Author: Zeglen, Margaret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 1997

Exhibit 1: Steps to Selecting a Performance Measurement System

Measurement goals. The first step towards selecting a performance measurement system is to consider your organization's mission and strategic plan for improving performance. Determine your organization's priorities for measurem....

Author: Zeglen, Margaret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 1997

Introduction


In January 1997, the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations approved new requirements for participation in the accreditation process for hospitals and long term care facilities. The requirements apply to performanc....

Author: Zegan, Jacquie CCS, RCC

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2018

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Valid ICD-10-CM/PCS (ICD-10) codes have been required for claims reporting since October 1, 2015. But ICD-10 diagnosis coding to the correct level of specificity—a more recent requirement—continues to be a problem for many in th....

Author: Zarybnicky, Rosalie; Coltrin, Kaelyn; Colwell, Holly; Lam, Donna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2001

Best practices are the result of professionals developing practical ways to improve processes and quality. Medicare peer review organization and state Payment Error Prevention Program (PEPP) organizer PRO-West recognized this when it looked to state hospitals for methods to improve do....

Author: Zarick, Deborah; Abda, Renee

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: September 16, 2016

This article is published in sponsorship with Berkeley Research Group (BRG).


Uncertainty and fear permeated physicians’ offices leading up to October 1, 2015. The transition to ICD-10-CM was reminiscent of the Y2K scare. A new coding set would replace the existing ICD-9-CM cl....

Author: Zangl-Milbrand, Evelyn

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2001

When I was hired as the assistant director of the HIM section with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHS), I faced a major challenge. Congress had recently required the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to submit claims to third-party payer....

Author: Zakoworotny, Cindy; Rutz, Cheryl; Zwingman-Bagley, Cheryl

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 1997

In 1994, Hartford Hospital began to prepare for a 1995 survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In reviewing the hospital's policies, it was clear that they addressed the assignment of user IDs and passwords for a mainframe environment rather than a network....

Author: Zak, Cindy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2019

By Cindy Zak, MS, RHIA, PMP, FAHIMA


Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) began implementing the electronic health record (EHR) across four delivery networks in 2012. As the system moved to the electronic world, it became evident that YNHH needed to address the issue of defining the organi....

Author: Zach, Henry

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2004

Sharing data electronically rather than verbally or on paper benefits healthcare by reducing medical errors, improving the quality of routine and emergency care, and lowering administrative costs. Capturing and transmitting information digitally also ensures patients and providers are able to....

Author: Younkin, Jim

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2010

A study authored by the Center for Information Technology Leadership found a completely interoperable healthcare system (that is, each organization could share every piece of its healthcare information with another organization as discrete and normalized data) could yield annual savings of $77....