Author: Butler, Rhonda R.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

Like the rest of us, MS-DRGs have to transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The conversion is off to a good start, with a preliminary version already available. The project offered an early test of the General Equivalence Mappings and provides a conversion process for other applications.

In m....

Author: Bowman, Sue E

Source: AHIMA report | Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: May 2005

Executive Summary


A standard electronic health record (EHR) and interoperable national health information infrastructure require the use of uniform health information standards, including a common medical language. Data must be collected and maintained in a standardized format, u....

Author: AHIMA Task Force

Source: AHIMA Task Force

Publication Date: October 20, 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Source: External web site

Publication Date: August 02, 1996

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2007

What if health payers and others adopted agreed-upon standards to enable electronic access to eligibility and benefits data? Wouldn’t that make it easier for providers to verify patient insurance coverage and submit cleaner claims?

That’s the goal behind a nationwide initia....

Author: Welch, Julie J.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: September 1999

The information in this practice brief has been updated. The most recent information is available here.

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.

Author: Rozen, Michael J.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: December 02, 2002

Consumers and patients are becoming increasingly and justifiably worried about the confidentiality of their personal information. Cases of prominent disclosures recently highlighted by the media have heightened the fear of abuse and discrimination from inappropriate disclosure of protected he....

Author: Kesh, Someswar; Raghupathi, Wullianallur

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2004

Abstract


This article provides an overview of the field of bioinformatics and its implications for the various participants. Next-generation issues facing developers (programmers), users (molecular biologists), and the general public (patients) who would benefit from the potent....

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

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

An Historical Review

ICD-10

The need to classify diseases and the causes of death dates back to the 17th century in the United Kingdom (UK), when John Graunt first published his weekly London Bills of Mortality in 1629. In 1769, William Cullen of Edinburgh, Scotland, then deve....