Author: Hylock, Ray; Harris, Susie T.

Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management

Publication Date: January 2016

Abstract


Enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 forever altered the data management landscape in healthcare. The volume, breadth, depth, and pace at which health i....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: December 18, 2015

If you are reading this blog post, you have probably already figured out that data analytics is complex. Understanding data analytics is like the proverbial peeling back of the onion skin, the more layers you take off, the more layers you find underneath.


In today’s healthcar....

Author: Washington, Lydia

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: November 12, 2015

Data governance is a hot topic these days, as healthcare organizations begin to realize that the analytics capabilities that are necessary for new care and payment models are not feasible without some sort of unified and consistent enterprise approach to data management. Building an effect....

Author: Lucci, Susan; Walsh, Tom

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

One of the most alarming statistics in the news, which is growing with intent and severity, is the prevalence of cyber-attacks, particularly in healthcare. It is an alarming trend that has gained a good deal of attention. For example, in July 2015, UCLA reported that up to 4.5 million pati....

Author: Overgaard, Shauna M

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 2015

Outcome measures such as patient satisfaction, rates of readmission, and procedural complications play heavily into the penalization of an organization’s financial reimbursement.


It is important to evaluate data on multiple levels in order to consider all opportunities for in....

Author: Khurshid, Anjum; Diana, Mark L; Jain, Rahul

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


Objective—To study the extent to which community health information exchanges (HIEs) deliver and measure return on investment (ROI) and improvements in the quality of care.


Materials and Methods—We surveyed operational HIEs for their characterist....

Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

Data are the lifeblood of our healthcare ecosystem, with the potential of enabling organizations to improve care, manage chronically ill patients, lower costs, achieve compliance, support research, increase patient safety, and meet operational and strategic initiatives. Although health inf....

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

We must transform healthcare into a data-driven culture… because that’s where our bosses are headed.


A recent issue of Hospitals & Health Networks cited data analytics as one of the top skills that will be most critical in the next three years for healthcare....

Author: Weinberg, Jason; Peterson, Stephanie; Marc, David; Sandefer, Ryan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

AHIMA defines information governance as “the enterprise-wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and supporting the organization’s strategy, operations, regulatory, legal, risk and environmental requirements.”1 AHIMA recognizes that successful heal....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

Washington, DC, has one of the highest populations of individuals who either have AIDS or are HIV-positive in the US. In an effort to improve early diagnosis rates, treatment compliance, and prevention, researchers are using innovative data analytics methods to track participants in a pil....