Author: Walsh, Tom

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: This update replaces the January 2011 practice brief “Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview.”


Managing risks is an essential step in operating any business. It’s impossible to eliminate all threats; however, healthcare organizati....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here.

Author: Dunn, Rose T; Rose, Angela Dinh; Wieland, LaVonne R.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: The following article supplants information contained in the October 2002 “Required Content for Authorizations to Disclose” Practice Brief.


The HIPAA privacy rule became effective April 14, 2003, and established standards for information disclosure....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: November 2013

This thought leadership paper explores the relationship of data mapping and data integrity assurance by providing guidance to avoid adverse outcomes involving the use of maps.

Author: Landsbach, Grant; Just, Beth Haenke

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

In recent years health information exchange (HIE) has emerged as a trusted model for sharing patient information across hospitals and health systems to drive improved care coordination and, ultimately, quality and outcomes. The result of the convergence of advanced health information techn....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

I. What is E-Discovery?



E-discovery is defined as the pretrial legal process used to describe the method by which parties will obtain and review electronically stored information. The 2006 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) served to place electronically stored information (....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

In a hurry to deliver two dozen artisanal doughnuts to your office one Monday morning, the bicycle delivery man takes a spill in rush hour traffic. One dozen glazed pastries tumble out of the bakery box onto the sidewalk, collecting some dirt but still looking edible (five second rule!). T....

Author: Downing, Kathy; Odia, Godwin

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: This update supplants the 2009 practice brief “Redisclosure of Patient Health Information.”


Redisclosure is the act of sharing or releasing health information that was received from another source (e.g., external facility or provider) and made part....

Author: David, Gary; Vinkhuyzen, Erik

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

Documents are a fundamental component of any organization. In fact, no organization can exist without filing the proper paperwork. Documents are such a pervasive part of our everyday life that almost every parody of office work involves the specter of a burdensome documentation requirement....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

In the most simple terms, information governance is the accountability framework and decision rights employed by an organization to ensure effective and efficient use of information across the enterprise. Ideally, this also achieves enterprise information management (EIM), which is the inf....