Author: Hebert, Laurie

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: January 2016

Patient-centered care has emerged as an imperative for the healthcare industry. It drives patient satisfaction, quality of care, patient safety, better outcomes, and reduced costs. With these goals in mind, the Commission on Cancer’s (CoC) Cancer Program Standards: Ensuring Patient-Ce....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: December 2015

Obtaining access to one’s written or electronic medical records in a timely manner is one of the guarantees listed in AHIMA’s “Consumer Health Information Bill of Rights.” Yet, for one consumer, Amanda Michelle Jones, MS, AM, being on a first-name basis with medical records depa....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: December 18, 2015

If you are reading this blog post, you have probably already figured out that data analytics is complex. Understanding data analytics is like the proverbial peeling back of the onion skin, the more layers you take off, the more layers you find underneath.


In today’s healthcar....

Author: Washington, Lydia

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: November 12, 2015

Data governance is a hot topic these days, as healthcare organizations begin to realize that the analytics capabilities that are necessary for new care and payment models are not feasible without some sort of unified and consistent enterprise approach to data management. Building an effect....

Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L; Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy

Publication Date: November 06, 2015

Letter to Karen B. DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), US Department of Health and Human Services

Author: Dolezel, Diane

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

The ability to generate timely, accurate reports is essential to quality management and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) efforts.1,2 Health information management (HIM) professionals’ knowledge of health record content is vital to CDI efforts to ensure the availability of acc....

Author: Bonney, Steven

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

In an ideal world, the following scenario wouldn’t be uncommon: You’re attending a conference in another state and suddenly find yourself experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain. After having flown for several hours on a plane, you worry that it could be a blood clot. Y....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

Since the turn of the century, Hollywood has provided Americans with a reliable form of escapism that allows individuals to enter darkened theaters and feel as if they are being transported to a different world.


Over time, the movie-going experience has remained remarkably....

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

Collaboration is what we’re all supposed to be doing these days. But sometimes it’s easier said than done. It can be easy, for instance, to collaborate with those in your department, with your fellow birds of a feather. But it can be more difficult to collaborate across departm....

Author: Glickman, Michael; Orlova, Anna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2015

Anyone who has ever developed a standard knows well the many challenges that must be surmounted. Once a standard is published, however, it’s not the end but in many respects only the beginning. Moving standards from specification to practice requires an equivalent if not greater effo....