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Taking the Measure of Measures: Quality Data Initiatives and the Challenge of Effective and Efficient Data
Author: Hall, Debra; Siegel, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2005
Tracking case outcomes helps improve care and create efficiency. But without universal reporting standards, the workload for hospitals is heavy and the data lacks uniformity.
There are only so many hours in a day. Take the case of New Jersey hospitals.
The Leapfrog Group rates....
Taking Coding to the Next Level through Clinical Validation
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: January 2014
Health information management (HIM) is a discipline that has rapidly evolved toward roles of increasing complexity and demand in recent years and the coding profession has been one area at the center of this growth. Even though the HIM profession is currently rethinking their coding and clinica....
Taking a Closer Look at Physician-based Coding
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2002
Since 1997, AHIMA has offered a Certified Coding Specialist--Physician-based credential (CCS-P) for HIM professionals who are employed in the physician setting. In recent interviews, an office manager, coding manager, coding coordinator, and two physician-based consultants shared their coding....
Survey on Coding Quality Measurement: Hospital Inpatient Acute Care
Author:
Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: March 02, 2008
Successful Methodology for improving the quality of clinical data
Author: Slaughter, James; Willner, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 1996
Overview
Consensus is growing in the healthcare industry that organizations with fully integrated clinical information systems will become the leaders in a fiercely competitive environment. Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region (KPNCR) believes that such a system can support the....
Strategizing Clinical Documentation Improvement: Tracking the Right CDI Measures, Data Can Impact Multiple Healthcare Areas
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2013
Clinical documentation requirements are expected to increase as healthcare systems are challenged with complex new audits, ever-changing compliance rules, and a transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. All of these initiatives will specifically challenge clinical documentation improvement (CDI) profes....
Strategies for Reducing Medical Errors: HIM's Role
Author: Johnson, Sandra K; Rozovsky, Fay A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2000
Medical errors are a problem of national concern. How can HIM professionals improve documentation and prevent errors? This article offers some risk management strategies.
Medical errors have been a hot topic since the release of last year's Institute of Medicine rep....
Steering Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Author: Schoenfelt, Suzanne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2000
"Quality" is a multi-industry buzzword, but what does it really mean in today's healthcare climate? We asked the experts for their views on the state of quality improvement in healthcare and what lies in store for HIM professionals as QI evolves.
For decades, healthcare has concerned its....
Statement on Consistency of Healthcare Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: December 02, 2007
Approved – December 2007
The AHIMA Position
The collection of accurate and complete coded data is critical to healthcare delivery, research, public reporting, reimbursement, and policy-making. The integrity of coded data and the ability to turn it into functional information re....
Statement on Consistency of Healthcare Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: May 18, 2002
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
AHIMA’s Position
AHIMA believes the collection of accurate and complete coded data is critical to healthcare delivery, research and analysis, reimbursement, and policymaking. The integrity of coded data and the ability to tur....
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