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Applying Predictive Analytics: The Role of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease
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....
Managing a Data Dictionary (2016 update) - Retired
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....
New ONC Chief Touts Importance of Standards Development Work
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....
Standardizing Interoperability is a Team Effort
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....
Open Source, Open Standards, Open Minds: How the Shifting Standardization Landscape May Impact Health IT
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....
Connecting Functional and Semantic Interoperability—The HIM Professional's Role in HIT Standardization
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....
Standardizing Data and HIM Practices for Interoperability
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....
Data Flow: Connecting The Dots For Trusted Sources
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....
Closer Look at Drug Spending Data
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....
HIM as the Middleman to Informatics and Data Analytics
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....
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