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Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

For consumers in the United States, the answer to the question “Who are you?” is becoming increasingly important, especially in relation to one’s healthcare. Safe and secure access to a person’s health information hinges on how their online identity is established and used—especially as m....

Author: Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

Editor’s note: This article introduces Standards Strategies, a new Journal of AHIMA department that will provide guidance to HIM professionals on applying health data standards in areas including business, clinical care, and compliance.


AHIMA has always been committed t....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

All data are not created equal and technology implementation alone is not enough to improve the healthcare provided to patients. Providers and organizations must be able to distinguish between an abundance of data, meaningful data, and integration of data. Healthcare organizations are challenge....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2010, 35 million patients were discharged from non-federal short-stay hospitals in America.1 Vitally important not only to those discharges—but to every discharge that takes place—is whether important information about the pa....

Author: Fenton, Susan H.; Benigni, Mary Sue

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: July 2014

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The transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is expected to result in longitudinal data discontinuities, as occurred with cause-of-death in 1999. The General Equivalence Maps (GEMs), while useful for suggesting potential maps do not provide guidance regarding the frequen....

Author: Radhakrishna, Kedar; Goud, B Ramakrishna; Kasthuri, Arvind; Waghmare, Abijeet; Raj, Tony

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: July 2014

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Clinical documentation and health information portability pose unique challenges in urban and rural areas of India. This article presents findings of a pilot study conducted in a primary health center in rural India. In this article, we focus on primary care in rural Indi....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

It’s a particularly busy night in the local hospital’s emergency department, which is running—as usual—slightly short-staffed. The on-call attending physician goes from room to room treating and diagnosing patients with typical emergency department maladies: influenza, fractured ankle, in....

Author: White, Susan E; Nunn, Sandra L.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

The health information management (HIM) field is growing and changing at a swift pace, with HIM professionals having to navigate value-based purchasing, quality metrics, health disparity and population health studies, and a never-ending stream of Big Data. As experienced HIM professionals....

Author: Easterling, Sharon; Endicott, Melanie; Lojewski, Tedi; Maccariella-Hafey, Patricia C; Martin, Ginny

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

Clinical validation involves the clinical review of a case to determine whether or not the patient truly possesses the conditions documented in the health record. Productivity and coding quality often suffer when the health record lacks accurate documentation to support the claim, and cur....

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: June 25, 2014

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is pleased to submit these comments on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Applicability of 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records.

AHIMA is committed to promoting and advocating for high quality research, best practices and effective standards in health information and to actively contributing to the development and advancement of health information professionals worldwide. AHIMA’s enduring goal is quality healthcare through quality information. These comments provide AHIMA’s responses to several of SAMSHA’s questions.