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Architecture of the FHIE: How the DoD and the VA Are Integrating 10 Million Health Records
Author: Donham, Greg W.; Mallia, Tony
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2006
An ambitious project offers lessons for the NHIN and illustrates core HIM issues in data exchange.
In response to the reported illnesses of Gulf War veterans, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) undertook an initiative to create comprehensive, lifelong....
Are You a Data Analyst and Don’t Know It?
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Do you analyze case mix? Have you been asked to run a report on patients seen in the emergency department with dog bites? Do you report monthly physician query trends? Have you ever been asked to “pull that information out of the EHR?” Do you know that revenue code 361 often re....
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....
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.
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.
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality (2015 update)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the March 2007 [and March 2013] Practice Brief “Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality.”
The United States-based Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported in 1999 that “at least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many a....
Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality. Appendix A. Case Study: How One Hospital Improved Healthcare Data Quality in Its EHR
Author: Schleis, Kathy
Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: March 02, 2007
Holy Family Memorial Medical Center (HFM), a hospital within a healthcare network, has a hybrid record-part paper, part electronic. In l989, HFM initiated the computerization of the diagnostic areas of the hospital such as the lab and dictated reports. Through the years, system implementation h....
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....
Assessment Across the Ages: Implications for the Electronic Health Record
Author: Garvin, Jennifer Hornung
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Patients across the globe are using traditional and Western (allopathic) medicine to improve health. At the same time, the records of patients are being modified from paper-based documentation to an electronic format. This technical paper places some of the major medical tra....
As Strong As the Weakest Link: Developing Chain of Trust Agreements
Author: Levinson, Curtis K.S.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: May 02, 2002
Chain of trust agreements (CTAs) have two separate components: law and technology. Though the legal and technical components function together, each requires individual subject matter expertise to correctly craft an effective CTA.
CTAs are of paramount importance to the healthcare commu....
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