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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....
Top 10 Lessons Learned from Electronic Medical Record Implementation in a Large Academic Medical Center
Author: Rizer, Milisa K; Kaufman, Beth; Sieck, Cynthia J; Hefner, Jennifer L; McAlearney, Ann Scheck
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2015
Abstract
Electronic medical record (EMR) implementation efforts face many challenges, including individual and organizational barriers and concerns about loss of productivity during the process. These issues may be particularly complex in large and diverse settings with multiple s....
Journey through Meaningful Use at a Large Academic Medical Center: Lessons of Leadership, Administration, and Technical Implementation
Author: Unger, Melissa D; Aldrich, Alison M; Hefner, Jennifer L; Rizer, Milisa K
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2014
Abstract
Successfully reporting meaningful use of electronic health records to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can be a challenging process, particularly for healthcare organizations with large numbers of eligible professionals. This case report describes a successf....
State of Health Information Governance in Healthcare: Case Study—Academic Medical Center System
Author: Kadlec, Lesley
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2014
In an effort to begin to answer basic questions related to the state of information governance (IG) in healthcare, AHIMA invited several different types of organizations from across the country to participate in a case study analysis.
Below are the results of....
Crossing the Rubicon: Developing a Strong Inpatient/Outpatient Coding Structure at Duke
Author: Stone, Fabian; Wooley, Barbara; Egan, Jeanne M.; Gallagher, Timothy
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 10, 2007
Overview
Duke University Health System (DUHS), based in Durham, NC, consists of Duke University Hospital, Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital, Duke University Affiliated Physicians (DUAP), Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC), and the Patient Revenue Management Organization....
Streamlining the System through e-HIM
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: February 2006
As director of medical information services, Mary Reeves, RHIA, is driving Vanderbilt University Hospital toward a paperless future. How has your organization progressed toward an e-HIMĀ® environment?
Being in an academic center, we've been very aggressive in developing the electronic....
Successful EHR Implementation Strategies or How to Get the Doctors and Others on Board
Author: Chebeleu, Rachel C.; Cottrell, Carlton; Smith, Judy
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Overview
This paper describes the EHR implementation experiences of two different hospital systems in two different areas of the country with two different approaches to going paperless. Health First Inc., a group of three community hospitals in east-central Florida with facilities rangi....
Expanding Role of the HIM Professional: Where Research and HIM Roles Intersect
Author: Bailey, Jessica; Rudman, William J.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: September 2004
Abstract
This article examines the evolving role of HIM professionals in research. In terms of both growth and credibility, it is important that HIM as a profession become more integrally involved in the research process. Specifically, this article examines the expanding role of the....
HIPAA Reins in Shadow Charts, Independent Databases (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2003
Shadow charts, independent databases, or orphan systems, as they are sometimes called, are among the most controversial and difficult to manage forms of protected health information (PHI) that exist. Yet some providers are having success using HIPAAs privacy and security stan....
Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century
Author: Institute of Medicine. Board on Health Care Services
Source: External web site
Publication Date: July 02, 2003
A study of how the environment in which health care is provided is changing, what those changes mean for future demand, and implications for how academic health centers will carry out their roles in the future to continue to serve the public interest.
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