Author: Wilson, Claire; Peterson, Anne

Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Publication Date: March 31, 2010

Key recommendations and an action agenda developed during a workshop convened by AHRQ in July 2009, entitled “Building Bridges: Consumer Needs and the Design of Health Information Technology."

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

The movement to give patients better access to and control of their health information is giving HIM a new customer: the patient. That requires a shift in both operations and culture.

HIM, MEET THE new patient.

While a simple release of information on paper might have once....

Author: Witry, Matthew J.; Doucette, William R.; Daly, Jeanette M.; Levy, Barcey T.

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2010

Abstract


The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine family practice physician and staff views on the benefits of, barriers to, and use of personal health records (PHRs). Four focus groups were conducted at four family medicine practices in Iowa and included a total of 28 pr....

Author: Washington, Lydia; Katsh, Ethan; Sondheimer, Norman

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

Healthcare providers receive relatively few patient requests to correct or change information in their records. In part, that has been because patients had poor access to their information. EHRs, PHRs, and private and public initiatives may change all that. Is healthcare ready?

A per....

Author: Dolan, Marsha; Wolter, Julie

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 05, 2009

Definition of Social Media

Social media is the use of electronic and Internet tools for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences with other human beings. When information is shared through the use these tools, conversation and interaction between groups of people....

Author: Kelso, Loya; Walker, Ruth

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

Much has been written on the importance of personal health records (PHRs), and many organizations offer them. But what do consumers think of the PHR concept? More importantly, what is the likelihood of them starting a PHR?

In 2008 an observational study attempted to determine the li....

Author: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Source: External web site

Publication Date: June 17, 2009

Author: Garvin, Jennifer Hornung; Odom-Wesley, Barbara; Rudman, William J.; Stewart, Rachelle S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

The Institute of Medicine defines disparities in healthcare as racial or ethnic differences in the quality of healthcare that are not due to access-related factors or clinical needs preferences, and appropriateness of intervention.1 Geographic isolation, poverty, lack of trained healthcare....

Author: Sweet, David A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

Medical librarians are a key source of information on healthcare topics. Their role is expanding with the boom in personal health record (PHR) products. In May 2007 Jean Shipman, president of the Medical Library Association (MLA), and Donald Lindberg, MD, director of the National Library of Me....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: June 2009

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