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Health Information Form for Adults
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2006
Healthcare Disparities and the Role of Personal Health Records
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....
Great PHRontier: Private Business Stakes a Claim in Personal Health Records
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2008
There is a gold rush in personal health records. Or at least on paper.
Over the last two years, a wave of companies not typically associated with health information exchange have rounded up their technological wagons and headed out into the PHR frontier looking for profit and a chanc....
Greater Urgency, Sharper Focus for PHRs
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
Through its request for information, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) showed that it was exploring how its extensive claims and benefits data could be of value to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and how, as the single largest healthcare purchaser in the US, it could he....
Getting to the Good Information: PHRs and Consumer Health Informatics
Author: Campbell, Robert James
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
Linking PHRs and provider Web sites can connect consumers to relevant and reliable health information online. HIM professionals can help.
Each day more and more consumers are using the Internet to locate Web-based healthcare information. This activity has led to the rise of a new field o....
Getting More Personal
Author: Hagland, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2001
Personal health records online are flourishing, but every setup is different. Heres a look at how organizations and patients are managing personal health records.
Last spring Eugene Ernest Ernie Somera found out that he had elevated blood sugars, a sign that he was slid....
From PHRs to Portals and Beyond: Patient-centric Healthcare Movement Changing HIM
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
In our profession, it all comes down to trust. Patients place their trust in us as HIM professionals to ensure that their information is safe, secure, and accurate, and that it will be accessible in the right place at the right time.
It’s often an unspoken pact, someth....
Family Physician Perceptions of Personal Health Records
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....
Examining Oversight of the Privacy & Security of Health Data Collected by Entities Not Regulated by HIPAA
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
Publication Date: July 2016
As more and more health information is digitized with tools like wearables, fitness trackers and even health social media, the need to make sure identifiable health information is private and secure increases. ONC looks at the challenges of protecting this information.
Examining Data Rights in Vendor Contracts: Privacy Obligations Extend to the Terms Negotiated in External Contracts
Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
Preparing for HIPAA implementation created a new level of excitement and focus on privacy and confidentiality as healthcare organizations developed appropriate compliance programs. New positions and roles for security and privacy officers were created; new enterprise privacy and security educa....
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