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Man Your Battle Stations: Feds Plan Cyber Security Hack Attacks
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Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2014
Frantic instructions to “man your battle stations” is not a command civilians and health information management (HIM) professionals are accustomed to hearing. However, that could soon change as healthcare organizations heed numerous cyber security warnings and prepare for government-plann....
Master of Arts in HIM and Graduate Level Informatics Certificates in the US: Experiences from The College of St. Scholastica (MN)
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....
Measurement Brings Meaning to Population Health
Author: Overgaard, Shauna M; Dooling, Julie A
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 27, 2015
Healthcare payments are shifting and the industry is in a rapid state of change. Efficiencies to render patient care as a top priority are crucial. Measuring brings efficiencies and meaning to a patient population.
High-Level Measurements
Population-based statistics....
Measurement Issues for an Adult Asthma Clinical Improvement Initiative
Author: Sweeney, Loralie; Miller, Judith A.; Ludwig-Beymer, Patti
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
Advocate Health Care, a multiple-hospital integrated delivery system in the Chicago, IL, area, recently established its Advocate Adult Asthma Clinical Improvement Team. The team undertook the data planning and analysis needed to start up a complex continuous quality improvement (CQ....
Mind the Gap: HIM Rushes to Bridge Educational and Professional Gaps Caused by a Quickly Advancing Industry
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2015
American high school students approaching their senior year have good reason to envy their European counterparts who enjoy the more common experience of a “gap year” between high school and college.
A gap year, at least in Europe, is a socially accepted opportuni....
Missed Opportunities? The Labor Market in Health Informatics, 2014
Author: Burning Glass Technologies
Source: External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: December 2014
According to this report, health informatics positions are projected to grow at twice the rate of employment overall. However, evidence suggests there is a already a shortage of qualified workers in the field.
Model EHR: Status and Next Steps for an International Standard on EHR System Requirements
Author: Mon, Donald T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2010
Six years in the making, the HL7 EHR System Functional Model is now a worldwide standard.
Work on the next version’s wish list is already under way.
In November 2009 the International Organization for Standardization and Health Level Seven International (HL7....
Moving HIM into Data Analytics a Must
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....
Moving Targets: Maximizing the Rewards and Minimizing the Risks of Mobile Devices
Author: Tessier, Claudia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
Mobile devices are moving into healthcare with rapid speed, becoming a common health tool for both clinicians and consumers. Provider organizations face a challenge in realizing the opportunities, managing the information, and mitigating the risks.
Just a few short years ago, CIOs we....
Natural Language Processing and Clinical Outcomes: The Promise and Progress of NLP for Improved Care
Author: Townsend, Hilary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
The emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) has necessitated the use of innovative technologies to facilitate the transition from paper-based records for healthcare providers. Natural language processing (NLP) is one technology providers are turning to for improving clinical outcomes....
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