Practical Implications of Informatics
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. For decades, most consumers relied on one physician for all of their healthcare...
View ArticleA Low-Tech Approach to High-Tech Problems
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem Transitioning from paper to electronic transcription processes;...
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Taking the Grow-Your-Own-Coder Movement to High School
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem Rural hospitals in Kansas are trying to cut the cost of outsourcing...
View ArticleGrow-Your-Own Program Bridges Gap for Graduates to Full Time Coding Positions
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem North Shore-LIJ Health System, a group of 17 hospitals in New York City,...
View ArticleThe Year in Review: Highlights from 2014
The Journal of AHIMA’s ongoing web series “HIM Frontlines,” explores pressing obstacles that health information management (HIM) professionals encounter in a rapidly changing healthcare environment....
View ArticleTaking Information Governance from Concept to Reality
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem AHIMA has been taking great strides in promoting information governance...
View ArticleBuilding a Remote CDI Workforce
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem To improve the efficiency and productivity of its clinical documentation...
View ArticleMaking the Case for ICD-10 to Physicians
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem Trying to find the best way to advocate for the ICD-10-CM/PCS...
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Why an Informatics Degree Matters
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem As HIM becomes increasingly data-centric, knowledge of informatics is...
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Keeping Coding Skills Sharp and Spirits High During the ICD-10 Delay
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem The legislative and regulatory delays for the go-live date for...
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Building an HIM Program for the Federal Aviation Administration
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manages the autopsy records of...
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Preventing Fraud and Abuse in Clinical Documentation
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem: The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector...
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EHR Lessons from the Zoo
For many health IT stakeholders tackling the bugaboo of making electronic health records (EHRs) interoperable, it’s easy to imagine many of them thinking, This would be so simple without HIPAA or...
View ArticleWhat HIM Professionals Need to Know About Telehealth
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. Guest post by Adrian Davis This year the American Telemedicine Association estimates more...
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“CDI: Miami” Hunts Down Documentation Offenders
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem To get physician buy-in on clinical documentation specificity, one...
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DIY Privacy Risk Assessments
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem: Completing regular privacy risk assessments is one of the most proactive...
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How to Reach the C-Suite
In this web series, HIM professionals working in emerging roles give advice on tackling difficult HIM problems. In order for health information management (HIM) professionals to be successful in their...
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Exploring Encryption and Standards in Release of Information
The HIM Problem As providers and business associates bring themselves into compliance with the HITECH-HIPAA Final Rule, encrypting data in transmission and at rest can pose a challenge. Two ROI experts...
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Patient “Privacy Numbers” Help Provider Share Info, Protect Privacy
HIM Frontlines covers HIM professionals working in emerging roles and tackling difficult HIM problems. The HIM Problem Nursing staff at NorthShore University Health System were worried about protecting...
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Developing Coding Professionals That Can Code Any Claim
HIM Frontlines covers HIM professionals working in emerging roles and tackling difficult HIM problems. Prior to the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS, Chloe Phillips, MHA, RHIA, director, HIM and...
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