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Health Data Analysis Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: September 2014
The content in this toolkit has been updated. More recent information is available here.
Health Data Analysis Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: January 2011
The content in this toolkit has been updated. More recent information is available here.
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix C: HIM’s Role in Data Capture, Validation, and Maintenance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A critical component of AHIMA's draft HIM Core Model, a robust description of the functions and opportunities open to current and future HIM professionals, is capture and maintenance of health data.1 HIM professionals are encouraged to assume a leadership role in outlining how data are captured....
Dial T for Training: Work Force and the EHR
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: June 2006
What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....
Watson vs. Big Data
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2015
It is the matchup of the century—the towering hulk of healthcare’s Big Data versus the super computer known as Watson. Will Watson be able to take on this lumbering, untamed mass of information and whip it into submission?
One year ago, the Journal of AHIMA reported on the IBM su....
Utilizing Open-Source Government Data Sets in Health Information Management Teaching: An Application in Statistics and Data Analytics
Author: Alakrawi, Zahraa M; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Aborde, Jon; Johnson, Carey; Johnson, Timothy
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: July 2016
Abstract
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Council for Excellence in Education acknowledges the importance of improving the data analytics skills of health information management (HIM) students at the baccalaureate level. This importance is especially....
Personal Genomic Information Management and Personalized Medicine: Challenges, Current Solutions, and Roles of HIM Professionals
Author: Alzu'bi, Amal; Zhou, Leming; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2014
Abstract
In recent years, the term personalized medicine has received more and more attention in the field of healthcare. The increasing use of this term is closely related to the astonishing advancement in DNA sequencing technologies and other high-throughput biotechnologies. A l....
Power of Data Analytics is Within Reach
Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Data are the lifeblood of our healthcare ecosystem, with the potential of enabling organizations to improve care, manage chronically ill patients, lower costs, achieve compliance, support research, increase patient safety, and meet operational and strategic initiatives. Although health inf....
HIM's Role in Managing Big Data: Turning Data Collected by an EHR into Information
Author: Bonney, Steven
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
For years, US healthcare facilities' electronic health record (EHR) systems have been collecting and storing exabytes of patient information. A tremendous amount of structured data is being created and given to HIM professionals, and a great deal of action is expected from them.
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Tying Together CDI, ICD-10, and Healthcare Data Analytics: How CDI Programs and ICD-10 Are Impacting Data Analytics—and The Benefits Healthcare Organizations Are Seeing
Author: Bradley, Paul
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
A year in and ICD-10 is almost approaching the point of old news.
Of course—I’m kidding! Nothing could be further from the truth. From a data analytics perspective, the impact of ICD-10 is only beginning to be realized and understood.
For one, this first year....
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