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RFID Systems in Healthcare: Emerging Uses and Potential Issues
Author: Dinh, Angela K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2008
Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are becoming more prevalent in healthcare. HIM professionals who serve as privacy or security officials within their organizations should be familiar with these systems and their role in obtaining and tracking patient information.
This articl....
HIPAA Security Redux: A Re-evaluation Process and Recommended Areas to Review
Author: Adler, M. Peter
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
Remember the mad scramble to create a compliance plan before the HIPAA security rule deadline? It’s time to revisit that plan.
Publication of the HIPAA security rule created a flurry of discussions, debate, and activity as healthcare professionals grappled wi....
Seasoning Your Compliance Plan with PEPPER: How to Read PEPPER Data on Payment Errors
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2007
PEPPER data help facilities compare their Medicare payments with state and national averages. Here’s how to read yours.
Hospitals can take advantage of a report that helps them compare their Medicare reimbursement to state and national averages. What they learn can help them....
Unwrapping Data Standards
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2007
Data content standards affect a wide range of day-to-day HIM work. Here’s what you need to know.
They may sound like they belong up in the IT stratosphere, but data content standards-or the lack of them-affect a wide range of day-to-day HIM work right here on....
Program Approval Manual for Health Information Management Applied Health Informatics Graduate Degree Levels
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Source: CAHIIM
Publication Date: August 02, 2006
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....
Using MedPAR Data as a Measure of Urinary Tract Infection Rates: Implications for the Medicare Inpatient DRG Payment System
Author: Stringham, Jerry; Young, Nancy
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: December 2005
Abstract
A valuable metric of hospital performance is the rate of nosocomial infections, particularly urinary tract infections (UTIs). Current measurement techniques are expensive to administer and are not widely available. Determining a measurement index of nosocomial UTI incide....
Data, Information, Knowledge: A Healthcare Enterprise Case Study
Author: Gudea, Sorin
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: November 2005
Abstract
An efficient, integrated health services delivery enterprise requires the ability to coordinate service delivery across the provider network and avoid duplication of services. It must be able to associate relevant clinical information with patients regardless of which fa....
Collaborating for Compliance: CMS' Hospital Payment Monitoring Program and Pepper Reports
Author: Orenstein, Anita; Newton, Kathy
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 21, 2005
Introduction
Hospitals throughout the country are being provided with the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER) to review and take appropriate action. These reports are being sent to hospitals to assist them with identifying possible areas where improvements might....
HIM in Medical Informatics Land, or HIM Goes to Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Author: Jacobs, Ellen B.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 21, 2005
Overview
The goal of this presentation is to inform HIM professionals about an opportunity to learn medical informatics in a condensed one-week course and the need to educate key players in medical informatics about the HIM profession.
Background
Almost every journal articl....
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