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Internet: What Does it Mean for Healthcare Provider Organizations
Author: Hoben, John
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1996
Editor's note: This article is an adaptation from The 1996 Guide to Health Care Resources on the Internet, edited by John Hoben and published by Faulkner & Gray's Healthcare Information Center. Internet Background and Value Analysis
History
Long familiar to scientists and aca....
Confidential Health Information and the Internet
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
[Note: This statement was replaced in part in July 2006 by Statement on Health Information Confidentiality: A Joint Position Statement from AHIMA and AMIA.]
Background
The Internet, a network of several million computers, serves as a global information highway. Applications available....
Advances in Health Information Technology for Patients
Author: Jimison, Holly Brugge; Sher, Paul Phillip
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1998
Patients now have access to a wide variety of health-related educational material via computers and other sources. To ensure quality, security, and data integrity, it is likely that these databases of patient health information will become part of the information that HIM....
Consumer Health Informatics: The Medical Librarian's Role
Author: Martin, Elaine Russo
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1998
Growing consumer interest in health-related information has created a need for professionals to manage, provide, and interpret such material. In preparing for the new demands of the market, HIM professionals can learn from the example of medical librarians, who are already ....
Technology of Telemedicine
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 1999
Telemedicine is "the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the health and education of the patient or healthcare provider and for the purpose of improving patient care."1 According to a recent report to Congress by the US Departments of....
New, Informed Public
Author: Dixon-Lee, Claire
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1999
The healthcare consumer is emerging as a strong force in today's healthcare industry. On a national level, current efforts for new and improved patients' rights legislation in the wake of complaints about access and rising costs, is placing the patient in a position of strength unlike....
E-commerce and HIM: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2000
It's a big thing, this e-commerce revolution. The Internet has changed the way the world conducts business and many agree its influence will only grow more pervasive. HIM will not remain on the sidelines; it will certainly be drawn into the fray. What Is E-commerce?
E-commerce is a e....
PCASSO: A Model for Safe Use of the Internet in Healthcare
Author: Baker, Dixie B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
Can the Internet support a system that gives both providers and patients safe access to clinical data? That's the goal of the PCASSO project. Here's how this real-life trial of an Internet patient information system works.
In recent years, the rapid development of Internet technology has....
Patient-centered E-mail: Developing the Right Policies
Author: Murphy, Gretchen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
Patients and providers are increasingly communicating via e-mail. But healthcare organizations are slow in adopting policies to address important issues and manage this new communication form. Here's what you can do to develop some measures.
Like most industries, healthcare is undergoing....
Ensuring Compliance in the New Frontier
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
Consumers go to healthcare Web sites to get information, keep track of their health, or connect with others. Behind the scenes at one such site, Barbara Demster, MS, RHIA, is working to make sure everything is legal.
Demster is corporate compliance officer for Healtheon/ W....
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