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Managing Existing Patient Records in the Transition to EHRs in Physician Practices
Author: AHIMA Physician Practice Council
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Arguably, the greatest challenge for a medical practice implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system is change. Setting up new software and hardware is typically easier than disrupting and reconfiguring the practice’s processes and determining how to handle its existing paper records.....
NHIN Direct: ONC Keeps It Simple in Effort to Jumpstart Data Exchange
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
The federal government is creating a stripped-down version of the nationwide health information network to aid the meaningful use program. What does it mean for HIEs?
Simple is not a word typically associated with electronic health information exchange. For years, the act of sending....
Correcting Dates of Service in the EHR
Author: Dinh, Angela K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Data errors are inevitable, and they happen every day. Various types of errors can occur in electronic health records (EHRs), including errors in dates of service (DOS). DOS errors happen for a number of reasons, such as a user choosing the wrong encounter or entering the wrong date.
Many Roads to Data Exchange
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Federal dollars are spurring efforts for health information exchange, but to say there is more than one approach is an understatement. Providers and payers are taking local, state, regional, and federal routes in search of connected healthcare.
The last year has seen tremendous excit....
Enhancing Patient Care through Data Analysis
Author: Spencer, Gregory
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Healthcare organizations, just like individuals, can suffer from information overload. Increasingly tasked with linking quality data to reimbursement parameters, providers now attempt to capture every piece of possible data.
The problem is that data collection has a price tag. Someti....
Retooling Quality Measures for ICD-10
Author: Giannangelo, Kathy; Hyde, Linda A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Plans and preparation for the October 2013 ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation center on educating the people who collect and store coded data. But equally important is educating the individuals and organizations that use these data for analysis and reporting on the quality of patient care.
Strong State Role in HIE: Lessons from the South Carolina Health Information Exchange
Author: Lee, Lorraine; Whitcomb, Kathleen; Galbreth, Michael; Patterson, David
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Backed with fresh ARRA funding, SCHIEx blends business models with a strong state role and a belief that HIE is a public good.
The field of health information exchange is littered with examples of failed or defunct efforts, such as those in Santa Barbara (CA), Seattle, Cle....
From Custodian to Steward: Evolving Roles in the E-HIM Transition
Author: Washington, Lydia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
For decades, HIM professionals have been called upon in court cases to enter the medical record into evidence under the business records exception to the hearsay rule. This typically required the “custodian” or keeper of the physical record to testify under oath that the records were made in t....
Key Points of the UB-04 (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA Clinical Terminology and Classification Practice Council; Garrett, Gail S.; Jorwic, Therese M; Novak, Natalie; Ruhnau-Gee, Becky; Safian, Shelly C; Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: April 2010
Editor’s note: This update replaces the October 2006 practice brief “Key Points of the UB-04.”
In 2005 the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) approved the Uniform Bill (UB-04) paper claim and data set as the replacement to the UB-92 paper form.1 Currently, all paper claims must....
Enabling EHR Use in Clinical Research
Author: Seidl, Patricia
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
Health information collected in electronic health records (EHRs) can support a variety of initiatives, including clinical research. However, technical standards are needed to enable EHRs to communicate with clinical research applications.
Work from the American National Standards In....
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