligates them to produce any relevant infor....

Author: Morper, Mike

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2014

Admissions and discharge processes can be rife with vulnerabilities and potential HIPAA violations. It is important to address security vulnerabilities and potential compliance problems in the patient admissions and discharge processes. A focus on file destination control, encryption, aut....

Author: Redd, Andrew; Pickard, Steve; Meystre, Stephane; Scehnet, Jeffrey; Bolton, Dan; Heavirland, Julia; Weaver, Allison Lynn ; Hope, Carol; Garvin, Jennifer Hornung

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2015

Abstract


Objectives: We introduce and evaluate a new, easily accessible tool using a common statistical analysis and business analytics software suite, SAS, which can be programmed to remove specific protected health information (PHI) from a text document. Removal of PHI is import....

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2015

To many American technology observers, courts in Japan and the European Union could be setting a controversial precedent in a series of rulings regarding the “the right to be forgotten.”


Courts in these jurisdictions have ruled against Google and Yahoo and in favor of individuals....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2015

Human beings have been fascinated by birds—their flight patterns, colors, and songs—for centuries. In the ancient world, “augurs,” Roman practitioners of “augury,” looked for clues about the past and future by observing birds in flight, hoping for omens.....

Author: Don, Hardwick; Twiggs, Mariela; Braden, James H

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

A mere two decades ago, healthcare providers didn’t face significant penalties for improperly disclosing protected health information (PHI). Since then, regulations surrounding the privacy and security of PHI have evolved to include strict requirements and corresponding steep financial pe....

Author: Thomas, Liisa; Udofia, Idara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has joined other regulators in sounding a call for data protection and security in our rapidly digitizing world.


Studies reveal that many health providers’ devices or systems have been breached without their knowledge of such breach o....