Author: Miller, Judith A.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: November 02, 2003

Advocate Health Care is a large, fully integrated not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in metropolitan Chicago. Many months prior to the April 14, 2003, deadline, Advocate began preparing for the HIPAA privacy compliance deadline.When April 14 arrived, Advocate’s associates and physician....

Author: Miller, Robert H.; Sim, Ida; Newman, Jeff

Source: External web site

Publication Date: October 21, 2003

This project provides solo and small group physicians with practical information on electronic medical records (EMRs) implementation and use.

Author: Miller, Judith A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2003

The accreditation survey changes launched with the Joint Commission’s 2002 “Shared Visions - New Pathways” program will soon be a reality. Every client hospital should be preparing for this new approach to demonstrating quality patient care.


Advocate Health Care....

Author: Foster, Erica; Martin, Holly; Partin, Mary; Lockshaw, Jim; Fogelman, Adam; Folz-Murphy, Nancy; Harris, C Martin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2003

Patients want online access to their health information but clinicians and HIM professionals don’t need any more work. The solution? An online medical record driven by the EHR. Here’s one organization’s success story.

If your own increasing Internet usage isn’t p....

Author: Russell, Lynda A.

Source: AHIMA book excerpt | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2003

This excerpt from AHIMA’s textbook, Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice, offers a basic look at the legal actions most commonly affecting the healthcare industry.
To understand the role of the HIM professional in protecting confidential health informatio....

Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2003

Does your organization have a policy in place for protecting patient health information (PHI) over the phone?


This article will discuss how a workgroup at Children’s Hospital and Health Center (CHHC) in San Diego, CA, implemented a policy to protect verbal PHI and how your....

Author: Choate, Dana M.; Rudd, Jessica

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2002

Faced with a severe coder shortage, Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, TX, decided to do something radically different. With the support of administration and financial backing of the center, we developed the Coding Education Program (CEP).

The program targets existing empl....

Author: Dunn, Rose T

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2002

Staring down another backlog in your HIM department? Use routine data collection activities to strengthen your case for additional staff, increased budget dollars, or an incentive program.
Daily challenges in an HIM department include increasing workloads and accumulating backlogs withou....

Author: Myjer, D'Arcy; Madamba, Roderick

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2002

The benefits of a document imaging system are myriad once it's installed—it's the implementation that you need to prepare for. In this article, get a bird's eye view of one facility's implementation and the many lessons learned along the way.

Healthcare has been inching toward....

Author: Squazzo, Jessica

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2002

Wondering how your peers across the country are managing the myriad challenges that confront HIM professionals? We assembled a panel of experts to address common problems and concerns.

With changing technology on the horizon, HIPAA deadlines fast approaching, and staff shortages at....