Author: Hammond, William Edward; Health Affairs

Source: External web site

Publication Date: May 25, 2004

Author: Shaw, Patrick

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2004

Canada Health Infoway has big plans. By 2010, it wants half the country using interoperable health record systems.
Health epidemics such as SARS have awakened countries around the world to the importance of interoperable health information management systems. In the past year Canada has....

Author: Institute of Medicine. Board on Health Care Services

Source: External web site

Publication Date: May 02, 2004

Author: Rippen, Helga E.; Yasnoff, William A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2004

Linking community-based health information sources into a national network would improve care and save money. A collection of public andprivate organizations have begun sketching the plans.
Some of the most serious challenges facing healthcare today—medical errors, inconsistent qu....

Author: Mon, Donald T.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2004

The electronic health record (EHR) standard has been receiving widespread attention since the spring of 2003, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services asked the Institute of Medicine for guidance on care delivery functions and H....

Author:

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2004

Respondents to a study measuring industry awareness and use of the minimum content recommended in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for electronic health records (EHR) believe that the minimum data elements outlined in the standards should be included in all system....

Author: National Healthcare Information Infrastructure (NHII)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 01, 2004

Author: Markle Foundation

Source: External web site

Publication Date: March 01, 2004

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: February 2004

Many veteran HIM professionals remember first hearing about the electronic health record (EHR) in the late 1970s. "They were saying it was just around the corner," remembers Linda Frank, MBA, RHIA, chief operating officer at Servnet, Inc., an Evansville, IN-based healthcare IT consulting compan....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: January 26, 2004

January 26, 2004

Simon Cohn, MD, MPH, FACP
Chairman, NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security, and
National Director for Health Information Policy
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program
One Kaiser Plaza
Oakland, California 94612
Re: HIPAA Att....

Author: Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Zeng, Xiaoming; Jarymowycz, Christine; Firouzan, Patricia Anania

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2004

This research study was funded in part by the AHIMA Foundation for Research and Education. The authors would also like to acknowledge the University of Pittsburgh HIM students that participated in this research project: LaTonya Thompson, Brandi Long, Manisha Ghate, Leanne Borelli, Jul....

Author: Public Health Data Standards Consortium

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2004

Author: AHIMA MPI Task Force

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2004

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: CEN/TC 251

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 02, 2004

Author:

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

Author: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality | External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

Author: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Partnership for Health Information Standards

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

Author:

Source: External web site

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

Author: Ruano, Michael

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: November 02, 2003

Part nine in a 10-part series.
This article is the ninth of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of law, investigation, and ethics covers these topics in depth and provides a p....

Author: Slomski, Anita J.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2003

Nursing homes have long been aware of how they stack up to other facilities in terms of clinical quality. Now, with Nursing Home Compare, the public is aware, too. Here’s how HIM professionals play a part in getting these data right.
Two years ago, if I had told our CQI team I wante....

Author: AHIMA Task Force

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA Task Force

Source: AHIMA Task Force

Publication Date: October 20, 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Regenstrief Institute

Source: External web site

Publication Date: October 06, 2003

Author:

Source: External web site

Publication Date: September 24, 2003

Author: Health Level Seven Inc. (HL7)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: September 24, 2003