Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2014

Comparisons of overall results from 2010 and 2012 salary surveys. See also 2010 summary analysis.

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; DeAlmeida, Dilhari R; Dougherty, Michelle; Mancilla, Desla; Marc, David

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2014

Ponder this for a moment. From the beginning of recorded history to 2003, five exabytes (five billion gigabytes) of information was created by humans, according to recent IBM calculations. The rate at which that level of information is being created is increasing exponentially. In 2012, fi....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA newsletter

Publication Date: October 2014

The quarterly newsletter for HIM certified professionals, containing information on professional development, industry news, continuing education, announcements, upcoming events, and other tools for success.

Author: Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

Editor’s note: This article introduces Standards Strategies, a new Journal of AHIMA department that will provide guidance to HIM professionals on applying health data standards in areas including business, clinical care, and compliance.


AHIMA has always been committed t....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

All data are not created equal and technology implementation alone is not enough to improve the healthcare provided to patients. Providers and organizations must be able to distinguish between an abundance of data, meaningful data, and integration of data. Healthcare organizations are challenge....

Author: Endicott, Melanie

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: August 06, 2014

The role of the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professional is ever-changing. When CDI programs first started rolling out in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the focus was exclusively on acute care Medicare inpatients. The focus was merely on capturin....

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: AHIMA newsletter article

Publication Date: August 2014

While the professional practice experience (PPE) is widely considered to greatly benefit students, there is a need to address a growing number of challenges, including increasing numbers of programs competing for limited PPE placement sites, department and organization mergers, remote staff and....

Author: Bailey-Woods, Linda; Dooling, Julie A; Fabian, Diane; Kuehnast, Tanya; Luthi-Terry, Stephanie; Raymond, Jackie; Rhodes, Harry B.; Westhafer, Kathy J

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2014

Simply stated the goal of health information exchange (HIE) is very clear-cut and easy to understand—establish networks that connect healthcare providers electronically in order to facilitate higher quality healthcare.


However, actual implementation of HIE business mod....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2014

Leaders are innovative, strategic, and collaborative. Leaders are confident and creative problem solvers. They’ve worked hard to hone their knowledge and earn the respect of others. Leaders are known for their subject matter expertise, as well as their business savvy.


In he....

Author: Burton, Ben

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2014

Today’s healthcare organizations must field a constant bombardment of both new and evolving regulations that dictate how, when, or where patients may receive care. The changing regulatory landscape—combined with the fact that the government is recovering $16 for every dollar spent to comb....