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AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Functional Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Information Content Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards and Systems Interoperability: Definitions
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Privacy and Security Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Information Exchange Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Identifiers Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Data Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
Coming to Terms with Metadata: A Data Governance Initiative
Author: Stambaugh, Robyn
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 17, 2017
In the era before computers and search engines, libraries would use the card catalog—a paper database ordered by the Dewey Decimal System—to find a book or information. The Dewey Decimal System, a hierarchical scheme, is the means with which to identify, classify, and retrieve....
Information Integrity in Ambulatory Care
Author: Miller, Nicole
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 15, 2017
When information governance (IG) first became the buzz word in healthcare it seemed like it was not very well understood and there was much to be learned. The healthcare industry has moved past that initial reaction and is ready to embrace this new reality of information governance. I....
Testimony before the NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards on the Future of the Health Plan Identifier (HPID)
Author: Rudolph, Barbara A
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: May 03, 2017
Testimony before the National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Standards hearing on health plan identifier
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions have a Profound Impact on the need for IG
Author: White, Jim
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 20, 2017
One of the more significant healthcare trends we see today is the consolidation (mergers and acquisitions) of hospitals, physician groups, and insurance companies into larger integrated systems. The goal of this activity have been focused on: increased market share, increased financia....
Becoming a Data Master
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
As an independent contractor and data analytics subject matter expert (SME), Lisa Brooks Taylor, RHIA, spends most of her time working with professional associations and large insurers developing machine-computable algorithms to analyze healthcare data. She works closely with data scientis....
Big Data Requires Information Governance
Author: Meehan, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
The term “Big Data” is everywhere, but what is it and what do health information management (HIM) professionals need to know about it? Understanding Big Data in healthcare, ensuring its accuracy, and harnessing it for patient care and business decisions are critical to a succes....
Why Unstructured Data is Still Important to Healthcare Providers
Author: Dunagan, Betty
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 19, 2017
We have arrived in the era of Big Data in healthcare, where digital transformation is a major driving factor. A variety of healthcare settings are currently using their electronic health record (EHR) systems to their full capacity, using databases that are just as large as their onsit....
Development of a Web-Based Registry to Support Diabetes Care in Free Medical Clinics
Author: McFadden, Norman; Daniel, Bryan; Hoyt, Robert; Snider, Dallas
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2017
Abstract
The United States has more than 1,000 free medical clinics. Because these clinics do not bill Medicare or Medicaid, they are not eligible for federal reimbursement for electronic health record (EHR) adoption. As a result, most do not have EHRs or electronic disease regist....
Health Information Plays Big Role in Competitive Strategies of Population Health Analytics
Author: Perez, Ken
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2017
“Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs. It’s about deliberately choosing to be different,” says Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School professor and expert on economics and business strategy.1
That advice certainly applies to the rising number of a....
This Healthcare Technology is Off the Blockchain
Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2017
Predicting the future—particularly when it comes to technology—can be a fool’s errand. But it’s a pretty safe bet that one innovation those in the health IT world can expect to hear more about is “blockchain.”
If you’ve heard of blockchain....
Automating HIM through Health Information Exchange: An Informatics Approach
Author: Feldman, Sue; Houser, Shannon H.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the first installment of the new Working Smart department titled “Illuminating Informatics.” This department will explore all aspects of informatics and provide guidance to health information management professionals in the practical applica....
Investigative Approach: How Clinical Documentation Teams Improve Communication, Documentation Outcomes and Patient Care
Author: Robinson, Steven
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 29, 2016
Clinical documentation programs’ success is a result of the healthcare team keeping a constant vigil on communication while operationalizing outcomes and instilling provider support. Patient care is largely dependent on accurate communication among the healthcare provider team. In a....
Applying Predictive Analytics: The Role of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease
Author: Monga, Kapila
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 22, 2016
The phrase “Longevity Revolution,” referring to the increase in human life expectancy by 30 years, isn’t new anymore. Various books have been written on this subject, and it is a widely discussed topic in conferences these days. It is a no-brainer that this increase in life expectancy warr....
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”
As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....
New ONC Chief Touts Importance of Standards Development Work
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
The new National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Vindell Washington, MD, plans to focus on some old issues for the healthcare industry—a lack of universal standards, limited interoperability, and the difficulty present for both providers and consumers trying to exchange and access hea....
Standardizing Interoperability is a Team Effort
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
AHIMA and other key stakeholders continue to drive national and global progress to achieve information systems interoperability in healthcare.
Like a complex puzzle, health information data and system interoperability takes time, effort, and collaboration to solve. And solvin....
Open Source, Open Standards, Open Minds: How the Shifting Standardization Landscape May Impact Health IT
Author: Neiman, Liz
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration just released a staggering statistic. According to their latest research, up to 93 percent of global trade is impacted by standards and technical regulations.1
Feel free to trot that number out the next time....
Connecting Functional and Semantic Interoperability—The HIM Professional's Role in HIT Standardization
Author: Orlova, Anna; Warner, Diana; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
The health information management (HIM) professional has a large role to play in ensuring health IT standardization and the health IT interoperability that comes from those standardization efforts.
The Practice Brief “Standardizing Data and HIM Practices for Interopera....
Standardizing Data and HIM Practices for Interoperability
Author: Orlova, Anna; Rhodes, Harry B.; Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2016
Despite the many advancements in health information technology (HIT) that the industry has seen in recent years, the interoperability of HIT applications continues to present a challenge. Implementing standards—a definition, set of rules or guidelines, example format, or other document th....
Data Flow: Connecting The Dots For Trusted Sources
Author: Dooling, Julie A; Profitt, Karen
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: October 26, 2016
Searching for the quickest path to establish and access data “sources of truth” in your healthcare organization?
In the past, health information management (HIM) professionals were taught to maintain a patient’s health information in a central repository. The paper healt....
Closer Look at Drug Spending Data
Author: Ryznar, Barbara
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: October 12, 2016
Understanding the cost of prescription drugs can be challenging. The recently introduced Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Spending Dashboard, an example of the principle of collecting healthcare data once and reusing it to serve the needs of multiple stakehold....
HIM as the Middleman to Informatics and Data Analytics
Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: October 06, 2016
We hear so much about the amount of data available in healthcare today. But we are just beginning to understand the importance of analyzing that data to make decisions. As buzzwords like “information governance” and “data analytics” are becoming more mainstream, the analysis of data i....
Historical Data Analysis of Hospital Discharges Related to the Amerithrax Attack in Florida
Author: Burke, Lauralyn K; Brown, C. Perry; Johnson, Tammie M
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
Interrupted time-series analysis (ITSA) can be used to identify, quantify, and evaluate the magnitude and direction of an event on the basis of time-series data. This study evaluates the impact of the bioterrorist anthrax attacks (“Amerithrax”) on hospital inpatient disch....
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....
How to Break Into Analytics and Informatics
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Shawn Wells, RHIT, CHDA, manager of HIM data integrity at the University of Utah Healthcare, put himself on the health information management (HIM) career trajectory that HIM educators dream of using as an example.
Wells, who was also the first person in the state of Utah....
Data Mining a Breach’s Silver Lining: Analyze Breach Data to Improve Release of Information Performance in HIM
Author: Delahoussaye, Elizabeth A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Health information management (HIM) professionals can pull meaningful information from privacy and security breach data to evaluate release of information (ROI) processes, uncover workflow risks, and implement corrective measures. While large scale breaches impacting millions of patients m....
Tying Together CDI, ICD-10, and Healthcare Data Analytics: How CDI Programs and ICD-10 Are Impacting Data Analytics—and The Benefits Healthcare Organizations Are Seeing
Author: Bradley, Paul
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
A year in and ICD-10 is almost approaching the point of old news.
Of course—I’m kidding! Nothing could be further from the truth. From a data analytics perspective, the impact of ICD-10 is only beginning to be realized and understood.
For one, this first year....
Addressing Data, Information, and Record Quality Challenges Through Standards
Author: Orlova, Anna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Data quality management has always been an area of focus for AHIMA. But the need for quality and integrity of data and information is greater than ever in all healthcare settings—especially with the growing adoption of health information technology (HIT), including electronic health....
Data Analytics: It’s Hip to be Square
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 21, 2016
Big data. Data explosion. Predictive analytics. Population health. Data management. Chronic disease monitoring. Natural language processing. As though healthcare was not struggling enough to keep up with acronyms, synonyms, abbreviations, and poorly defined buzzwords, we have entered the e....
As Medical Apps Increase, Litigation Issues Continue
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 20, 2016
In my last post of 2015 I tried to predict what types of challenges health information management (HIM) professionals might have to deal with in 2016 and beyond. One prediction involved technological innovation, as I surmised that we could “expect to see more and more ‘apps’ being off....
Yin and Yang: Data Governance and Information Governance
Author: Washington, Lydia
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 08, 2016
As we talk with healthcare organizations around the country about information governance (IG), many tell us they have embarked on a data governance (DG) program. Most of these data governance programs seem to be emanating from the IT area and are driven by the need to improve data quality....
Understanding Information in EHR Systems: Paving the Road for Semantic Interoperability through Standards
Author: Orlova, Anna; Salyards, Kenneth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
Today, both clinicians and health information management (HIM) professionals have been experiencing overwhelming challenges with the usability of electronic health record (EHR) systems due to shortcomings in supporting user needs.1,2,3,4 A five-year study recently published by the US Nati....
Solving the Documentation Puzzle with Data Analytics
Author: Monga, Kapila
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 17, 2016
“It’s a beautiful day to save lives. Let’s have some fun,” so says Dr. Derek Shepherd (of “Grey’s Anatomy” fame) and with a smile on his face, gets on with his day’s activities—to help patients heal. I haven’t seen many doctors work, except in “Grey’s Anatomy,” but I have interacted w....
AHIMA's Comments on CMS' Proposed Patient Relationship Categories and Codes
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team; Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: August 15, 2016
Comments to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Seventh Character Application for Injuries in the Principal Diagnosis and the Impact to Data Quality
Author: Wall, Kathleen E.
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 25, 2016
By now, we’ve all had practice assigning 7th characters for injuries. And, by now, we all know that in theory the guidance seems very clear—but the application of this new concept is not clear at all. Why is there so much confusion and why does it matter? What are the short- and long-term....
Developing Productivity Standards through Analytics [sponsored article]
Author: Pitsikoulis, John; Doty, Laura
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 15, 2016
“Productivity” is defined as the effectiveness of productive effort, measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input, easily defined and applicable in many manufacturing scenarios. For the line worker in a manufacturing plant, output is basically the number of widgets or com....
SNOMED CT to ICD-10-CM Map
Author: National Library of Medicine
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: July 2016
The purpose of the SNOMED CT to ICD-10-CM map is to support semi-automated generation of ICD-10-CM codes from clinical data encoded in SNOMED CT for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
Clinical Terminology and Clinical Classification Systems: A Critique Using AHIMA’s Data Quality Management Model
Author: Alakrawi, Zahraa M
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2016
Abstract
Clinical coding constitutes one of the fundamental functions in the field of health information management. Clinical classification systems and clinical terminologies represent two distinct sets of coding schemes that are used in healthcare. In this context, it is critica....
Mapping Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine–Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) to International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM): Lessons Learned from Applying the National Library of Medicine’s Mappings
Author: Nandigam, Hari; Topaz, Maxim
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2016
Abstract
The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine–Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) are two commonly used standardized health terminologies in the United States. In fall 2015, healt....
Utilizing Open-Source Government Data Sets in Health Information Management Teaching: An Application in Statistics and Data Analytics
Author: Alakrawi, Zahraa M; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Aborde, Jon; Johnson, Carey; Johnson, Timothy
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: July 2016
Abstract
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Council for Excellence in Education acknowledges the importance of improving the data analytics skills of health information management (HIM) students at the baccalaureate level. This importance is especially....
Cross-walking Health Content Standards Using the ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registries Standard
Author: Warzel, Denise B; Reeves, Dianne M
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2016
Key challenges in clinical and translational biomedical research and personalized medicine include the need to integrate multidisciplinary, heterogeneous data sets. This requires both reusable data elements and content standards that unambiguously describe data within and across diverse da....
IG is Critical for Our World of Growing Health-Related Data
Author: Meehan, Ann M.
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 23, 2016
In this world of growing health-related data, information governance is not only needed but is crucial to ensure that healthcare organizations can quickly and efficiently manage the data being produced, resulting in information being used effectively for patient care. The latest numbers on....
Can Data Save a Life?
Author: James, Wendy
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 15, 2016
The technological advances that have taken place over the past 25 years have been nothing short of phenomenal. When I reflect on the things I have experienced, not only in my professional career, but the technological advances I have seen over the course of my life across the board i....
HIM's Role in Health Data Analysis
Author: Kadlec, Lesley
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
In today’s healthcare environment, data abounds. From the time of admission through the patient care episode, discharge, and aftercare, the volume of clinical data in healthcare continues to grow and expand. Regardless of whether the data results from a patient office visit, the lab,....
Unlocking the Benefits of ICD-10 through Data Analytics
Author: Ewing, Crystal
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
The reality of the ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation and the fact that it was, by all measures, a success, is the payoff of years of hard work. It’s the product of lessons learned from the implementation of 5010 and the outcome of diligence on the part of healthcare professionals, providers, a....
Importance of Data Stewards in Information Governance
Author: Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 26, 2016
Data governance (DG) is the sub-domain of information governance (IG) that provides for the design and execution of data needs planning and data quality assurance in concert with the strategic information needs of the organization. Data governance includes data modeling, data mapping, data....
Leveraging Analytics to Reduce Readmissions
Author: Monga, Kapila
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 19, 2016
Hospital readmissions cost significant money to our healthcare system every year. According to a report from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the total cost of the 3.3 million adult 30-day all-cause readmissions in the US was $41.3....
New International Standard for Health Information Privacy Workforce Education
Author: Lee, Mee Jeong; Kim, Yeaeun; Kim, Ok-nam
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2016
Maintaining the privacy of personal health information (PHI) is important whenever information is gathered, be it for the primary purpose of delivering healthcare, or secondary uses such as clinical research and population health. According to the International Organization for Standardiza....
Don't Forget the Providers During Your Spring Data Cleaning
Author: Dooling, Julie A
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 21, 2016
The cleanliness, integrity, and trustworthiness of our provider data is essential to remember at all times, even as focus shifts toward other important initiatives, such as working toward a better method of matching and identifying our patients. When it comes to managing and governin....
Three Keys to Simplifying Interoperability in Healthcare [sponsored article]
Author: INTERFACEWARE
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 15, 2016
There’s no question that healthcare is in the middle of a data explosion. New sources of information like medical devices, wearables, and mobile apps are being introduced all the time.
While more information can do wonders for clinical decision making and improving operationa....
Information Governance for Offsite Data Security
Author: Saharia, Devendra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
Disruptive technology can turn any industry on its head—virtually overnight. Just five years ago, summoning a taxi was an inefficient, time-consuming effort that often involved dialing up a dispatcher, who contacted a driver, who would then make their way to your location, perhaps in an h....
Managing PHI Content Standards
Author: Sawatsky, Elaine; Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
Interoperability standards and their continuing adoption by e-health programs expand the capacity of information systems to capture, use, and exchange clinical data. For exchange to occur, the majority of data processing decisions need to take place both computationally and automatically.....
Tips for Preventing and Responding to a Ransomware Attack
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 01, 2016
As predicted, 2016 is proving to be the year of ransomware, with multiple reported incidents making news as we approach April. As they become startlingly more common, it’s important that HIM professionals be aware of how preventable they are, says Tom Walsh, CISSP, founder and managing partner of tw-Security. Just as with other types of data breaches, ransomware attacks are the result of human intervention—that’s also where they end.
Comments on Medicare Program: Expanding Uses of Medicare Data by Qualified Entities
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: March 2016
Comment letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AHIMA Comments on ONC’s Transatlantic eHealth-Health IT Cooperation Roadmap
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 2016
Autumn/Fall 2015 Public Stakeholder Consultation Guidance Questions
Peddling Out of the HIE Peloton: Some Mass HIway Providers Pulling Away from the Pack and Using HIE for True Care Coordination
Author: Belanger, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
The world of health information exchange remains busy in Massachusetts as the Mass HIway, the statewide health information exchange (HIE), enters its fourth year of rolling out Direct messaging statewide. Overall, Mass HIway officials feel things are going very well, with more than 580 or....
Transforming Data into Meaning: Standards-based Capabilities to Bring Disparate Data Sources Together
Author: Selsky, Darren
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Data integration is a costly activity, but one that is used by healthcare organizations on a daily basis to unite information from diverse sources, such as lab, pharmacy, and radiology. This data is typically centralized in electronic health records (EHRs) or other niche systems for clini....
What Makes Data Meaningful? The Important Role of Data Structures
Author: Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Healthcare is striving for meaningful health data—something well noted in many recent industry articles and presentations. But how will the cultivation of meaningful data be accomplished in the healthcare industry’s complex environment?
Healthcare data comes from....
Bringing HIM Front and Center for Master Data Management
Author: Martin, Melissa
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
MARCH IS A very busy month for AHIMA. We are kicking off our voluntary patient safety identifier campaign and preparing to showcase it at our Advocacy Symposium. Also, we will present the campaign to our legislators during Hill Day in early April.
This is the perfect time....
HIM Best Practices for Records Management at Transitions of Care
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....
HIT Standards for HIM Practices in an Interoperable World
Author: Orlova, Anna; Rhodes, Harry B.; Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2016
At the 2015 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, members of AHIMA’s Standards Task Force reported on a ground-breaking white paper they developed called “Health IT Standards for Health Information Management Practices,” a first-of-its-kind white paper that serves as a guide for....
Getting Your Feet Wet with Open-Source Statistical Languages
Author: Taylor, Nathan Patrick
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 25, 2016
If you are new to healthcare analytics, it can be quite expensive to get up and running with a statistical application. Between the cost of the software itself and the instructional courses—not to mention your investment of time—just getting started could run several thousand dollars. Than....
Exploring Encryption and Standards in Release of Information
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 2016
The HIM Problem
As providers and business associates bring themselves into compliance with the HITECH-HIPAA Final Rule, encrypting data in transmission and at rest can pose a challenge. Two ROI experts discuss encryption and the use of standards in privacy and security.....
Data Mapping Best Practices (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Maimone, Carol
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2016
This practice brief supersedes the November 2013 practice brief “Data Mapping Best Practices.”
The healthcare industry collects vast amounts of data from electronic sources. These data are captured in a wide variety of formats using various collection methods. Health d....
Standards Activities Respond to Consumer Mobile Health IT Trends
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
All of the current excitement about the potential of mobile technologies and patient engagement opportunities comes at a time when many providers are frustrated about their electronic health record (EHR) systems. Struggling against poor EHR system usability, a lack of interoperability, and....
Use Case: The Fulcrum of Standards Development
Author: Campbell, Susan E
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Information for general health information managers about the standards development framework and process—with a focus on mobile health For Patient and Self Care
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections Starts with Data Collection
Author: Cange, John R
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
To prevent a problem, however, requires that you understand the potential causes of the problem—and this understanding requires data. A complete understanding requires a complete dataset. In the case of HAIs, the ideal dataset would contain data concerning every type of HAI from ever....
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