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Privacy Versus Protection: Weighing Confidentiality Against Public Safety
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....
Tools for Defining Data
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....
Legal Medical Record Redefinition in a Multimedia Environment
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....
On The Line: Professional Practice Solutions...
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....
OMB Circular A-119
Author: U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: February 10, 1998
Turning a Dream Into Reality: The Evolution of a Seamless Electronic Health Record
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....
Toward Standardization of Health Information
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....
Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
Author: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: January 02, 1997
Core Health Data Elements: Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Source: External web site
Publication Date: August 02, 1996
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