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AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Functional Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Information Content Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards and Systems Interoperability: Definitions
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Privacy and Security Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Information Exchange Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Identifiers Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
AHIMA Standards Fact Sheet. Standards Category: Data Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2017
Case Study #8: Standardizing Information Governance Audits at Children’s Health System of Texas
Author: Doupnik, Anita; Lusk, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Auditing in healthcare is an internal and/or external process intended to assess, evaluate, and improve quality of care and services while also ensuring....
Coming to Terms with Metadata: A Data Governance Initiative
Author: Stambaugh, Robyn
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 17, 2017
In the era before computers and search engines, libraries would use the card catalog—a paper database ordered by the Dewey Decimal System—to find a book or information. The Dewey Decimal System, a hierarchical scheme, is the means with which to identify, classify, and retrieve....
Information governance: Transparency, interoperability, and compliance
Author: Meehan, Ann M.
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: August 2017
Article from the Health Care Compliance Association's Compliance Today.
Safe Use of Health IT: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience Guides
Author: Paulson, Dawn
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 21, 2017
Patient safety is an organizational responsibility. But concern over the astonishing rate of development and adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in recent years has also provided potential for risk and safety issues. This rapid growth in EHR development has in large part been....
Case Study #7: UW Medicine’s Collaborative Policy Development and Staff IG Education
Author: Taylor, Christine; Fahy, Kristi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2017
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Consistency in any enterprise-wide initiative is a key for success. To achieve this, it is often as simple as policy and procedure updates and education....
HHS Report: IG Vital to a Cyber-secure Future in Healthcare
Author: Fahy, Kristi
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 22, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force released their long-awaited “Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry” on June 2. The report addresses information governance (IG) as a concept that will....
Information Integrity in Ambulatory Care
Author: Miller, Nicole
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 15, 2017
When information governance (IG) first became the buzz word in healthcare it seemed like it was not very well understood and there was much to be learned. The healthcare industry has moved past that initial reaction and is ready to embrace this new reality of information governance. I....
Updating Organizational Policies and Procedures for Information Governance. Case Study #6: Enterprise Information Management at Children’s Health System of Texas
Author: Fahy, Kristi; Hermann, Michelle
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
AHIMA defines information governance (IG) as “an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its life cycle and for supp....
Simple API: Will it solve healthcare’s interoperability problems?
Author: Bryson, Casey
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 22, 2017
You can’t throw a rock in healthcare today without hitting someone claiming to solve “the problem of interoperability.” Those claims come from interface engines, private or public collaboratives like the Sequoia Project and Commonwell, government entities like the Office of the Nation....
WannaCry Ransomware Attacks Put Organizations on Alert
Author: Fahy, Kristi
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 19, 2017
A chord of fear has been struck in many organizations—both healthcare and others—after the ransomware attacks that occurred last week that infected more than 200,000 computers across 150 different countries. The ransomware attacks known as “WannaCry” have left many organizations questionin....
IG Case Study: Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego. Prioritizing Information Governance Initiatives Already Underway
Author: O'Hagan, Dorothy; Meehan, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2017
Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth installment in an ongoing series highlighting information governance case studies.
Information governance (IG) can be overwhelming, especially as an organization looks to implement a program that addresses all types of informatio....
Standards, Information Governance, Informatics: Essential Components of HIM Workforce Education
Author: Grzybowski, Darice; Orlova, Anna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2017
As the healthcare industry has evolved from paper to the digital environment, topics such as information governance, informatics, and standards—which are at the forefront of healthcare—are becoming critical subjects when educating health information management (HIM) professiona....
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions have a Profound Impact on the need for IG
Author: White, Jim
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 20, 2017
One of the more significant healthcare trends we see today is the consolidation (mergers and acquisitions) of hospitals, physician groups, and insurance companies into larger integrated systems. The goal of this activity have been focused on: increased market share, increased financia....
Standards for Safety, Security, and Interoperability of Medical Devices in an Integrated Health Information Environment
Author: Williams, Patricia A.H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Information sharing between healthcare organizations increasingly includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) as well as data from medical devices that have been integrated into existing networks. When exchanging such data, providers should be mindful not only of the interoperabil....
IG Case Study: Utah Health Information Network’s Information Asset Inventory
Author: Fahy, Kristi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Many healthcare organizations that implement an information governance (IG) program have difficulties deciding which projects to prioritize first. Often, organizations will target the “low hanging fruit” projects, such as establishing an IG committee or advisory group or the pr....
Long Term Digital Preservation and IG: The Evolving When, Where, and How Strategy
Author: Palkie, Brooke
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 16, 2017
As I begin digging into the intricacies of long-term digital preservation (LTDP) of electronic healthcare data, I am realizing how little I knew. The ever-changing formats and standards for accessing personal health information (PHI) come to mind. Once obsolete, how will this information b....
Big Data Requires Information Governance
Author: Meehan, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
The term “Big Data” is everywhere, but what is it and what do health information management (HIM) professionals need to know about it? Understanding Big Data in healthcare, ensuring its accuracy, and harnessing it for patient care and business decisions are critical to a succes....
HIM Using mHealth to Teach Patients Why and How to Access Health Records
Author: Lusk, Katherine; Manahan, Jennifer
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2017
THERE ARE SEVEN billion people in the world, with more than three billion using the Internet. And of the North American population of 565 million, 320 million are using the Internet. There are also 6.8 billion cellphone subscriptions across the world, with two-thirds of Americans owning a....
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