Author: Dolan, Marsha; Wolter, Julie; Nielsen, Carol; Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: August 2009

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: August 2009

Today, Pawan Goyal is the chief medical officer of the government healthcare division at EDS, an HP Company, based in Plano, TX. His division works with entities like the Department of Veterans Affairs implementing and managing HIT systems. One of the first Action Community for e-HIM Excellence (ACE) members, Goyal feels his new career helps him impact a wider patient base than he ever could as a surgeon—through designing and implementing patient-centered health information technology.

Author: Viangteeravat, Teeradache; Brooks, Ian M; Smith, Ebony J; Furlotte, Nicolas; Vuthipadadon, Somchan; Reynolds, Rebecca; McDonald, Chanchai Singhanayok

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: May 2009

Author: Dinh, Angela K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2009

Reports of data breaches involving portable devices last year ran the gamut from oversight to theft: a college of medicine professor gave away a personal computer containing protected health information, including photos of his patients, to friends; a flash drive containing Social Security num....

Author: AHIMA and AMIA Joint Workforce Task Force

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: October 20, 2008

Author: Heubusch, Kevin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2008

David Diaz, RHIA, is an HIM systems analyst at Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego. The role blends information management and information services functions. “It’s a little different,” he says, but it works well for the facility and its electronic record system.

Author: Russell, Barbara L.; Barefield, Amanda; Turnbull, Diane; Leibach, Elizabeth; Pretlow, Lester

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2008

Author: Dinh, Angela K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2008

Although the HIPAA security rule went into effect in April 2005, the first security audit of a facility’s compliance with the HIPAA security rule did not take place until just last year. That audit was heard around the country, awakening every network, firewall, and security plan in exis....

Author: e-HIM Work Group on Benchmark Standards for Clinical Coding Performance Measurement. Quality Subgroup

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: March 2008

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2008

In February 2007 the Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative, a group of nursing and informatics leaders, released a report titled “Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing: 3-year Action Steps toward a 10-Year Vision.”1 The report describes ho....