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Clinical Data Exchange Model: Matching HIE Goals with IT Foundations
Author: Just, Beth Haenke; Durkin, Stacie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2008
Which IT architecture is best for an HIE? It depends on what the participants want to accomplish. Matching goals with clinical data exchange models is essential to success.
One of many fateful decisions a local or regional health data exchange network makes is the core technical foun....
IT Primer for Health Information Exchange
Author: Durkin, Stacie; Just, Beth Haenke
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2008
When it comes to building data exchanges, an understanding of basic IT terminology helps HIM professionals serve as a bridge between technical and clinical professionals.
Clinical data exchange is poised to radically transform healthcare delivery. By connecting disparate he....
Calculating the Costs of E-Discovery
Author: Dunn, Rose T
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
The new electronic discovery rule requires organizations to calculate the costs associated with disclosing information that may not be readily accessible or, in the language of the rule, “reasonably accessible.” Determining those costs requires a thorough inventory of data stor....
Health Data's Second Life
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
The use of health data for secondary purposes has been increasing, and federal agencies and industry organizations are exploring the need for more guidance.
Data in a health record don’t rest when care is complete and a bill is drawn up. Once treatment and reimbursement ar....
Aligning the Demands for Performance Data
Author: Kallem, Crystal; Gans, David N.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
Healthcare organizations struggle to meet the increasing requests for performance measurement data. AHIMA and MGMA offer recommendations to drive much-needed change.
The healthcare industry is striving to improve quality of care and reduce ever-increasing costs of....
Breaking Down Privacy and Security Barriers to HIE
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
As noted in the article “Confusion Continues over HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standards,” (J AHIMA, Nov-Dec 2007) the state-level research under the HISPC project identified a number of privacy and security barriers to health information exchange (HIE). Several reports came from this p....
HITSP Security and Privacy Technical Note
Author: HITSP Security and Privacy Technical Committee
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: October 15, 2007
Developing a Litigation Response Plan
Author: Reich, Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2007
The e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and the Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (approved in August 2007 at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) are creating new roles and responsibil....
Revisions to HIPAA Transaction Standards Urgently Needed
Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: September 26, 2007
This letter to the Secretary of HHS summarizes the July 2007 NCVHS hearings on the proposed new versions of the HIPAA transaction standards, and makes recommendations.
Secondary Uses and Re-Uses of Healthcare Data: Taxonomy for Policy Formulation and Planning
Author: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Source: External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: September 12, 2007
a taxonomy of secondary uses and re-uses of healthcare data
Making Sense of Standards: New HL7 Group Seeks to Coordinate a Multitude of Health Data Standard Efforts
Author: Hammond, William Edward; McCourt, Brian
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
Early efforts to create health data standards were led primarily by vendors, with support from providers. Vendors were right to take the reins on these standards, as most addressed technical issues related to interfacing best-of-breed systems or transmitting transaction data for reimburse....
HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on HIM in Health Information Exchange
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Digital Disclosure and Discovery: the Sedona Conference Counts the Ways that Electronic Documentation is Different
Author: Quinsey, Carol Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
Capturing data digitally is one thing. Producing it later is another. Any organization required to produce electronic documentation for any reasonwhether for discovery in a legal proceeding or disclosure in support of ongoing patient careknows that producing documentation....
Data Content for EHR Documentation
Author: Kallem, Crystal; Burrington-Brown, Jill; Dinh, Angela K.
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2007
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
CORE Values: Collaborative Effort Moves to Simplify Insurance Verification
Author: Hagland, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2007
What if health payers and others adopted agreed-upon standards to enable electronic access to eligibility and benefits data? Wouldn’t that make it easier for providers to verify patient insurance coverage and submit cleaner claims?
That’s the goal behind a nationwide initia....
Portrait of a Legal EHR: Developing a Legal EHR Conformance Profile
Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Rhodes, Harry B.; O'Neill, Megan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2007
Paper legal documents have certain characteristics. They are signed in ink and dated, and they often are a specific size and certain quality or weight of paper. Legal business records are even processed and handled in a certain, unique manner.
Now, since the spread of electronic heal....
E-Discovery: Preparing for the Coming Rise in Electronic Discovery Requests
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Changes to federal discovery rules will have lawyers searching for newly discoverable electronic data and HIM professionals digging deeper into their computer systems.
Options had dried up for the 58-year-old man. Previous surgery and radiation therapy had failed to eradicate....
It's Official: HL7's EHR Model Becomes Approved Standard
Author: Dougherty, Michelle
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
For the past three years, we have been hearing about the development and progress of the Health Level Seven (HL7) electronic health record (EHR) system functional model. As it went through various drafts, HL7’s EHR technical committee gathered feedback from a broad group of stakeholders throug....
Taking the Measure of Inpatient EHRs: Hospitals Inch Closer to Certified Products
Author: Metzger, Jane; Welebob, Emily; Del Beccaro, Mark; Spurr, Cindy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Certification of inpatient EHR products begins this year with an initial focus on orders and medication management.
Increasing the adoption of health IT such as electronic health records (EHRs) has been a major focus of improving healthcare quality and efficiency ever since the Inst....
What Mapping and Modeling Mean to the HIM Professional
Author: Wilson, Patricia S
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: March 2007
White Paper on Information Governance of the Interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Author: Canada Health Infoway
Source: External web site
Publication Date: March 28, 2007
AHRQ Conference on Health Care Data Collection and Reporting. Collecting and Reporting Data for Performance Measurement: Moving Toward Alignment
Author: AHIMA; MGMA Center for Research; Foundation of Research and Education (FORE)
Source: AHIMA Foundation
Publication Date: February 27, 2007
Coming to Terms: Scoping Interoperability for Health Care
Author: Health Level Seven. EHR Interoperability Workgroup
Source: External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: February 07, 2007
Part of the HL7 2007 EHR Interoperability Model DSTU, this report outlines technical, semantic, and process interoperability. Also available from the HL7 web site here.
Language Barrier: Getting Past the Classifications and Terminologies Roadblock
Author: Campbell, Keith E.; Giannangelo, Kathy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2007
Health IT is bogged down in a quagmire of unaligned classification and terminology systems. New recommendations from AHIMA and AMIA help point to the way out.
The healthcare industry is looking to IT to reduce costs, assess quality of care, and deliver services more effici....
Record Disclosure and the EHR: Defining and Managing the Subset of Data Disclosed upon Request
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2007
Ensuring that electronic health records are sound business records is key to EHR development, implementation, and use. The mere specter of legal ramifications concerning EHRs should get everyone to take notice of this important issue.
Health information managers should use....
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