Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2006

Director of HIM and hospital privacy officer Cindy Pugliese, RHIA, has a number of roles in her job description. But her role goes beyond her job title. At her facility, Pugliese sees herself as an advocate for the legal health record.

Pugliese believes that as an HIM professional, sh....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2001

Navigating the regulations and standards related to long-term care could make anyone feel like they are lost in a maze. But in her most recent position, Mary Sidelnik, RHIA, has been able to help those interested in long-term care in the state of Texas find their way out.

Sidelnik most....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 1998

HIM professionals agree that applying the principles of information security is important in a hospital setting. But as Sharon Johnson, RRA, knows, those principles can be applied in many situations--including settings under construction. Since spring 1997, Johnson has been ....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 1998

As the Net surfers of today become the long term care consumers of tomorrow, the long term care industry faces new challenges. Patients and their families are growing increasingly interested in information that will help them make more informed decisions about healthcare. A....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 1998

If you want to be an agent of change, sometimes you must first change your own life. That's a lesson Debra Harris, MA, RRA, has learned.

Harris, director of health information services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA, began the process when she decided that continui....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2008

When Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has a tough health information-related issue to solve, chances are Deborah Adair, MPH, MS, RHIA, and her team are already working on it.

Director of health information services and privacy officer at MGH (part of the Partners Health....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2009

As a member of AHIMA’s E-Health Task Force in 1999–2000 and an early facilitator of AHIMA’s e-Health Community of Practice, Lynda Mitchell, RHIA, CPHQ, could see that the Internet had great potential for healthcare and communication. A decade later, the potential has become r....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2000

Five years ago the first recipients of the Davies awards showed us successes of CPR systems across the country. Where are they now? This article catches up with these CPR leaders.
Is your job exactly the same as it was five years ago? For most HIM professionals, the answer....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2005

As director of HIM and chief privacy officer at Group Health Cooperative (GHC), Sheila Green-Shook, MHA, RHIA, CHP, is well versed in the intricacies of developing policy and procedure specific to health information. She is also deeply involved in GHC’s electronic health record (EHR) imp....

Author: Zender, Anne

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2006

As privacy officer with TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), the Department of Defenses office that manages the militarys worldwide healthcare program, TRICARE, Sam Jenkins, CHE, takes his role seriously.

What we do in privacy and security is extremely important, not only to our health....