Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for HIT

Publication Date: April 2015

This report responds to Congress’s request for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to produce a report on the extent of health information blocking and a comprehensive strategy to address it.

Author: Gillis, Grant

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2015

In the large community of standards development organizations (SDOs) that are focused on healthcare and health informatics, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 215 Health Informatics (ISO/TC 215) is one of the leading forums. As mandated by ISO....

Author: Datskovsky, Galina; Hedges, Ron; Empel, Sofia; Washington, Lydia

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2015

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of four articles that discuss the eight Information Governance Principles for Healthcare.


AHIMA’s new Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC) provides a framework for healthcare organizations to enhance their ab....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: April 2015

As health information management (HIM) professionals find themselves constantly inundated with more data, they will need to update their skills to stay on top of it. And one of the best ways to do just that is by earning AHIMA’s Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential.

Author: Dooling, Julie A

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: March 18, 2015

When “Data Revolution” was suggested for the title of this monthly column, I instantly thought of The Beatles (some of my favorite musicians) and their song “Revolution.”


You say you want a revolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world
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Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2015

Accounts of mistaken identity, anecdotally at least, seem to happen to everyone at least once in the healthcare realm with both paper and electronic records. But in an increasingly electronic world employing electronic health record (EHR) systems and other health IT where patients ar....

Author: Orlova, Anna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2015

Health IT Standardization is the process of agreeing on standards that allow electronic exchange of data, information, and knowledge between disparate data systems. The goals of standardization are to achieve comparability, compatibility, and interoperability between independent systems; t....

Author: Orlova, Anna; Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: February 2015

In the effort to advance secure and interoperable health information exchanges, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Intero....

Author: Dolezel, Diane

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

Database metadata provides a valuable roadmap for locating the structured data stored in healthcare databases. However, many electronic health information management (e-HIM) professionals do not possess the necessary basic understandings of where to find the metadata and how to use it afte....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

Healthcare providers and health information technology (HIT) suppliers across the country have been busy preparing for what could be one of the most significant proposals for stage 3 of the “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program—a proposal that has wide implications for health....