Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Exchange 
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief
7/2/09
This practice brief outlines how organizations can manage patient identification systems from front-end data capture to back-end quality control as an ongoing process and carry local quality operations into health information exchange efforts.
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Redisclosure of Patient Health Information (Updated)
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief
2/2/09
Guidelines for the proper redisclosure of health information created by another provider and made apart from one's designated record set exist at both the federal and state level. This practice brief discusses the guidelines and makes recommendations.
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HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange: Use Case Scenarios
Web Extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment
9/2/07
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HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange: RHIO Checklist
Web Extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment
9/2/07
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Data Quality Attributes Grid
Web Extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment
9/2/07
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Clinical Data Exchange Models
Just, Beth; Durkin, Stacie
Web Extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment
9/2/07
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HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange
AHIMA e-HIM Workgroup on HIM in Health Information Exchange
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
9/2/07
HIE initiatives must focus on more than their IT model. They must make important early decisions on HIM issues that hard-wire data quality, privacy, and security into the network, ensuring the goals of improved patient safety and quality of care are met.
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Health Data Access, Use, and Control
Burrington-Brown, Jill; Hjort, Beth; Washington, Lydia
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
5/2/07
The increasing use of electronic health data raises the industry's need to define stakeholder rights and responsibilities, and requires an increasing focus on the importance of data stewardship.
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Data Standards, Data Quality, and Interoperability
Fenton, Susan, Giannangelo, Kathy, Kallem, Crystal, Scichilone, Rita
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
2/2/07
This practice brief stresses the importance of data standards and provides a practical guide for locating and using data standards important to health information management.
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Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange
Carter, Patricia, et al.
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
11/2/06
This practice brief outlines privacy and security issues related to developing and implementing a health information exchange.
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Facsimile Transmission of Health Information
Davis, Nancy, et al.
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
8/15/06
This practice brief recommends periodic review of organizational fax policies and practices to ensure the best privacy protections are in place for exchange of protected health information.
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Using the SSN as a Patient Identifier
AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs)
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
3/2/06
This article examines SSN uses within the healthcare industry, its inappropriateness for most of these uses, and alternative forms of identification that may be used in its place. 
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Surveying the RHIO Landscape: A Description of Current RHIO Models, with a Focus on Patient Identification
E-HIM Work Group on Patient Identification in RHIOs
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
1/2/06
This practice brief offers HIM professionals a marketplace description of existing RHIO models with a focus on patient identification linkage methods, and addresses the quality of various linking methods.
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Complete Medical Record in a Hybrid EHR Environment. Part II: Managing Access and Disclosure
AHIMA Task Force
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/20/03
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Complete Medical Record in a Hybrid EHR Environment. Part III: Authorship of and Printing the Health Record
AHIMA Task Force
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/20/03
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Transfer of Patient Health Information Across the Continuum (Updated)
Hughes, Gwen
AHIMA Practice Brief
6/15/03
Explores the legal, accreditation, and professional practice standards to be considered as advances in technology allow for the automation of information transfer between healthcare providers, with recommendations for ensuring continuity of patient care.
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Required Content for Authorizations to Disclose (Updated)
Hughes, Gwen
AHIMA Practice Brief
10/25/02
... explores the portion of the HIPAA privacy rule establishing standards for information disclosure including what constitutes a valid authorization, and also provides an overview of other federal and state laws and regulations regarding authorizations.
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Accounting and Tracking Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Dougherty, Michelle
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
11/2/01
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Health Informatics Standards and Information Transfer: Exploring the HIM Role
Murphy, Gretchen, Brandt, Mary
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
1/15/01
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Managing Health Information in Facility Mergers and Acquisitions
Rhodes, Harry B.
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/2/96
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