Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

Washington State’s experiment in consumer-controlled health records has moved into a pilot phase, transforming the health record banking model from theory to testing. In March the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) announced the launch of three pilot sites that will try out the....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Scichilone, Rita A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

Current health information exchange (HIE) initiatives continue to develop data exchange models and adopt standards required to support them. Their progress is complicated by the independent nature of the initiatives and a lack of common agreement for data content.

Metadata registries....

Author: Miaoulis, William M

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

There can be three situations under which healthcare organizations may need to sequester (or segregate) certain data within a medical record: placing a legal hold in connection with litigation, limiting disclosures of a record pursuant to a request by a patient, and restricting access to sensi....

Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

More than ever, organizations require a coherent plan for what data they will use and how they will ensure their data are fit for use.

Talk of data governance and data stewardship is cropping up more frequently with the acceleration toward electronic health records (EHRs) and h....

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

With the emergence of health IT, the rules of health data creation, management, exchange, and use are changing. A need for national standards on both data creation and use is emerging in place of the local, organizational policies that served in a time of more limited data mobility.

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Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2009

The integrity of clinical and administrative data is a core concern in managing health information—data must be accurate, complete, useable, and available where and when needed. However, we are a long way from knowing how to achieve all of these dimensions in electronic health records, h....

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2009

EHRs will improve the accuracy of quality measurement...one day. Until then, blending limited clinical data with administrative data may offer a solution.

Administrative data based on discharge abstracts or claims have widely acknowledged limitations, but they remain the primary mean....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: April 2009

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: March 03, 2009

Author: Teslow, Mary; Harris, Susie T.; Wilfong, Denise

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2009

HIM professionals can expand their understanding of the healthcare continuum by becoming more familiar with hospital emergency care and documentation.

Emergency medical services (EMS) has evolved into an integral part of the healthcare system. The field is working to integrate itself....