Author: Schrader, Michael

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2004

In Santa Barbara County, a regional data-sharing network offers a model for the future of HIM infrastructures.
Located north of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara County is a favorite destination, known for its beaches, resorts, and vineyards. Local homeowners include Oprah Winfrey, Martin Shee....

Author: Firouzan, Patricia Anania; McKinnon, James

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2004

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A 20-question survey was sent in the mail to HIM directors in Pennsylvania healthcare facilities to solicit feedback regarding implementation issues of the HIPAA privacy rule requirements. Questions focused on gathering basic demographic data, information on HIM involveme....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2004

The past year has been a remarkable one for highly public challenges to privacy of personal health information. Access to records has been sought for presidential candidates and in high-profile cases such as Michael Jackson, Rush Limbaugh, and Kobe Bryant. The Department of Justice is attempti....

Author: Haines, Pamela T.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2004

If you are writing business associate agreements for a healthcare provider these days, you have probably discovered there are often no magic words or formulas that will produce an agreement. Although sample forms available from various sources may be helpful, generally no two business associat....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: March 2004

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

Author: Davino, Margaret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2004

Healthcare providers can outsource transcription, but they can’t outsource their obligation to safeguard privacy. Here’s how to minimize risk.
Healthcare providers are faced with multiple pressures, many of them financial. The need for management to meet financial constraints....

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2004

New technologies are enhancing the ability to protect patient information. But there’s more to successful implementation than just what’s inside the box.

Melanie Schattauer, RHIA, Jack Obert, and their colleagues at Mercy St. John’s Health System in Springfield, M....

Author: Walsh, Tom

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2004

Proving security compliance later requires establishing documentation now. HIM professionals have a valuable role to play.

HIM professionals played central roles in their organization’s privacy efforts, ensuring that appropriate policies, procedures, and documents were in plac....

Author: Fodor, Joseph

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2004

As electronic health records (EHRs) become more commonplace in healthcare, changes, adjustments, and improvements will be inevitable. When designing, implementing, upgrading, or remediating an EHR system, your organization’s implementation team should consider the impact of complying wit....

Author: Ruano, Michael

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: November 02, 2003

Part nine in a 10-part series.
This article is the ninth of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of law, investigation, and ethics covers these topics in depth and provides a p....