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Healthcare Data Governance Practice Brief
Author: Buttner, Patty; Meyer, Melanie; Mikaelian, Raymound; Miller, Nicole; Ruhnau-Gee, Becky; Sanvik, Gina
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2022
Healthcare Data Governance (DG) is not a new topic but is still challenging for many healthcare organizations to implement and achieve. With the increase in technology and specifically the electronic health record (EHR), the amount of data available has grown exponentially. Additionally, the focus on providing higher quality care in a more efficient way has increased awareness that data is a strategic asset that needs to be managed. An organization’s data can consist of master data (e.g., shared data), reference data (e.g., classifications, standards, mappings), and metadata (e.g., data about other data).
This Practice Brief outlines the healthcare data governance structure/framework, guiding principles, organization-wide applications, and best practices/recommendations surrounding healthcare data.
Coming to Terms with Metadata: A Data Governance Initiative
Author: Stambaugh, Robyn
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 17, 2017
In the era before computers and search engines, libraries would use the card catalog—a paper database ordered by the Dewey Decimal System—to find a book or information. The Dewey Decimal System, a hierarchical scheme, is the means with which to identify, classify, and retrieve....
Information Integrity in Ambulatory Care
Author: Miller, Nicole
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 15, 2017
When information governance (IG) first became the buzz word in healthcare it seemed like it was not very well understood and there was much to be learned. The healthcare industry has moved past that initial reaction and is ready to embrace this new reality of information governance. I....