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Unforeseen Delay, A Determined Call to Action
Author: Kennedy, Angela
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
President Barack Obama signed H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, into law April 1, 2014. Though the bill’s main purpose was to create another temporary “patch” to the Medicare sustainable growth rate, language in a section of the bill effectively delayed the ICD-10-....
Understanding User Needs for Interoperability: Standards for Use Cases in eHealth
Author: Orlova, Anna; Bourquard, Karima; Parisot, Charles
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
AHIMA, in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, has been publishing the findings of the Use Case Task Force in a series of articles in the Journal of AHIMA’s Standards Strategies section. The first article in this series, published in the June....
Understanding User Needs for Interoperability: Standards for Business Cases in eHealth
Author: Orlova, Anna; Bourquard, Karima; Parisot, Charles
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2017
AHIMA, in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, has been publishing the findings of the Use Case Task Force in a series of articles in the Journal of AHIMA’s Standards Strategies section. The first article in this series published in the Journa....
Understanding User Needs for Interoperability: Defining Use Cases in eHealth
Author: Bourquard, Karima; Orlova, Anna; Parisot, Charles
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2017
In computer science, a use case-driven approach is the foundational methodology for documenting user needs.1 This has been adopted by national and international efforts to enable health information technology (HIT) to support HIT systems interoperability and information sharing across syst....
Understanding User Needs for Interoperability: Collaborative Approach
Author: Bourquard, Karima; Orlova, Anna; Parisot, Charles
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2017
AHIMA in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International has been publishing the findings of the Use Case Task Force in a series of articles in the Journal of AHIMA’s Standards Strategies section. The first article in this series, published in the June 20....
Understanding Use Cases
Author: Washington, Lydia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2008
As national health IT initiatives move forward, it is important that HIM professionals understand the role and functions of use cases. Use cases are an extension of workflow analysis, an early and essential step in selecting or designing new health information technology. This article defines....
Understanding the Privacy Rule's Amendments
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2002
By now you know that amendments to the final privacy rule were published in the August 14, 2002, Federal Register. The amendments are intended to correct problems identified in the original privacy rule published on December 28, 2000.
This article presents a summary of some of....
Understanding the Minimum Necessary Standard (2003 update)
Author: Hjort, Beth M.; Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2003
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Understanding the Minimum Necessary Standard (2002)
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2002
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Understanding the Meaningful Use Vocabulary Standards
Author: Ulmer, Stephen E.; Fuller, Jan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The vocabulary standards adopted in the meaningful use final rule provide the language to capture primary health data required for the meaningful use objectives. It is through these standards that health information will be captured and transmitted. Knowing the vocabulary standards and underst....
Understanding the HIE Landscape
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
The health information exchange (HIE) landscape has changed dramatically since HIE and the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was first conceptualized in 2001. The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) published recommendations in 2001 on nationwide electronic hea....
Understanding the EHR System Functional Model Standard
Author: Dougherty, Michelle
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2005
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Understanding the Complexities of Coding for Mental Disorders
Author: Albaum-Feinstein, Andrea L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: June 2000
Editor's note: This is the second part in a two-part series on diagnostic coding for mental healthcare.
Documentation differences between DSM-IV and ICD-9-CM continue to challenge coders in mental health settings. Efforts to minimize these differences are evident in curren....
Understanding Strategy Beyond Today
Author: Smith, Diann H.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2018
By Diann H. Smith, MS, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA
AS HEALTH INFORMATION management (HIM) professionals, we must constantly evaluate our role in the healthcare ecosystem as the industry continues to evolve. After all, healthcare has many stakeholders and H....
Understanding Respiratory Diagnoses
Author: Ward, Maria
Source: Journal of AHIMA | Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2017
Coding respiratory cases can sometimes lead to coding professionals getting bogged down in the circle of sequencing instructions, inclusions, and exclusions. This article will help readers gain a better understanding of the differences in the diagnoses that all come with a majority of the....
Understanding Release of Information in Long-Term Care Facilities
Author: Marsh, Carmilla
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2002
Release of information is a perennial challenge for HIM professionals in all care settings. However, long-term care offers some special challenges, especially in the light of the HIPAA privacy rule published in December 2000 (with a compliance date of April 2003). This article reviews the basi....
Understanding Pelvic Adhesions: How to Get Up to Date with Procedures, Codes
Author: Vlahos, Nikos F.; Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2003
Coding professionals routinely code abdominal or pelvic adhesions. Recent advances in treatment and a newly approved ICD-9-CM procedure code, however, bring the topic to the forefront. Is your knowledge current?
This article will explain what pelvic adhesions are, the surgical techn....
Understanding New Medicare Coverage Determinations
Author: Cooper, Steve
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: July 2004
Recent legislation included in both the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 has affected the content and implementation processes for Medicare coverage determinations. This column reviews differenc....
Understanding National Coverage Policies: Navigating the Maze of HACs, Serious Reportable Events, and Wrong Surgical Sites
Author: Cook, Jane; D'Amato, Cheryl; Garrett, Gail S.; Ruhnau-Gee, Becky; Hyde, Linda A.; Novak, Natalie
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: June 2009
Present on admission indicators, hospital-acquired conditions, serious reportable events, and “wrong” surgical events are each hot topics. However, they also can be a hot topic together, because a number of these reporting requirements are interrelated. HIM professionals must under....
Understanding Information in EHR Systems: Paving the Road for Semantic Interoperability through Standards
Author: Orlova, Anna; Salyards, Kenneth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
Today, both clinicians and health information management (HIM) professionals have been experiencing overwhelming challenges with the usability of electronic health record (EHR) systems due to shortcomings in supporting user needs.1,2,3,4 A five-year study recently published by the US Nati....
Understanding HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2001
The recently published final regulations for transactions and code sets under HIPAA are the light at the end of the tunnel in the quest for uniform healthcare standards-and the first step on a long road to HIPAA implementation. What are the standard transactions and code sets? This article tak....
Understanding HIPAA's Transaction and Code Set Standards (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2000
As we have seen in previous installments, part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's purpose is to establish standards and requirements that make it easier to maintain and transmit health information electronically. These provisions, known as the administrative simplific....
Understanding HIM’s Impact on Quality at the National Level
Author: Munn, Catherine; Backman, Cecilia; Costello, Stephanie; Wise, Lee A; Westhafer, Kathy J
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
The future of healthcare continues to evolve with the introduction of alternative reimbursement models. The industry is moving from traditional fee-for-service models to those focused on quality of care and documented outcome improvements. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of....
Understanding Governmental Audits
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Understanding Disclosures for Firearm Background Checks
Author: Davis, Nancy; Glondys, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2016
Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms to certain individuals with a history of mental illness. Recent mass shootings have focused attention on the fact that the individuals perpetrating these crimes often had a documented history of mental illness which went undetected despite state a....
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