Author: Parmanto, Bambang; Scotch, Michael; Ahmad, Sjarif

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: September 2005

Abstract


Many healthcare processes involve a series of patient visits or a series of outcomes. The modeling of outcomes associated with these types of healthcare processes is different from and not as well understood as the modeling of standard industry environments. For this re....

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 18, 2005

Author: Price, Kurt; Farley, Dean

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2005

As they take on greater responsibility helping manage their facilities’ revenue cycles, HIM professionals benefit from incorporating coding, compliance, and reimbursement performance data into their improvement efforts.
Accurate and complete coding ensures that a hospital receives....

Author: Forgey, Danita; Vickrey, Jennifer

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2005

HIM, meet informatics. This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Technology is introducing HIM to the science of informatics. It's a relationship with a promising future. Informatics concerns the development of new uses for technology and assesses technology's impact....

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2005

As evidence-based medicine systems proliferate, organizations are grappling with the question of when—or whether—to document them in the legal record. So far, the prompts are many, but the answers are few.
A physician enters a medication order in a computerized physician orde....

Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: January 02, 2005

Q: What is medical informatics, and is there a connection between it and health information management?
A: Medical informatics is “the collection, classification, storage, retrieval and dissemination of recorded knowledge.”1 It features an “emphasis on technology as an integr....

Author: Fletcher, Donna M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

One such program exists at the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA), a business alliance of 41 of the largest not-for-profit children’s hospitals and healthcare systems in the US and Canada. The alliance represents more than 20,000 physicians, 98,000 employees, and $11 billion in r....

Author: Frazeur, Mary; Brown, Patricia J.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

Most states have used electronic record systems to report birth registry information for at least 10 years. However, the improved quality of the data from using such systems has not been realized. The Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)....

Author: LaTour, Kathleen M.

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Historical Context of the HIM Profession in the US

The first baccalaureate program in health information management (originally called medical record science) in the US was established at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN in 1934. The College has continuously offered a bachelor....

Author: Welfeld, Joseph A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

by Joseph A. Welfeld, FACHE
Introduction

Data mining often brings to mind complex and comprehensive software applications that take information from various data sources and attempt to extract valuable information. When operational executives hear the term, their eyes often glaze o....