Electronic Signature, Attestation, and Authorship. Appendix B: Laws, Regulations, and Electronic Signature Acts 
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/2/09
The laws, regulations, and acts listed in this appendix can help HIM professionals develop and implement e-signature functionality and policy in their organizations.
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Electronic Signature, Attestation, and Authorship (Updated)
AHIMA e-HIM Workgroup: Best Practices for Electronic Signature and Attestation
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
11/2/09
This practice brief provides insight into the technology used to implement e-signatures, the related health IT standards, the regulatory environment, and recommendations on best practices.
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Understanding HACs and SREs for Quality Reporting and Reimbursement
AHIMA Practice Councils (Clinical Terminology/Classification, Quality Initiatives/Secondary Data)
AHIMA Practice Brief
9/2/09
This practice brief discusses present on admission indicators, hospital-acquired conditions, and serious reportable events, highlighting the distinctions for each and how organizations should report and track them for quality reporting and reimbursement.
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Applying the Teaching Physician Guidelines
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief
8/2/09
This practice brief outlines the basics of the teaching physician guidelines, including the role of the trainee and teaching physician, and what HIM professionals should look for in clinical documentation to properly code and bill services.
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Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Breaches
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
5/2/09
This practice brief offers recommendations for the internal application of sanctions related to information privacy and security breaches for healthcare organizations that manage or service protected or individually identifiable health information.
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Managing an Effective Query Process
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
10/2/08
This practice brief offers HIM professionals important components to consider in the management of an effective query process. It is intended to offer guiding principles to implement the query process while in no way prescribing what must be done.
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Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud. Appendix A: Resource List
AHIMA e-HIMTM Work Group: Guidelines for EHR Documentation Practice
Web Extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
1/2/07
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Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud
AHIMA e-HIMTM Work Group: Guidelines for EHR Documentation Practice
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
1/2/07
This AHIMA Practice Brief outlines guidelines developed by an AHIMA e-HIMŽ work group to prevent EHR documentation fraud.
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Maintaining a Legally Sound Health Record: Paper and Electronic
E-HIM Work Group on Maintaining the Legal EHR
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
11/2/05
The health record is the legal business record for a healthcare organization. This practice brief reviews the legal documentation guidelines for entries in and maintenance of a legally sound health record, applicable to paper-based and electronic records.
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Homeland Security and HIM (AHIMA Practice Brief)
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
6/2/04
This practice brief provides a brief analysis of the Homeland Security and Patriot Acts, background about mandatory reporting of health information, and an overview of syndromic reporting, as well as practical advice for responding to requests for PHI.
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Homeland Security and HIM. Appendix A: Mandatory Reporting--Balancing Patients' Privacy Rights with Public Health Interests
Web extra, AHIMA Practice Brief attachment
6/2/04
This document is an appendix to the practice brief "Homeland Security and HIM," Journal of AHIMA vol. 76, no. 6 (2004).
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HIPAA Security Overview
Quinsey, Carol Ann
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
4/2/04
This practice brief provides a succinct overview of the security rule, along with some of the background and basic concepts needed to understand it. Skills HIM professionals have that may aid in implementing the rule in their organizations are outlined.
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Release of Information Reimbursement Laws and Regulations
Hjort, Beth
AHIMA Practice Brief
3/15/04
The distribution of health information may appear to be a simple task, but close analysis of the process reveals that many factors must be addressed to ensure that the release of information (ROI) is prompt, accurate, complete, and confidential.
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10 Security Domains
Dougherty, Michelle
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
2/2/04
This practice brief identifies the ten security domains that provide the foundation of security principles and practices, and provides a highlight of each domain's key principles.
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Security Audits (Updated)
Hjort, Beth
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/21/03
Security audits must be performed to hold users of information systems accountable for their actions. This practice brief covers legal and regulatory requirements surrounding security audits, and offers guidelines and recommendations for performing them.
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Training (Updated)
Hjort, Beth
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/21/03
HIPAA's privacy and training rules independently address training requirements. This practice brief offers guidelines to covered entities to aid in implementation and suggests the efficacy of combining privacy and security training efforts.
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Protecting Patient Information After a Facility Closure (Updated)
Rhodes, Harry, Brandt, Mary D.
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/20/03
Providers must protect personal health information when healthcare facilities close or medical practices dissolve. This practice brief discusses factors that must be taken into consideration when creating procedures for disposition of patient records.
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Handling Complaints and Mitigation
Burrington-Brown, Jill
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
11/2/03
The HIM professional is uniquely qualified to perform the function of handling privacy complaints. However, effective conflict and dispute resolution may not always exist in our professional skill set and therefore must be learned.
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Implementing Electronic Signatures
AHIMA Task Force
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/20/03
An updated version of this practice brief is available.
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Implementing Electronic Signatures. Appendix: State-by-State Review of Regulations Pertaining to Electronic Signatures
AHIMA Task Force
AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report, AHIMA Practice Brief
10/20/03
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Core Data Sets for the Physician Practice Electronic Health Record
AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Core Data for the Physician Practice EHR
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/20/03
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Security Risk Analysis and Management: an Overview
Amatayakul, Margret
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
10/2/03
This practice brief addresses HIPAA privacy and security rule interpretations related to educational program affiliations where students/trainees are exposed to PHI.
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Protecting Confidentiality in Healthcare Education Programs
Hjort, Beth
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
9/2/03
This practice brief addresses HIPAA privacy and security rule interpretations related to educational program affiliations where students/trainees are exposed to PHI.
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Disaster Planning for Health Information (Updated)
Burrington-Brown, Jill, Hughes, Gwen
AHIMA Practice Brief
6/27/03
The purpose of this brief is to provide guidance in the formulation of a facility's disaster plan relative to the collection and protection of health information.
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Provider-Patient E-Mail Security
Burrington-Brown, Jill, Hughes, Gwen
AHIMA Practice Brief
6/15/03
This practice brief explores the advantages and risks of e-mail communication between providers and patients, and discusses the legal, accreditation, and professional practice standards to be considered, with recommendations for providers and patients.
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