Author: Fenton, Susan H.; Giannangelo, Kathy; Kallem, Crystal; Scichilone, Rita A

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2007

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Giannangelo, Kathy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2007

There is a great deal of talk about healthcare data and its potential uses once providers have implemented an EHR system. Without question, an EHR will collect more data in terms of volume. It will also, through standard clinical terminologies, capture a more granular level of detail. Th....

Author: Bell, Douglas S.

Source: RAND Corporation

Publication Date: January 31, 2007

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

An improved healthcare system depends not only on wiring it up but also ensuring that data are usable for evidence-based clinical practice, to empower consumers, and to improve the health of the population. Progress is being made on data transmission standards; however, similar progress is need....

Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group: Guidelines for EHR Documentation Practice

Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: January 02, 2007

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Kallem, Crystal; Fenton, Susan H.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

Many performance measurement data collection and reporting initiatives are under way both nationally and locally through public and private partnerships. Healthcare providers are asked, and often required, to collect and report data for quality, public health, performance, and financial measure....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

Last year many recognized that an interoperable national health information network and health information exchange (HIE) required data standards. In 2006, AHIMA found that we have a long way to go before we achieve full consensus on standards and their use. This article takes a look back....

Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

PEPPER data help facilities compare their Medicare payments with state and national averages. Here’s how to read yours.
Hospitals can take advantage of a report that helps them compare their Medicare reimbursement to state and national averages. What they learn can help them....

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

Data content standards affect a wide range of day-to-day HIM work. Here’s what you need to know.
They may sound like they belong up in the IT stratosphere, but data content standards-or the lack of them-affect a wide range of day-to-day HIM work right here on....

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

The need for thorough, rapid, and reliable public health data reporting was brought home starkly in the fall of 2006 when nearly 200 people were sickened and at least three died after eating packaged spinach that had been contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Yet despite its importance, pub....