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SNOMED: A Controlled Vocabulary for Computer-based Patient Records
Author: Kudla, Karen M.; Rallins, Marjorie C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1998
SNOMED is a detailed and specific coded vocabulary of names and descriptions used in healthcare -- explicitly designed for use in the computerized patient record. Here's an overview of this system and a look at its next generation.
Methods to collect data about human morbidity and morta....
SNOMED Takes the Next Step
Author: Kudla, Karen M.; Blakemore, Margo
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2001
Healthcare terminologies SNOMED and the Read Codes have been around for a long time. Now, a new terminology combining the two promises to take the industry one step closer to realizing the vision of an electronic patient record. Heres a sneak peek at SNOMED® CT.
As technology e....
Cost of Converting Small Physician Practices to ICD-10 Much Lower than Reported
Author: Kravis, Thomas C; Belley, Susan; Smith, Donna; Averill, Richard F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2014
The controversial delay of ICD-10 implementation was based in part on the perceived time, cost and lost productivity for physician offices to perform the necessary assessment, training, software conversions, testing and “super bill” updates.1 Current evidence suggests that....
Better and Faster: New Systems Make Report Processing Easier
Author: Krautwald, Peter
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2001
Voice recognition, electronic signature, combined system interfaces-the future is now in many HIM departments. In this article, the author focuses on the use of advanced report processing technologies in HIM departments and how they are changing the way we work.
Technology and....
Off-Site Coding Success Story
Author: Kramer, Lynette; Meeks, Richard
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2000
If you asked HIM professionals about key success factors that substantially impact timely and accurate coding, three of the most common answers might be:
availability of the record immediately after the patient visit
availability of the complete record....
Complicated Coding: Postoperative Ileus
Author: Kraft, Kristine N; William, Fiala C
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2019
By William C. Fiala, MA, CCS-P, CPC, RMA, and Kristine N. Kraft, DC, RMA
Complication coding is “considered to be one of the more challenging aspects of coding,” as an article in ICD10monitor once put it.1 The reporting of complication codes brings with it certain risks to pr....
Healthcare Moving Toward an 'Information Ecosystem'
Author: Kowalski, Christine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
Just as the world is held together and shaped by a delicate and intricate global ecosystem, the US healthcare system’s community of connected components, surviving and thriving when working together toward common goals, represents its own sort of ecosystem. As healthcare moves toward an i....
Real-World RHIO: a Regional Health Information Organization Blazes a Trail in Upstate New York
Author: Koval, Dianne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2005
By distributing costs and benefits among providers and payers, a regional physician association is creating a data exchange network with an ambitious goal: interoperable EHR systems in every physician’s office.
Mark Foster, MD, of Hudson Valley Primary Care in Wappingers Falls, NY,....
Plugging in Physician Practices: Software Implementation Offers Insights on EHRs, Community Networking
Author: Koval, Dianne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2007
A pioneering data exchange network shares lessons from its practice management software implementations-a first step in bringing physician offices online.
Mark Foster, MD, waits for his Hudson Valley Primary Care staff to locate the medical record of his next patient. The Wa....
How Deep Do You Dig into ICD-10-PCS Coding?
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
All coding professionals require the right clinical documentation at the right time in order to assign an accurate code. This article reviews just what that requirement entails for ICD-10-PCS coding.
ICD-10-PCS Scope of Work
On October 1, 2015, hospital inpatient pr....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the last three Ancillary sections. The side....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the six Ancillary sections. The....
Internal Radiation Brings Hope to Prostate Cancer Patients: With Brachytherapy Treatment Come New HCPCS Codes
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2003
In 2003, the American Cancer Society estimates that 220, 900 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the US, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men.1 Today in the US, patients with prostate cancer have access to less invasive surgical cancer treatment plans. This arti....
ICD-10-CM Update 2012
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: July 2012
This article highlights the 2012 ICD-10-CM update as approved by the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee. The 2012 ICD-10-CM update includes the addition of new codes that already exist in ICD-9-CM, implemented in the FY 2012 ICD-9-CM update or recently incorporated into ICD-10 th....
ICD-9-CM Diagnostic Coding for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2012
At the request of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the FY 2012 ICD-9-CM code update expanded subcategory 041.4, Escherichia coli, to create unique codes for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). This article describes STEC and its clinical features and summarizes the new STEC ICD-9....
Coding Diabetes Mellitus in ICD-10-CM
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 16, 2012
ICD-10-CM diabetes codes complement present medical science—separate type 1 and type 2 diabetes category codes and body system combination codes represent a major improvement over ICD-9-CM. Diabetes mellitus codes are no longer classified as controlled or uncontrolled. Instead ICD-10....
ICD-10-CM Coding for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurobehavioral disorder and often associated with serious areas of impairment and comorbidities over a life span. Physician practice coding professionals are at the forefront to ensure quality ICD-10-CM coded data across a life....
Coding for External Causes of Morbidity in ICD-10-CM
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: July 2011
The ICD-10-CM external causes of morbidity tabular list includes significant enhancements to the ICD-9-CM supplementary classification of external causes of injury and poisonings (E800–E999). The ICD-10-CM list features category restructuring, reorganization, and major code expansion.
From V Codes to Z Codes: Transitioning to ICD-10
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2004
V codes, described in the ICD-9-CM chapter “Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services,” are often misunderstood in reporting healthcare services. These codes are designed for occasions when circumstances other than a disease....
From V Codes to Z Codes: Transitioning to ICD-10 (Updated)
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2011
Editor's note: This column supercedes the February 2004 article "From V Codes to Z Codes: Transitioning to ICD-10."
V codes, described in the ICD-9-CM chapter "Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services," are designed for occasi....
Staying Alert on Sleep Medicine Coding
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2011
The field of sleep medicine is rapidly expanding, and its coding and reimbursement are attracting more attention from federal and state governments, public health organizations, scientists, payers, auditors, the transportation industry, and healthcare consumers. Emerging topics in the area of....
Coding in Critical Access Hospitals
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2009
National health policy has been increasingly responsive to the healthcare needs of rural residents and providers. Rural America has a large percentage of the nation’s Medicare population, and this percentage continues to grow as residents born in the Baby Boomer generation begin to retir....
SNOMED CT Integral Part of Quality EHR Documentation
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2012
The use of many distinct standardized clinical vocabulary terminologies and classifications is integral to the development of a nationwide health IT infrastructure that allows for electronic use and exchange of health information. SNOMED CT is one of the key clinical terminologies designated f....
Taking a Closer Look at Physician-based Coding
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2002
Since 1997, AHIMA has offered a Certified Coding Specialist--Physician-based credential (CCS-P) for HIM professionals who are employed in the physician setting. In recent interviews, an office manager, coding manager, coding coordinator, and two physician-based consultants shared their coding....
Resolving Coding Questions: Where to Find Answers to Coding Questions
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: April 2010
WHEN CODING Questions arise, coding professionals should evaluate all possible resources, including querying physicians, networking with other coding professionals, and seeking official coding advice. These techniques help ensure consistent healthcare diagnostic and procedure coding.
Coding Diabetes Mellitus in ICD-10-CM: Improved Coding for Diabetes Mellitus Complements Present Medical Science
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2012
Results of a recent coding and clinical documentation pilot study indicate that the ICD-10-CM coding classification changes made for diabetes mellitus have significantly improved coding for this disease. The results of the study noted that although a few ICD-10-CM "unspecified" diabetes codes....
ICD-10-CM Coding for Injury Resulting from Terrorism
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2016
On October 1, 2015, the ICD-10-CM coding classification was implemented in the United States. This article provides a coding update on how to report injuries resulting from terrorism, which is now classifiable under ICD-10-CM. In the US, ICD-10 (mortality coding) and ICD-10-CM (morbidity c....
Patient’s Role in Ensuring Legal EHR Data Integrity
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2011
For nearly 40 years I have served as an HIM and health IT professional, but for my entire life I have been a healthcare patient. My understanding of the processes that create medical records has helped me identify system and human mistakes in my own records. Consequently, I know well that the....
When the Writ Hits the Fan: the Importance of Managing Electronic Health Records as Business Documents
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
Your healthcare facility is digitally capturing information at a staggering pace. But if a subpoena showed up tomorrow, could you produce the information you need?
While mounds of analog paper and film continue to overwhelm most healthcare organization record and film libraries, the fac....
Web-based Patient Record Systems: Opportunities for Best Practices
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
Because the World Wide Web has become a popular place for healthcare users to browse and search for information, it offers healthcare providers, payers, and patients access to the widest range of healthcare information as well as the ability to disseminate information. As a result, the healthc....
Too Many Coding Systems, Too Much to Do: Different Clinical Classification and Clinical Terminology Systems Uniquely Impact IT, Quality Management
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
The notion of managing and being accountable for the health status of defined populations requires much more sophisticated clinical data collection methods and skills than most healthcare organizations have today. Numerous “coding systems” have been used for decades to successf....
Managing Outside Information: Creating an Internal Plan for Externally Generated Information
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2010
Most HIM departments have yet to master the management of patient health information exchanged across healthcare organizations. Typically the well-established processes and standards for managing internally generated information do not address health information that is generated outside the o....
Role of the Cancer Registrar: How Cancer Registrars Ensure Quality Data for Public Reporting
Author: Koering, Susan M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2008
In the last 20 years, the role of the cancer registrar has evolved dramatically. The need for trained and qualified cancer registrars will only grow as the oncology healthcare industry increasingly calls for quality data. This article defines how cancer registrars can affect quality healthcare....
Four Critical Steps to Choosing an Auditor
Author: Knutson, Julie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2000
In this compliance-driven age, many organizations are seeking the services of outside firms or "auditors" to conduct record reviews. But the proper selection process is often short-circuited by time considerations. Given the cost of audits, however, even if you'....
Skilled Knowledge Workers in Short Supply
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2008
This is a demanding time for coders. MS-DRGs and present on admission requirements would have been challenging on their own; however, both came at virtually the same time, straining coders already stretched to meet their job requirements.
Recruitment and retention of coding staff is....
Project Me: Don't Be Too Busy for Personal, Professional Goals
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2003
Summertime, and the living is easy... At this time of year, we remember the promise held by the summers of our childhood. There were so many wonderful possibilitiesbike riding, trips to the beach, summer camp, family vacations, long evenings to play outdoorsand so much time b....
Measuring Meaningful Use: A Major Opportunity to Accelerate Change by Clarifying Priorities
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires adoption of measures for the “meaningful use” of health IT in order to unlock billions of dollars in incentives. After years of growing support for health IT adoption that improves healthcare, this is the time to get specific abou....
Benchmarking For a Burst of Creative Thinking
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1999
It is precisely when an old paradigm crumbles and the new one is not yet in place that we get great bursts of creative thinking."1 I'm convinced that this is such a moment for HIM.
The old paradigm of a static, facility-bound record is, unfortunately, still the norm,....
Health Information Exchange: Familiar Issues, Thorny Options
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2006
The most perplexing issues facing health information exchange (HIE) include patient identification, provider authentication, consent and other privacy issues, financial sustainability, and meaningful consumer engagement.
Intense work on these issues is under way. A new confid....
HIM Enters an Era of “Powerful Possibilities”
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
Discussing his enthusiasm for the HIM field, he said, “I am fortunate to be coming into the field at this time... I missed all the boring stuff and am getting in it when things are really happening.” I laughed and assured him that those of us who have been around for a while have n....
Personal Health Information: Reframing the Dialogue
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2007
We all believe that healthcare can be more effective when people are armed with trusted information about their needs and best options. This premise is driving the urgent push for personal health records (PHRs) and quality and cost transparency.
Information Views and....
Baby Steps: Industry Helps Data Content Standards Find Their Footing
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2007
An improved healthcare system depends not only on wiring it up but also ensuring that data are usable for evidence-based clinical practice, to empower consumers, and to improve the health of the population. Progress is being made on data transmission standards; however, similar progress is need....
Transforming Healthcare: the Time for Change is Now
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2005
In recent remarks to Connecting for Health’s steering group, David Brailer, MD, PhD, the national health information technology coordinator, noted that if this is the decade of health IT adoption, 2005 could well turn out to be the year of “maximum flexion.” Brailer urged the....
Feet Firmly in the 21st Century: Reviewing A Decade of Expanding Vision, Influence, and Growth
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
On one of the first days of my tenure on staff at AHIMA, I read the earliest association journals, then the Journal of the Association of Record Librarians of North America. These pre-1930 publications discussed practice issues in maintaining accurate and complete clinical documentation and us....
Re-examining HIPAA Six Years Later
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
It was six years ago this month that the HIPAA privacy rule went into effect. For many in healthcare, compliance has become a routine part of doing business. But for too many, the current regulations remain poorly understood and poorly implemented. All the while, the environment has been chang....
HIM Leadership Challenge...for the Next 80 Years!
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2008
As AHIMA celebrates its 80th anniversary this month, we focus on the significant challenges that lay ahead. Though most emphasis today is on acquiring and implementing health IT, this will give way to an emphasis on managing and creating value from an organization’s information assets.
Data Content Standards: the Nexus of HIM Practice
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2006
One of AHIMA’s key goals for 2006 is to promote quality and safety through standards for data content and documentation. Quality and safety require that the right information is available at the right time to support patient care and health system management decisions. Gaining consensus....
Coding at a Crossroads
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2005
It has been nearly 25 years since ICD-9-CM codes became the basis for hospital inpatient payment. Over the years, code-based payment has extended to virtually all healthcare services, and CPT and HCPCS code sets have been added to the mix. We now use software tools to facilitate coding and hav....
New Ways to Work
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2007
The demand for competent HIM professionals is at an all-time high. That’s true for traditional employers as well as for organizations that didn’t even employ HIM professionals 20 or even 10 years ago. Remember, about 50 percent of HIM professionals now work for hospitals, down....
Accuracy Imperative: New Stakes for Coded Data
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2007
The requirements for coding accuracy have always been high, even before coding became the basis for reimbursement. HIM professionals have championed improvements to medical record documentation and classification systems essential to accurate coding, and the profession has also led the wa....
PHRs—The Hook to Engage and Inform Consumers?
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2008
The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have forever changed how we communicate and gain access to information. We manage and track our finances and medical and other benefits online. Some are even fortunate enough to be able to communicate with their physicians through secure e-mail....
Why Don't We Have Federal Confidentiality Legislation?
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1999
Patients' Perspective: a Growing Information Gap
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2003
For a moment, forget that you are a health information manager. Instead, think of yourself as a person seeking healthcare. Are you frustrated when you have to repeat medical history information when you visit a specialist in your clinic? Do you search for lab results jotted on the back of an e....
Standardized Data: the Difference for EHR Solutions
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2005
This month, Dallas will be the center of the health IT world as HIMSS hosts its 2005 trade show, of which AHIMA again will be a sponsor. We look forward to learning how electronic health record (EHR) solutions are maturing and how provider organizations are succeeding in improving patient care....
Supply and Demand: a Challenge for Healthcare and HIM
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2005
AHIMA’s work force research found that HIM professionals hold 200 different job titles in 40 types of organizations, from hospitals to veterinary clinics. Just 20 years ago, most worked in acute care hospitals. Today that number is just over 50 percent.
For decades we differen....
New Expedition Begins: Privacy Under HIPAA
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2001
While all regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) directly affect how we manage health information, the privacy regulations are central for HIM professionals. It has always been our privilege to serve as patient advocates for information priv....
Raising the Bar on Healthcare Data: Meeting Requirements Is a Complicated Challenge
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2009
The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act means that American taxpayers are now directly funding the adoption of electronic health records and the investment in health information exchange. Yes, you and I are writing the checks that defray some of the cost of this important tra....
Managing the Unintended Consequences of EHRs
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2009
Broadly deployed health information and communication technology is crucial to every aspect of healthcare reform. Financial assistance through ARRA should speed EHR adoption via financial incentives and other forms of support. This, in turn, will cause unintended and unforeseen consequences. <....
HIM Everywhere: In the Transition to e-HIM, Information Management Becomes Ubiquitous
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2009
The way we manage health information continues to evolve. For many who work in hospitals, the medical record is now some combination of digital data, imaged documents, and residual paper. Most provider organizations are somewhere along this transition continuum from paper to fully digital.
Building an EHR Learning Community
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
It is fitting that the theme for the last issue of 2009 is electronic health records (EHRs). Nearly 20 years have passed since AHIMA provided financial support for the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Healthcare.
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E-HIM: Our Commitment to Lead
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2005
For the past two years, AHIMA’s report “Vision of the e-HIM® Future” has served as a touchstone in our rapidly adapting field. When published in 2003, the report painted a picture of evolving HIM roles and practice in a healthcare industry moving from paper to an elec....
AHIMA Welcomes the HIM World Community
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2004
We’re thrilled to host the 14th Congress of the International Federation of Health Records Organizations (IFHRO), the long-awaited gathering of HIM professionals from 30 countries, in Washington, DC. IFHRO was established in 1968 to advance professional practice, assist developing countries t....
New Languages of Medicine: Inform and Influence Now
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2004
Many healthcare decision makers do not understand the many ways coded data are used throughout healthcare and the urgency of moving forward with ICD-10. They also are unable to visualize how reference terminologies such as SNOMED CT are used in electronic health record systems and how these te....
EHR and Interoperability: Reaching the Tipping Point
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2004
The drive to create an interoperable health information system accelerated during the summer. Four major initiatives came together in the summer heat, and our nation is poised to move from talk to action about health information infrastructure. We have reached the tipping point.
Nationa....
States—Laboratories for E-Health
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2008
States are often described as “laboratories of democracy.” Today they are also serving as laboratories for e-health. Virtually every US state is pursuing IT initiatives to improve the safety, quality, and affordability of healthcare. Leadership is coming from governors’ offic....
Recipe for Information-based Healthcare
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2006
Creating an information-based health system is like following a recipe. First, include essential ingredients, such as accurate and complete clinical documentation organized in architectures that enable access and interoperability. Then add protocols, terminologies, and classification systems to....
EHR Progress: Reaching the Tipping Point?
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2007
There are many forecasts about how long it will take for EHRs to be the norm across healthcare. There is talk of a tipping point where penetration and momentum are great enough to move the rest of the industry. But just when will EHRs truly be mainstream technologies, and what are the stages f....
RHIOs at a Crossroads
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2007
Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) represent what is best about public service organizations in our country. They are voluntary organizations formed by people who want to improve the safety and quality of healthcare by making reliable information available where it is neede....
Connecting Interoperability to HIM
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2006
This year the vision of connected health information will come into sharper focus. Federally funded initiatives for sharing health information are taking place in a dozen communities across the country. Four consortiums are under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to de....
Driving Change through Rapid Demonstrations
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2003
The American healthcare system is in crisis and consumers are taking notice. Insurance costs are rising at double-digit rates and employers are passing along more of the cost to employees, leading to a recent nationwide strike at GE earlier this year. One in seven Americans is uninsured and fe....
Legal EHR—Friend, Not Foe
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2008
AHIMA has been working hard to advance the industry’s understanding of the legal electronic health record and to develop practical advice for ensuring that EHRs protect patients and providers at each stage of development. While descriptive, the phrase legal EHR seems to strike fear in some who....
Getting Things Done. Execution: An Essential Discipline of Leadership
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2005
The question is often asked whether HIM will be able to make the transition from paper to electronic records. My answer is an unequivocal “yes, we already are.”
In the story “Bridge Builders: HIM Professionals Blend Core Skills and New Opportunities to Meet the Fut....
New Era in Records Management: Preserving and Protecting the Content, Context, and Structure of Digital Records
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2008
Healthcare is entering a new era of records management, one that will be digital, enterprise-wide, and dynamic. However, many healthcare organizations describe their current state as hybrid, meaning a combination of paper and electronic.
While a convenient way to depict the often mes....
Standards: Solutions or Culprits?
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2000
No other country on earth has as regulated a healthcare system as the US, and no country on earth comes close to our level of health spending. According to one estimate, Medicare regulations span more pages than the notorious Internal Revenue Code.1
Are all these standards....
NHIN Comes into Focus
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2005
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a request for information (RFI) to gather broad input about how the US national health information network (NHIN) should be designed. In just six short weeks, hundreds of organizations and thousands of stakeholders....
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