Author: Monga, Kapila

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: December 22, 2016

The phrase “Longevity Revolution,” referring to the increase in human life expectancy by 30 years, isn’t new anymore. Various books have been written on this subject, and it is a widely discussed topic in conferences these days. It is a no-brainer that this increase in life expectancy warr....

Author: Davoudi, Sion; Flanigan, Jill; Houser, Shannon H.; Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa; VanSlyke, Daniel; Wendicke, Annemarie

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: December 2016

This update supplants the 2012 practice brief “Managing a Data Dictionary.”


As healthcare organizations move to the electronic environment, the large volume and complexity of data collected is growing at unprecedented rates. While access to data has the potential to en....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2016

The new National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Vindell Washington, MD, plans to focus on some old issues for the healthcare industry—a lack of universal standards, limited interoperability, and the difficulty present for both providers and consumers trying to exchange and access hea....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2016

AHIMA and other key stakeholders continue to drive national and global progress to achieve information systems interoperability in healthcare.


Like a complex puzzle, health information data and system interoperability takes time, effort, and collaboration to solve. And solvin....

Author: Neiman, Liz

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2016

The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration just released a staggering statistic. According to their latest research, up to 93 percent of global trade is impacted by standards and technical regulations.1


Feel free to trot that number out the next time....

Author: Orlova, Anna; Warner, Diana; Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2016

The health information management (HIM) professional has a large role to play in ensuring health IT standardization and the health IT interoperability that comes from those standardization efforts.


The Practice Brief “Standardizing Data and HIM Practices for Interopera....

Author: Orlova, Anna; Rhodes, Harry B.; Warner, Diana

Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2016

Despite the many advancements in health information technology (HIT) that the industry has seen in recent years, the interoperability of HIT applications continues to present a challenge. Implementing standards—a definition, set of rules or guidelines, example format, or other document th....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Profitt, Karen

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 26, 2016

Searching for the quickest path to establish and access data “sources of truth” in your healthcare organization?


In the past, health information management (HIM) professionals were taught to maintain a patient’s health information in a central repository. The paper healt....

Author: Ryznar, Barbara

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 12, 2016

Understanding the cost of prescription drugs can be challenging. The recently introduced Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Spending Dashboard, an example of the principle of collecting healthcare data once and reusing it to serve the needs of multiple stakehold....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 06, 2016

We hear so much about the amount of data available in healthcare today. But we are just beginning to understand the importance of analyzing that data to make decisions. As buzzwords like “information governance” and “data analytics” are becoming more mainstream, the analysis of data i....