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Transitioning from Coding to CDI Offers New Career Opportunities
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2016
The clinical documentation improvement (CDI) profession is flourishing as more organizations see the wide range of benefits a robust CDI program has to offer. The benefits of a CDI program include complete and accurate clinical documentation that supports correct reimbursement, proper repo....
Transitioning a Physician Practice to ICD-10
Author: Rose, Angela Dinh
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2012
In August 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its much-anticipated final ruling on the implementation deadline for the ICD-10-CM/PCS classification system-October 1, 2014.1 The transition to this highly awaited coding system will require appropriate planning,....
Transforming the HIM Milieu for the Digital Age
Author: Luthi-Terry, Stephanie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
Healthcare system Allina Health is leveraging their groundbreaking electronic health record system to revamp the health information management (HIM) department and its various functions. The goal is to make HIM more effective and efficient in the digital age, which they are accomplishing i....
Transforming Nursing through EHRs: An Overview of the TIGER Initiative
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2008
In February 2007 the Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative, a group of nursing and informatics leaders, released a report titled “Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing: 3-year Action Steps toward a 10-Year Vision.”1 The report describes ho....
Transforming Healthcare through API Governance
Author: Primeau, Debra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2019
By Debi Primeau, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA
These days, digital information is gold. This is especially true in healthcare, where organizations use health information strategically to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the safety and quality of patient care. Health information ma....
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....
Transforming Healthcare
Author: Pickard, Bryon
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
We live in extraordinary times. New technologies are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of everyday life. The Internet, expanding cell phone capabilities, and new mobile devices enable people to not only stay connected, but also carry out almost any task imaginable. The possibilit....
Transforming Data into Meaning: Standards-based Capabilities to Bring Disparate Data Sources Together
Author: Selsky, Darren
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Data integration is a costly activity, but one that is used by healthcare organizations on a daily basis to unite information from diverse sources, such as lab, pharmacy, and radiology. This data is typically centralized in electronic health records (EHRs) or other niche systems for clini....
Transforming Clinical Quality Measures for EHR Use
Author: Kallem, Crystal
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2011
NQF Refines eMeasures for Use in EHRs and Meaningful Use Program
The meaningful use incentive program and increasing emphasis on improving healthcare quality have highlighted the need for clinical quality measures that are EHR-compatible. To address this need and advance th....
Transfer of Patient Health Information Across the Continuum (2001 update)
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2001
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Transcription Vendors: How to Make Them Your Closest Allies
Author: Malone, Molly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2003
One of the most challenging aspects of a transcription program can be working with vendors. In the final installment of the Journal’s four-part series on transcription, learn how to lay the foundation for a strong, enduring relationship with your transcription vendor.
In the first in....
Transcription Trend Study Shows Measures of Success
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2001
The medical transcription industry is a $10.6 billion market nationally, according to a recent study of trends and measures. And, like other sectors of the healthcare industry, transcription continues to evolve along with available technologies.
These and other facts make u....
Transcription System Overhaul Reaps Savings, Efficiency
Author: Hicks, Joan; Waldrum, Mike; Valeria, Wilson; Marwill, Jeffrey
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2000
To integrate patient data, this clinic considered upgrading its transcription services, but then opted to overhaul the entire clinical access information system, with successful results. (FORE Best Practice, AHIMA Foundation)
Transcription's Future(s): AAMT and AHIMA Outline Scenarios for the Years Ahead
Author: Fuller, Sandra R.; Dennis, Jill Callahan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2005
Identifying the factors that will shape transcription in the coming years helps create strategies to anticipate and influence the possible outcomes.
What does the future hold for transcription? Will there be rapid adoption of technology within a standards and quality framework that suppo....
Transcription Cost Analysis Reveals Opportunities for Savings, Efficiencies
Author: Bundt, Major Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2002
Under pressure to maximize efficiency and resources, a VA hospital department ananlyzed its dictation processes and was able to pinpoint opportunites for savings. Here's how they did it.
Levels of utilization and quality of specialty services in Veterans Administration healthcare faciliti....
Transcription Compliance under HITECH
Author: Glunt, Joanne; Palmer, Edna
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 01, 2010
HITECH changes to the HIPAA privacy and security rules put new responsibilities on both providers who outsource medical transcription and the companies that provide services for them.
When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in Februa....
Transcription Beyond Transcription: Health IT allows transcriptionists to assist with CDI, other HIM functions
Author: Carnrite, Michael; Sumner, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2012
For decades Medical transcription has been an important fixture of the health information management (HIM) department. Compiling, managing, and retaining transcribed documents as a subset of the entire patient medical record is a foundational role for HIM professionals. And while the electron....
Transcription and EHRs: Benefits of a Blended Approach
Author: Cannon, Jay; Lucci, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
Mixing transcription and templates for physician documentation offers a practical way forward in organizations transitioning to electronic records.
One of the biggest roadblocks to successful adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems concerns physician documentation; specifi....
Transcription and Data Capture in the EHR
Author: Dooling, Julie A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
Transcription has always played an important role in HIM, but today it is taking on a new role in supporting the meaningful use program. Organizations are looking to leverage their transcription technology to capture structured data within their electronic health records (EHRs), a requirement....
Transactions Extension: No Reason to Procrastinate (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret; Lazarus, Steven S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2002
Are your vendors, payers, and business managers grateful for the one-year delay for transactions compliance? They should be—the industry will need every last minute to come into compliance by October 16, 2003.
What Extension?
Signed into law on December 27, 2001....
Transactions Delay Prompts Concern Among Covered Entities
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2002
AHIMA recently attended a meeting of healthcare providers, payers, and staff representatives of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Organized by the Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions, the meet....
Train Your IG Workforce Now
Author: Glondys, Barbara
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 18, 2016
Although health information management professionals are still wrapping their heads around IG, it is critical to begin involving and training your organization’s workforce community in the principles and practices of IG sooner rather than later. The Pocket Glossary of Health Informat....
Training Large and Small: Advantages Differ According to Facility Size
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2007
Editor’s note: In the September issue, we featured a story on training’s growing role in HIM (see “Tips for Trainers”). That discussion continues here with the differences between conducting training in large and small facilities.
The ways in which healthcare fa....
Tracking the Journey of Electronic Health Data through Health Information Systems
Author: Ozaydin, Bunyamin; Houser, Shannon H.; Zengul, Ferhat
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2018
By Bunyamin Ozaydin, PhD; Shannon H. Houser, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA; and Ferhat D. Zengul, PhD
A health information system is any computer system that supports decision-making management in every aspect of the healthcare industry by collecting, processing, storing, and distributing informat....
Tracking the Changing Face of the Journal
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2018
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