HIM Professional Affected by Hurricane Katrina Strives to Make a Difference 
AHIMA
AHIMA Advantage
8/1/07
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Sample Disaster Contingency Plan
AHIMA
Sample Form
6/2/03
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Sample Disaster Plan Development Checklist
AHIMA
Sample Form
6/2/03
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Sample Notice of Lost/Destroyed/Incomplete Patient Information (Disaster Planning)
AHIMA
Sample Form
6/2/03
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Checklist for Assembling Health Information After a Disaster
AHIMA Professional Practice Team
AHIMA
9/19/05
This document provides suggestions for individuals who are attempting to recover their health information after a disaster.
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Special AHIMA Update: Locating Patients during a Disaster
AHIMA Professional Practice Team
AHIMA FAQ
9/7/05
After a disaster, how can health information management (HIM) professionals assist the industry in locating individuals housed within their facilities without compromising privacy responsibilities?
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ICD-9-CM Coding Advice for Healthcare Encounters in the Hurricane Aftermath
AHIMA Professional Practice Team
AHIMA
9/14/05
This document is intended to be used as a guide to help coding professionals when coding healthcare encounters of those individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Journal Q&A (9/03)
AHIMA Professional Practice Team
AHIMA FAQ, AHIMA Journal
9/2/03
Under HIPAA, how should covered entities respond to requests from public health officials who state that they need protected health information (PHI) to carry out their duties?
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Physical Security of Manual/Paper Records
AHIMA/FORE Long Term Care Taskforce
AHIMA
9/2/01
"Practice Guidelines For LTC Health Information And Record Systems" from The LTC Health Information Practice & Documentation Guidelines
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Adult/Pediatric Field Medical Record 
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
U.S. Government
4/2/04
Adapted from DD Form 1380, U.S. Field Medical Card
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Checklist For Disclosures To Law Enforcement Officers
Brandt, Mary D.
Sample Form, AHIMA Audio Seminar
6/14/05
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Law Enforcement Request For Records
Brandt, Mary D.
Sample Form, AHIMA Audio Seminar
6/14/05
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Practical Disaster Planning for Healthcare Facilities
Burrington-Brown, Jill
AHIMA Journal column
2/2/02
Disaster planning relies on imagining events that we hope and often believe will never happen. In this article, we look at several important lessons we can learn from healthcare professionals who have responded to recent disaster situations.
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Disaster Planning for a Mass-casualty Event
Burrington-Brown, Jill
AHIMA Practice Brief, AHIMA Journal
11/2/02
Examining the lessons learned from disasters gives healthcare providers opportunities to anticipate and prepare for situations previously unimagined. This practice brief provides advice on helping your organization prepare for a mass-casualty event.
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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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Lessons from Katrina
Carol, Ruth
AHIMA Journal article
4/2/06
EHRs demonstrated their promise during Hurricane Katrina. But the storm's greatest lesson for HIM is the necessity of contingency planning for health information.
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Information Security: a Checklist for Healthcare Professionals
Carpenter, Jennifer E.
AHIMA Practice Brief
1/15/00
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Comprehensive Emergency Management Programs 
DavisLogic
external web site
4/28/05
A site for sharing information and resources relating to comprehensive emergency management, including Continuity of Operations, Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Security, and Disaster Recovery.
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Rising From Disaster: HIM's Role in Recovery and Changing Organizational Culture
Gorden, Sheila A.; Perry, Pamela P.
AHIMA Convention
10/17/08
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Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: One HIM Director's Experience
Hagland, Mark
AHIMA Journal column
3/2/07
HIM professionals at West Jefferson Medical Center discuss how their disaster planning methods worked in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and how they serviced patients without their EHR system that had no backup method in the event of a loss of power.
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Complying with the Privacy Rule during a Disaster-Part 2
Halpert, Aviva M
AHIMA Journal column
5/2/08
This article, second in two-part series, outlines how healthcare organizations should deal with management and privacy-related aspects of dealing with a disaster.
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Complying with the Privacy Rule during a Disaster—Part 1: An Overview of Plan Development, Data Backup, and Recovery
Halpert, Aviva M.
AHIMA Journal column
4/2/08
This article, the first in a two-part series, outlines how healthcare organizations should deal with plan development, data back-up, and recovery during a disaster.
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Selecting a Disaster Recovery (DR) Vendor
Lang, Bill
AHIMA Convention
10/17/08
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Extension Disaster Education Network: the Road to Recovery
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
external web site
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Floods & Hurricanes
LSU Ag Center, Research & Extension
external web site
"Louisiana Floods! Here's what you need to know - "
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