Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS— An Academic Timeline 
AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academic Transition Workgroup
AHIMA Practice Brief
4/2/09
This practice brief provides a timeline of when and how academic institutions should start implementing ICD-10-CM/PCS in their curriculum over the next four years.
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HIM and Health IT: Discovering Common Ground in an Electronic Healthcare Environment
AHIMA
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
11/2/08
This practice brief outlines how HIM and health IT can find common ground in an electronic healthcare environment.
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Defining the Personal Health Information Management Role
AHIMA Personal Health Record Practice Council
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
6/2/08
The transition to patient-centric records challenges HIM professionals to realign their thinking about health information management. They must begin to consider their roles and responsibilities in the arena of personal health information management.
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EHR Career Opportunities: sample HIM Job Descriptions
AHIMA HIM Practice Transformation e-HIM Work Group
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
6/2/05
Sample job descriptions for just a few of the positions held in the e-HIM world across the US today by experiences HIM professionals and new graduates.
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EHR's Impact on HIM Functions
Tegen, Anne, et al.
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
5/2/05
This practice brief outlines how traditional HIM functions will be transformed as we journey toward the electronic health record (EHR). 
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HIM Practice Transformation
Cassidy, Bonnie, Hanson, Susan P.
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
5/2/05
This practice brief outlines how the transition from paper-based health records to electronic health records will change HIM and how organizations can prepare for this transformation.
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HIM Role in Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Hjort, Beth
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
1/2/05
This practice brief addresses the issue of patient safety. The HIM role in patient safety is not a sideline one. Direct leadership and critical supporting opportunities exist in many areas.
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Strategic Importance of Electronic Health Records Management
AHIMA Workgroup on Electronic Health Records Management
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/2/04
The management of the EHR and the EHR system is and will continue to be a mission-critical function in the provision of care across the healthcare continuum.
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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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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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Complete Medical Record in a Hybrid EHR Environment. Part I: Managing the Transition
AHIMA Task Force
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA E-HIM Task Force Report
10/20/03
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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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Establishing a Telecommuting or Home-based Employee Program (Updated)
Dougherty, Michelle, Scichilone, Rita A., Fletcher, Donna M.
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
7/2/02
The benefits of a telecommuting arrangement are widespread but difficult to quantify.... Understanding the potential business problems and challenges associated with a telecommuting arrangement is essential to its success.
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Starting a Consulting Business
Dougherty, Michelle
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
5/2/02
An updated version of this practice brief is available.
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Seven Steps to Corporate Compliance: the HIM Role
AHIMA Compliance Task Force
AHIMA Practice Brief
10/15/99
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Telecommuting
Fletcher, Donna M.
AHIMA Practice Brief
2/15/99
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Data Resource Administration: the Road Ahead
Mon, Donald, et al.
AHIMA Practice Brief
11/15/98
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