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Application of Data Security for Electronic Health Information
Author: Abbott, Debbie
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Presentation Overview
Data security is becoming an important issue for all facilities due to the inherent risks of securing data externally with the transference of information over the Internet and internally from unauthorized access. We will identify the risks to facilities, present example....
Trends to Watch in Home Health Compliance
Author: Abraham, Prinny
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2001
The implementation of the Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) on October 1, 2001, has presented some unique compliance risks for HIM and billing managers. This article will briefly describe some of the compliance-related issues on the OIG's agenda that are of interest to HIM....
HIPAA Transaction Standards Force OASIS Changes for Home Health
Author: Abraham, Prinny
Source: AHIMA community resource
Publication Date: July 24, 2003
Most Home Health Agencies bill Medicare electronically for skilled care provided to beneficiaries. OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) is the standard instrument used to determine correct case mix assignment under Medicare prospective payment system regulations. The diagnoses used on....
ICD-9 Raises Concerns for Home Health Information Managers
Author: Abraham, Prinny
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2002
Home health information managers need to keep a keen eye on the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health to avoid coding conflicts and even financial loss. Many agencies did not pay attention to the quality of ICD-9-CM coding data prior to October 2000 when Medicare implemented the....
Learning More About Terminology Asset Management Trends, Principles, and Definitions
Author: Abrams, Kelly; Giannangelo, Kathy; Schneider, Sue; Scichilone, Rita A
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: February 2014
Terminology asset management (TAM) in healthcare and research settings is an emerging role for HIM professionals, but requires certain skills and knowledge to move into these new TAM positions. This appendix is linked to the article “New Name of the HIM Game” published in the F....
Guiding Principles for Effective Electronic Messaging
Author: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Source: External web site
Publication Date: June 24, 2004
Medical Device Deliberations: Data Issues to Consider When Purchasing and Implementing New Devices
Author: Acker, Beth A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
The term “medical device” covers a wide range of health or medical instruments used to treat, mitigate, diagnose, or prevent a disease or abnormal physical condition. Virtually every care setting captures data from medical devices, including vital signs, blood analysis, ventilator....
Integrating Privacy and Security: Coordination Benefits HIPAA Compliance Efforts
Author: Adler, M. Peter
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
Privacy and security are meant to work in tandem—so why have they grown up apart? An organization that coordinates its compliance efforts can maximize resources and increase effectiveness.
Several years have passed since the compliance deadlines for the HIPAA....
ICD-10-PCS Anatomy & Physiology Focus: Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
Information Security is for Everyone
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA presentation | AHIMA recognition week resources
Publication Date: July 12, 2003
Security Audits of Electronic Health Information (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: March 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Redisclosure of Patient Health Information (2009 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 2009
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10 Planning
Author: AHIMA
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: October 05, 2008
POA: Phases to Consider in Developing a Data Capture Program
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: April 2008
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
Time to Raise Your Standards?
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: August 2006
Are you ready to take your knowledge of standards to the next level?
HIM professionals will soon be working with standards more than ever before. We will…
…actively contribute to EHR product development as purchasers and employers.
… create....
10 Security Domains (2010 Update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 2010
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Health Data Analysis Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: September 2014
The content in this toolkit has been updated. More recent information is available here.
Health Data Analysis Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: January 2011
The content in this toolkit has been updated. More recent information is available here.
E- Discovery Litigation and Regulatory Investigation Response Planning: Crucial Components of Your Organization’s Information and Data Governance Processes
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
I. What is E-Discovery?
E-discovery is defined as the pretrial legal process used to describe the method by which parties will obtain and review electronically stored information. The 2006 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) served to place electronically stored information (....
Electronic Data Interchange Nondisclosure Agreement
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA sample form
Publication Date: January 02, 1997
Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Exchange (2009)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 2009
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Methods Institute - Agenda
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
Saturday, October 15, 2005
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast*
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote
Simon Cohn, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Chair, National Committee for Vital and Health
Statistics [Presentation]
9:30 a.m. - 10:....
Data Quality Management Model (2012 update) - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2012
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Quality Data for a Healthy Nation
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA presentation | AHIMA recognition week resources
Publication Date: September 01, 2005
Data Mapping Best Practices - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: April 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Telling the Patient Health Story
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 06, 2009
While many forms of valuable clinical data can be entered into an EHR in a structured way, some documents like transcribed physician notes remain trapped within unstructured electronic documents.
These transcribed notes and other narrative documents can be viewed through the EHR, bu....
Protecting Patient Information after a Facility Closure. Appendix A: Sample Notice When Records Will Be Transferred to Another Healthcare Provider (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
ICD-10-CM/PCS Anatomy & Physiology Focus: Circulatory System
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
Data Content Standards: Part and Parcel of Data Integrity Management
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: March 2008
EHR Train Has Arrived at the Station -- All Aboard!
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: February 2004
Many veteran HIM professionals remember first hearing about the electronic health record (EHR) in the late 1970s. "They were saying it was just around the corner," remembers Linda Frank, MBA, RHIA, chief operating officer at Servnet, Inc., an Evansville, IN-based healthcare IT consulting compan....
10 Security Domains (2012 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2012
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Information Integrity in the Electronic Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: June 02, 2012
Migrating from Paper to EHRs in Physician Practices - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2010
A successful transition from paper-based charts to electronic health records (EHRs) in the physician practice or clinic requires careful coordination of many moving parts. A myriad of challenging and complex decisions must be made, ranging from selection and implementation to training and maint....
Sample Correction Policy: Making Corrections in the Electronic Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: August 24, 2009
Rules for Handling and Maintaining Metadata in the EHR
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
Metadata is the foundation on which information management systems are built. It is required to support the various uses of data, to manage the information and record lifecycle, to verify data integrity, authenticity, and reliability, and to evaluate the relative importance of data and informat....
Mobile Device Security (Updated) - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
Editor's note: This brief supersedes the June 2003 and October 2000 practice briefs "Portable Computer Security."
Mobile devices have pervaded the everyday work environment in healthcare. An organization may use mobile devices to improve clinician workflow, bedside infor....
The 10 Security Domains (Updated 2013) - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2013
Editor's note: This update supersedes the February 2004, February 2010, and May 2012 practice briefs "The 10 Security Domains."
In today's healthcare environment, HIM professionals must understand basic information security principles to fully protect the privacy of information. T....
Managing Copy Functionality and Information Integrity in the EHR - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
There are high expectations for electronic health records (EHRs) to improve patient healthcare. However, as the industry implements EHRs, it is recognizing that adoption and implementation alone do not guarantee data integrity. In this rapidly changing environment, the use of the copy functiona....
HIE Management and Operational Considerations
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2011
Editor's note: This update supplants the November-December 2006 practice brief "Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange".
The primary function of a health information exchange (HIE) is to permit access to clinical information on demand at the point of care. HIEs enabl....
ICD-10-CM Anatomy & Physiology Focus: Respiratory System
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
Sample Deletion/Retraction Policy: Making Deletions/Retractions within the Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: August 24, 2009
ICD-10-CM/PCS: Fundamentals of General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
APC Checklist (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: March 2010
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing a Data Dictionary - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2012
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Quality Healthcare Data and Information
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2006
This position statement was reviewed and approved by the AHIMA Board in December 2007. The latest version of the position statement is available here.
Data Mapping and Its Impact on Data Integrity
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: November 2013
This thought leadership paper explores the relationship of data mapping and data integrity assurance by providing guidance to avoid adverse outcomes involving the use of maps.
Understanding Publicly Available Healthcare Data (2010) - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2010
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix C: HIM’s Role in Data Capture, Validation, and Maintenance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A critical component of AHIMA's draft HIM Core Model, a robust description of the functions and opportunities open to current and future HIM professionals, is capture and maintenance of health data.1 HIM professionals are encouraged to assume a leadership role in outlining how data are captured....
Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: May 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Dial T for Training: Work Force and the EHR
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: June 2006
What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....
10 Security Domains (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 2011
This is the original web version of the practice brief, published in the May 2012 Journal of AHIMA. This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Understanding the HIE Landscape
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 2010
The health information exchange (HIE) landscape has changed dramatically over the past five years. More HIEs are available to organizations and providers than ever before. Industry initiatives leveraging technological advances and the call for all Americans to have an electronic health record b....
When the Doctor Calls: Opportunities in Ambulatory Care
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: August 2005
It wasn't too long ago that physicians could hire a file clerk to handle simple filing tasks and doctors themselves decided how patients could view their records. But today doctors' information needs are much more complex.
Just look at how many credentialed HIM professionals are bringing....
Facsimile Cover Letter
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA sample form
Publication Date: January 02, 1997
HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Appendix B: HIM’s Role in Data Governance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: August 2011
A solid foundation is key to any organization's structure. The same is true for HIM. Information stewardship and data governance practices provide cohesive policies, processes, and decision rights and responsibilities for effective health information management and maintenance.1
The....
The Privacy and Security of Occupational Health Records
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines an “occupational medical record” as an occupation-related, chronological, cumulative record, regardless of the form or process by which it is maintained (i.e., paper document, microfiche, microfilm, or automatic data processing me....
Few Requests for Today’s Accountings
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
HIPAA’s Accounting of Disclosure Provisions Led to Few Patient Requests; Now ARRA Is Upping the Ante
Provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extend HIPAA’s accounting of disclosure regulations for providers who maintain electronic health records. The provisions a....
ICD-10-PCS Anatomy & Physiology Focus: Musculoskeletal System
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
Quality Healthcare Data and Information
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: December 02, 1996
[Note: This position statement was replaced in December 2007. The revised position statement is available here.]
ICD-10-CM Anatomy & Physiology Focus: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA online training
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
Role-based Model for ICD-10 Implementation: Data Managers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
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Statement on Quality Healthcare Data and Information
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: December 14, 2007
Reviewed and Approved December 2007
AHIMA’s Position
Healthcare data and its transformation into meaningful information should be a central concern for consumers, healthcare providers, the healthcare industry, and the government. Standards, technologies, education, and research a....
Sample Amendment Policy: Amendments to Health Information in the Electronic Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: August 24, 2009
Consistent and Uniform Approach to Health Data and Its Use: AHIMA’s Statement on Data Stewardship
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2009
With the emergence of health IT, the rules of health data creation, management, exchange, and use are changing. A need for national standards on both data creation and use is emerging in place of the local, organizational policies that served in a time of more limited data mobility.
I....
Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2010
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Information Security—An Overview (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2010
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Transparency is a Top Priority, Says New CMS Chief Data Officer
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
Niall Brennan, director of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics and the first chief data officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), recognizes the pivotal role that data and information should play in transforming healthcare.
Before Brennan took....
AHIMA Lends Expertise to ONC Patient Matching Initiative
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
The ability to securely and accurately match patients with their electronic health records (EHRs) across all health information exchanges (HIEs) remains a serious patient privacy, safety, and quality issue facing the HIM community. As many as eight to 14 percent of all health records incl....
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
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
Key Points of the UB-04
Author: AHIMA Clinical Terminology and Classification Practice Council; Garrett, Gail S.; Johnson, Laurine; Johnson, Kathy M
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2006
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Key Points of the UB-04 (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA Clinical Terminology and Classification Practice Council; Garrett, Gail S.; Jorwic, Therese M; Novak, Natalie; Ruhnau-Gee, Becky; Safian, Shelly C; Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: April 2010
Editor’s note: This update replaces the October 2006 practice brief “Key Points of the UB-04.”
In 2005 the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) approved the Uniform Bill (UB-04) paper claim and data set as the replacement to the UB-92 paper form.1 Currently, all paper claims must....
Data Quality (1996) - Retired
Author: AHIMA Coding Policy and Strategy Committee
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: February 1996
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Destination 10: Healthcare Organization Preparation for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (2004 update)
Author: AHIMA Coding Products and Services Team
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2004
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Managing and Improving Data Quality (2003 update)
Author: AHIMA Coding Products and Services Team
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2003
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Data Quality Management Model (1998) - Retired
Author: AHIMA Data Quality Management Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Checklist to Assess Data Quality Management Efforts (1998) - Retired
Author: AHIMA Data Quality Management Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: March 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Electronic Signature, Attestation, and Authorship. Appendix A: HL7 EHR-System Records Management and Evidentiary Support (RM-ES) Functional Profile Standard Excerpt (2009 update)
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Best Practices for Electronic Signature and Attestation
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: November 2009
The records management and evidentiary support functional profile standard is a subset of functions and conformance criteria from the HL7 EHR-S Functional Model standard. The standard was created specifically to address requirements and criteria for basic record management functionality in EHR....
Electronic Signature, Attestation, and Authorship (2009 update) - Retired
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Best Practices for Electronic Signature and Attestation
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud. Appendix B: Case Studies
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Guidelines for EHR Documentation Practice
Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: January 02, 2007
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality: Model for Implementing an EHR Documentation Improvement Process
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Assessing and Improving Healthcare Data Quality in the EHR
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2007
Improving data quality in an electronic healthcare environment requires a greater focus on standardized documentation procedures. With an EHR, the need to evaluate and improve healthcare data quality through concurrent assessment, data collection monitoring, and ongoing process improvement requ....
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Assessing and Improving Healthcare Data Quality in the EHR
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2007
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Guidelines for Developing a Data Dictionary
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on EHR Data Content
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2006
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Data Standard Time: Data Content Standardization and the HIM Role
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on EHR Data Content
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2006
To efficiently and accurately share clinical information, EHRs must be interoperable—the IT systems and software applications used by various facilities and made by different vendors must be able to communicate so that usable data can be exchanged accurately, effectively, and consistentl....
HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on HIM in Health Information Exchange
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Transitioning ICD-10-CM/PCS Data Management Processes
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on the Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Ensuring Data Integrity in Health Information Exchange
Author: AHIMA HIE Practice Council
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: July 09, 2012
Improving the Quality of Healthcare Data (Resolution)
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: January 1998
Background Information
The healthcare industry is undergoing extraordinary change. Technology is rapidly changing how health information is managed. The HIM profession, at the crossroads of healthcare and information management, is profoundly affected by all these changes. Consequ....
Access: the Missing HIM Practice Element (Resolution)
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: January 1998
Resolution from the 1997 House of Delegates
Resolution on Health Information Management (HIM) Professionals Managing the Quality of Health Data
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Intent:
The intent is for health information management (HIM) professionals to effectively manage the quality and integrity of health data to ensure the quality of patient care. Preamble:
Whereas, the healthcare industry is in transition to electronic health records (EHRs....
AHRQ Conference on Health Care Data Collection and Reporting. Collecting and Reporting Data for Performance Measurement: Moving Toward Alignment
Author: AHIMA; MGMA Center for Research; Foundation of Research and Education (FORE)
Source: AHIMA Foundation
Publication Date: February 27, 2007
Building an Enterprise Master Person Index
Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2004
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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