Author: Dooling, Julie A; Downing, Katherine

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2014

Positively identifying patients in myriad healthcare registration systems is no easy task. The process of capturing patient demographics and the structure behind data fields varies depending upon the technology, care setting, and organization’s preferences. Until standardized and uniform....

Author: Bronnert, June; Daube, Julie L; Jopp, Gretchen; Peterson, Kathleen; Rihanek, Theresa; Scichilone, Rita A; Tucker, Vanna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2014

Electronic health records (EHR) have changed the landscape for data representation. For many years health information management (HIM) professionals have relied on classifications for data representation and the support of clinical documentation. SNOMED CT is a data standard frequently used in electronic systems and has been included in the requirements for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program. SNOMED CT is maintained and distributed by the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). SNOMED CT is recognized throughout the world, and the terminology is available at no cost. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) serves as the US release center and the IHTSDO member country representative.

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2014

Continuity of care is front and center in healthcare today as a mechanism for reducing costs and improving patient care. The ability for information to seamlessly flow from one care setting to another is a critical component to the success of healthcare. The new standard in healthcare is t....

Author: Abrams, Kelly; Giannangelo, Kathy; Schneider, Sue; Scichilone, Rita A

Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: February 2014

Terminology asset management (TAM) in healthcare and research settings is an emerging role for HIM professionals, but requires certain skills and knowledge to move into these new TAM positions. This appendix is linked to the article “New Name of the HIM Game” published in the F....

Author: Viangteeravat, Teeradache; Rao Nagisetty, Naga Satya V

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2014

Abstract


Secondary use of large and open data sets provides researchers with an opportunity to address high-impact questions that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive and time consuming to study. Despite the availability of data, generating hypotheses from huge data sets i....

Author: Trestman, Robert L; Aseltine, Rob H Jr

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: January 2014

Abstract


Sharing health information across correctional boundaries presents many challenges. Three such projects in Connecticut may be of value in informing other jurisdictions of similar opportunities. This article describes the development and implementation of an interagency re....

Author: Dolin, Robert H; Goodrich, Kate; Kallem, Crystal; Alschuler, Liora; Holtz, Patrice

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2014

Federal quality reporting initiatives are expected to improve our ability to measure the quality of care provided to patients. As Scottish mathematician and physicist Lord Kelvin said more than 100 years ago, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” Measurement, in tu....

Author: Hay, Christian

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2014

Originally designed to shorten long wait times at the grocery store checkout, UPCs—the black and white bars and numbers printed on nearly all consumer items—are now expanding into healthcare with the promise of improving medical device use and raising the quality and safety of....

Author: Roat, Lisa

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2014

Healthcare data is being touted as a means to improve population health management. It is also feeding public competitive market reporting for providers and facilities. The integrity of the clinical data being reported is essential to supporting and improving the quality of care to patien....

Author: Evans, Brian

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor's note: This update supplants the May 2004 practice brief "Securing Wireless Technology for Healthcare"

Overview


Wireless local area network (WLAN) environments have evolved from simple, unmanaged stand-alone access points (APs) to organizationally managed system....