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Case Study #8: Standardizing Information Governance Audits at Children’s Health System of Texas
Author: Doupnik, Anita; Lusk, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Auditing in healthcare is an internal and/or external process intended to assess, evaluate, and improve quality of care and services while also ensuring....
Case Study #7: UW Medicine’s Collaborative Policy Development and Staff IG Education
Author: Taylor, Christine; Fahy, Kristi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2017
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Consistency in any enterprise-wide initiative is a key for success. To achieve this, it is often as simple as policy and procedure updates and education....
Updating Organizational Policies and Procedures for Information Governance. Case Study #6: Enterprise Information Management at Children’s Health System of Texas
Author: Fahy, Kristi; Hermann, Michelle
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
AHIMA defines information governance (IG) as “an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its life cycle and for supp....
IG Case Study: Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego. Prioritizing Information Governance Initiatives Already Underway
Author: O'Hagan, Dorothy; Meehan, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Information governance (IG) can be overwhelming, especially as an organization looks to implement a program that addresses all types of informatio....
IG Case Study: Utah Health Information Network’s Information Asset Inventory
Author: Fahy, Kristi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Many healthcare organizations that implement an information governance (IG) program have difficulties deciding which projects to prioritize first. Often, organizations will target the “low hanging fruit” projects, such as establishing an IG committee or advisory group or the pr....
Journal of AHIMA Launching Monthly IG Case Study Series
Author: Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 23, 2017
With information governance (IG) emerging and gaining momentum in healthcare organizations, many questions arise. What are the goals of information governance? Why have some organizations decided they need formal information governance? How do healthcare organizations expect to benefi....
HIM Students Help Build an Innovative Path to Information Governance
Author: Downing, Katherine; Taylor, Christine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2017
Getting started with information governance (IG) requires research, documentation, and understanding what information and applications need to be included in the IG program. There are times when students can be used to help with this IG preparation, an act that benefits the healthcare faci....
Facility Closure: How to Get In, Get Out, and Get What Is Important
Author: Lail, Pamela J; Laird, Sarah S; McCall, Kris; Naretto, Joe; York, April
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
This article examines the current state of affairs of the health information management role in facility closure as well as the impact on revenue cycle operations. Health information management professionals are uniquely positioned to assist an organization in closure eff....
Improving the Collection of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data to Reduce Healthcare Disparities: A Case Study from an Academic Medical Center
Author: Lee, Wei-Chen; Veeranki, Sreenivas P; Serag, Hani; Eschbach, Karl; Smith, Kenneth D
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
Well-designed electronic health records (EHRs) must integrate a variety of accurate information to support efforts to improve quality of care, particularly equity-in-care initiatives. This case study provides insight into the challenges those initiatives may face in colle....
Improving Coding and Documentation Quality Through Real-Time Collaboration: Nurses and Coding Professionals Team Up to Tackle Documentation Issues
Author: Horn, Kelli; Younger, Adrienne; Snow, Trevor
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2016
While working through the recent implementation of ICD-10, leaders at Ardent Health Services began to focus on the re-bill process and what it would look like in the months following use of the new code set. Re-billing means submitting a corrected bill to the payer after it has been rejec....
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