Author: Monga, Kapila

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: August 17, 2016

“It’s a beautiful day to save lives. Let’s have some fun,” so says Dr. Derek Shepherd (of “Grey’s Anatomy” fame) and with a smile on his face, gets on with his day’s activities—to help patients heal. I haven’t seen many doctors work, except in “Grey’s Anatomy,” but I have interacted w....

Author: Monga, Kapila

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: December 22, 2016

The phrase “Longevity Revolution,” referring to the increase in human life expectancy by 30 years, isn’t new anymore. Various books have been written on this subject, and it is a widely discussed topic in conferences these days. It is a no-brainer that this increase in life expectancy warr....

Author: Monga, Kapila

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: May 19, 2016

Hospital readmissions cost significant money to our healthcare system every year. According to a report from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the total cost of the 3.3 million adult 30-day all-cause readmissions in the US was $41.3....

Author: Moschel, Matthew

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

Too often, data analysts make life difficult for themselves. An analyst may produce code that is much longer and more complicated than it needs to be, causing a coworker to re-run code for several hours, not including the execute time. Why? These challenges stem from three root sources of....

Author: Orenstein, Anita; Newton, Kathy

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Introduction
Hospitals throughout the country are being provided with the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER) to review and take appropriate action. These reports are being sent to hospitals to assist them with identifying possible areas where improvements might....

Author: Orlova, Anna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2015

Medical informatics is a field formalized in the 1990s with the rise of the adoption of information technology in healthcare including electronic health records systems (EHRs), laboratory information management systems (LIMS), radiology systems, and other health information technology (HIT....

Author: Overgaard, Shauna M

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 2015

Outcome measures such as patient satisfaction, rates of readmission, and procedural complications play heavily into the penalization of an organization’s financial reimbursement.


It is important to evaluate data on multiple levels in order to consider all opportunities for in....

Author: Overgaard, Shauna M; Dooling, Julie A

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: August 27, 2015

Healthcare payments are shifting and the industry is in a rapid state of change. Efficiencies to render patient care as a top priority are crucial. Measuring brings efficiencies and meaning to a patient population.

High-Level Measurements


Population-based statistics....

Author: Panico, Mary; Hall, Debra; Berman, Regina; Siegel, Barbara

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

In the fourth quarter of 2002, regulatory agencies began to align their initiatives driven by the National Quality Forum (NQF) evidenced-based measures, which drove the CMS 7 th Scope of Work. Project designs were to address morbidity and mortality of high-risk and high-vari....

Author: Parmanto, Bambang; Scotch, Michael; Ahmad, Sjarif

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: September 2005

Abstract


Many healthcare processes involve a series of patient visits or a series of outcomes. The modeling of outcomes associated with these types of healthcare processes is different from and not as well understood as the modeling of standard industry environments. For this re....