A query can be a powerful communication tool used to clarify documentation in the health record and achieve accurate code assignments. This Practice Brief In Addition provides examples of the different forms of queries available to HIM professionals.
Examples include: verbal query documentation, open-ended query, multiple choice query, and yes/no query.
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The Winter 2013 issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management focuses on leadership and provides a forum of viewpoints on the mandates for leaders. The following is an excerpt from the article, “Leadership’s Role in Support of Online Academic Programs: Implementing an Administrative Support Matrix,” by Amanda C. Barefield, EdD, RHIA, LNHA, and John D. Meyer, PhD.
Health information exchanges (HIEs) and their business models are continuously evolving, but a new report sheds light on how these entities are currently organized and staffed.
The research was conducted by AHIMA and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) who teamed up to explore both current and planned HIE staffing models. “The results of this analysis will serve those who are seeking employment focused on data exchange or HIE activities, including those exploring opportunities in education, training and certification to enhance their knowledge and skills in this area,” the report says.
Software Advice, an Austin, TX-based online consultancy for software buyers, recently released an electronic health record (EHR) market share report that shows how the electronic medical record marketplace breaks down according to “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program attestations and outpatient physician users.
Software Advice compiled the most recent data available to help the healthcare industry better understand the market. They uncovered the following…
Healthcare organizations should look to laptops, mobile devices, and their business associate agreements, among other things, to avoid the risk of a breach of healthcare data, according to a recent report by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), “A Look Back: US Healthcare Data Breach Trends.”
The report found that the industry has improved slightly since breach reporting became mandatory in September 2009, but there are still unsettling spikes in the number of breaches. “While it is good news that reportable breaches do not appear to be becoming any more pervasive, the bad news is that the industry’s progress appears to be slow,” the report says…
Patient portals are changing ROI, but analog record release is still necessary.
In this video extra, Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education Executive Director Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPH, talks about the state of health informatics in HIM.
A query can be a powerful communication tool used to clarify documentation in the health record and achieve accurate code assignments. This Practice Brief In Addition provides examples of the different forms of queries available to HIM professionals.
Examples include: verbal query documentation, open-ended query, multiple choice query, and yes/no query.
In an effort to direct HIM professionals to the sections of the HITECH-HIPAA omnibus privacy and security final rule that specifically impacts the HIM industry, and provide guidance on how to respond, AHIMA staff experts have posted a full analysis of the lengthy rule on AHIMA’s website.
The final rule includes significant additions and modifications to HIPAA requirements, called for in the 2009 ARRA-HITECH Act, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008…
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