Author: Dougherty, Michelle

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

In the past year there has been a whirlwind of activity around the electronic health record (EHR). Hospitals and physician offices are in the forefront of planning for EHR development at the national level. However, long-term care (LTC) is often mentioned as the third area of priority. This ar....

Author: WebMD

Source: External web site

Publication Date: November 24, 2004

Author: Dougherty, Michelle; Mitchell, Sue

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

Reporting diagnoses consistently can be a challenge in nursing homes. Analysis of the MDS by AHIMA suggests future improvements, but there are also ways to improve reporting today.
Consider the following scenario: a patient in a long-term care facility has many diagnoses, including one fo....

Author: Fletcher, Donna M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

One such program exists at the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA), a business alliance of 41 of the largest not-for-profit children’s hospitals and healthcare systems in the US and Canada. The alliance represents more than 20,000 physicians, 98,000 employees, and $11 billion in r....

Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: November 02, 2004

Q: From a Washington State Community of Practice discussion thread: What should our facility do when we receive medical information burned to a CD in place of hard copies? Should we print copies? Should we send the CD back? If copies are printed, should the CD be maintained or destroyed?
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Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

"Paper kills” has become a catch phrase in certain political circles to dramatize the need for a digitized healthcare system. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now head of the Center for Health Transformation, stated, “A paper-based system is an ignorant system” and the....

Author: Abbott, Debbie

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Presentation Overview
Data security is becoming an important issue for all facilities due to the inherent risks of securing data externally with the transference of information over the Internet and internally from unauthorized access. We will identify the risks to facilities, present example....

Author: Rosenbaum, Arnold S.; Nelson, Gina A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson released the Final Regulations for Security Standards in final form in February 2003. The security standards were developed to help safeguard confidential health information, which is being processed increasingly by computers.

The mandates require covered ent....

Author: Huston, Janis L.; Brox, Georg A.

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction to the Information for Health NHS Strategy Document

The National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom (UK) published its Information for Health agenda in 1998 to address such issues as information management, information technology (IT), security, and data quality. In t....

Author: Loos, Markus

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The Charité--University of Medicine Berlin, is the largest hospital in Europe. Its four campuses have about 2,300 beds. The 9,384 employees care for about 100,000 inpatients and about 250,000 ambulatory patients per year. Approximately 4,900 students are instructed in....