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Data Ownership Evolves with Technology
Author: Demster, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
Technology has transformed the world of health information management (HIM), bringing about change for many of the field’s longstanding professional concepts and work methods. The classic rule of ownership in the words-on-paper era of health records was that “the paper (physical medium) belong....
E-Discovery from the Judicial Perspective
Author: DeLoss, Gerald E.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2010
In a typical legal action, judges have a different perspective on the production of electronically stored information (ESI) than do HIM professionals. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, case law, and past experiences with discovery disputes play an important role in how judges view e-discov....
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2016
This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”
As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....
Data Quality Management Model (2015 Update) - Retired
Author: Davoudi, Sion; Dooling, Julie A; Glondys, Barbara; Jones, Theresa D.; Kadlec, Lesley; Overgaard, Shauna M; Ruben, Kerry; Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the July 2012 “Data Quality Management Model (Updated),” the March 1998 “Checklist to Assess Data Quality Management Efforts,” and the June 1998 “Data Quality Management Model” Practice Briefs.
Evaluating the Information Governance Principles for Healthcare: Compliance and Availability
Author: Datskovsky, Galina; Hedges, Ron; Empel, Sofia; Washington, Lydia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of four articles that discuss the eight Information Governance Principles for Healthcare.
AHIMA’s new Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC) provide a framework for healthcare organizations to leverage informati....
Evaluating the Information Governance Principles for Healthcare: Retention and Disposition
Author: Datskovsky, Galina; Hedges, Ron; Empel, Sofia; Washington, Lydia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in a series of four articles that discuss the eight Information Governance Principles for Healthcare™.
AHIMA’s Information Governance Principles for Healthcare™ (IGPHC) provide a framework for healthcare organizations to enhance....
Evaluating the Information Governance Principles for Healthcare: Integrity and Protection
Author: Datskovsky, Galina; Hedges, Ron; Empel, Sofia; Washington, Lydia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2015
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of four articles that discuss the eight Information Governance Principles for Healthcare.
AHIMA’s new Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC) provides a framework for healthcare organizations to enhance their ab....
Evaluating the Information Governance Principles for Healthcare: Accountability and Transparency
Author: Datskovsky, Galina; Hedges, Ron; Empel, Sofia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2015
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of four articles that will discuss the eight Information Governance Principles for Healthcare.
AHIMA’s newly introduced Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC) provides a framework for healthcare organizations to....
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....
Drafting a Blueprint for Information Governance
Author: Czarkowski, Lynette; Clark, Jill S
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2015
Information governance (IG) is evolving as a necessity in healthcare as institutions expand their footprint and partnerships to meet “meaningful use” and earn EHR Incentive Program payments, participate in accountable care organizations, and tackle other industry challenges suc....
IG: An Organizational Structure Where Everyone is MVP
Author: Crabb, Stephanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 14, 2016
How are football and IG related? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a sports fanatic and football is my favorite professional team sport. So, as we stand on the precipice of the playoff season, I have football on my mind. With IG ALWAYS on my mind, I found myself thinking about how to ans....
Universal Adapters: Terminology Standards Enable Meaningful Data Exchange
Author: Cook, Jane; Foley, Margaret M.; Giannangelo, Kathy; Paterno, Marilyn D.; Scichilone, Rita A; Schwarz, Kathleen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2009
Standardized clinical terminologies are critical connectors that allow systems to exchange health information.
In the winter of 1904 a major fire broke out in Baltimore, MD. The resulting damage—an entire swath of the downtown destroyed—was blamed largely on a lack of uni....
Technology Overview
Author: Connecting for Health
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: June 25, 2008
This document is part of The Connecting for Health Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information, which is
available in full and in its most current version here.
Protecting High-Stakes PHI: DS4P Healthcare Standards Enhance the Privacy of Sensitive Data
Author: Coleman, Johnathan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Sensitive health information is not a rarity in the United States by any means, according to a recent Issue Brief published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).1 In the brief, ONC estimated 26 percent of Americans age 18 and older are living with a mental health d....
Does Your Forms Committee Need a Facelift? Standardizing Best Practices for HIM-focused Committees—A Case Study in the Physician Practice Setting
Author: Chou, Edgar; Montroy, Tami
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2017
In most healthcare settings, health information management (HIM) initiatives are led by HIM professionals with collaboration from other organizational leaders. At Drexel University College of Medicine, it is no different. Representatives with expertise in risk management, privacy, complian....
CEN/TC 251: European Standardization of Health Informatics
Author: CEN/TC 251
Source: External web site
Publication Date: January 02, 2004
Examining Data Rights in Vendor Contracts: Privacy Obligations Extend to the Terms Negotiated in External Contracts
Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
Preparing for HIPAA implementation created a new level of excitement and focus on privacy and confidentiality as healthcare organizations developed appropriate compliance programs. New positions and roles for security and privacy officers were created; new enterprise privacy and security educa....
Pain at the Printer: How To Stop HIM's Addiction To Printing Records From The EHR
Author: Carey, Susan; Beahan, Sally
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
Historically, health information management (HIM) staff has provided paper copies of medical records in response to authorized requests. No specialty patient education was needed because the paper record was essentially self-explanatory.
But with the ongoing industry trans....
Glossary of Terms
Author: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Partnership for Health Information Standards
Source: External web site
Publication Date: January 01, 2004
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
Use Case: The Fulcrum of Standards Development
Author: Campbell, Susan E
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Information for general health information managers about the standards development framework and process—with a focus on mobile health For Patient and Self Care
Using the C-CDA Standard to Meet Meaningful Use
Author: Campbell, Robert James
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2010, 35 million patients were discharged from non-federal short-stay hospitals in America.1 Vitally important not only to those discharges—but to every discharge that takes place—is whether important information about the pa....
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....
Digging Out from Data Hoarding: Using Governance to Manage Information Assets and Prevent Digital Data Avalanches
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2014
If a brazen television show producer were looking to cash in on the popularity of shows about hoarders, observing a health information management (HIM) department could be a good place to start.
Stories about hoarding records abound. Some hospitals have reinforced their fl....
AHIMA Releases Information Governance Graphic
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 2015
For the uninitiated, information governance can be a somewhat abstract concept to explain and visualize. To help health information management (HIM) professionals grasp the importance of information governance—a set of principles designated to better organize and protect healthcare da....
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