Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: January 02, 2000

We all agree that appropriately used information has many benefits. However, many of us are so fearful of the damage that could occur through inappropriately utilized information, we demand access restrictions far greater than what currently exist for paper records. Fueling our national ob....

Author: Shakir, Abdul-Malik

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 1999

Similarly, data dictionaries, data sets, and data models have much in common, but many significant differences. Each can be used to define data, especially data that needs to get from point A to point B. This article describes each of these tools and the value they add to health information ma....

Author: Okamoto, Carole

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 1998

As health information expands beyond the traditional paper-based medical record, HIM professionals need to confront the issues related to defining the medical record. The author provides a detailed assessment guide to the redefinition process.
The Washington State Health Inf....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA Q and A | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 1998

Q: My facility recently purchased a new computerized patient record application. I am concerned about the system's established protocol for making corrections and/or addenda to entries in the computerized patient record. The way the application is currently written, the original entry can be d....

Author: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: February 10, 1998

Author: Dalander, Geoffrey; Willner, Sue; Brasch, Sam

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 1997

Imagine: It has been a productive day. Although it is only Wednesday, you have accomplished all the items on your weekly to-do list. All the hospital and SNF records are coded and analyzed. The discharges from this past Monday have been billed. Ongoing audits of the medical records are now com....

Author: Greenberg, Marjorie S.; Jones, Judith Miller

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 1997

Although health data standardization has become highly visible in the US during 1996, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has been working toward greater standardization of health information since its inception nearly 50 years ago. Established in 1949 in response to....

Author: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: August 02, 1996