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E-HIM Strategic Initiative: Core Data Sets. Appendix 1: Core Data Sets as Standards for the EHR (pt.1)
Author: AHIMA Work Group on Core Data Sets as Standards for the Electronic Health Record
Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: September 02, 2004
This practice brief appendix has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
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....
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....
Direct Route to Meaningful Use? Health Story Project Offers a Path to Integrate Clinical Documents into EHRs
Author: Alschuler, Liora
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The meaningful use final rule is spurring many organizations to implement electronic health records (EHRs). However, integrating clinical notes into EHRs continues to be a problem for many organizations.
The Health Story Project aims to streamline this process by supporting the deve....
Personal Genomic Information Management and Personalized Medicine: Challenges, Current Solutions, and Roles of HIM Professionals
Author: Alzu'bi, Amal; Zhou, Leming; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2014
Abstract
In recent years, the term personalized medicine has received more and more attention in the field of healthcare. The increasing use of this term is closely related to the astonishing advancement in DNA sequencing technologies and other high-throughput biotechnologies. A l....
Security Risk Analysis and Management: an Overview
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2003
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Ready for the Transactions Rule? Get Started with Code Sets (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2003
October 16, 2003, is just a few months away. Has your organization addressed all the code set issues that are part of the HIPAA financial and administrative transactions and code sets requirements?
Because providers are accustomed to using many of the medical code sets required....
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....
Primer on Encryption
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2004
Encryption is an addressable implementation specification under HIPAA’s access control and transmission security standards. Many providers are grappling with just how to address these specifications:
Is there a difference between the two specifications, and if so, what is the diff....
Managing HIPAA as Gatekeeper
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
An unfortunate result of the HIPAA privacy rule is the emerging use of HIPAA as a gatekeeper, restricting the appropriate fl ow of protected health information (PHI). HIPAA is being cited as a reason not to disclose information without patient permission when needed for treatment, payment, or....
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