Reinvigorate EHR quality monitors for the new year
HIM Connection, February 7, 2012
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HIM directors must renew efforts in the new year to ensure the effectiveness of EHR quality monitors. With increased attention on HIPAA 5010 requirements and instituting ICD-10, focusing on the quality of your medical records may sometimes take a backseat to other priorities. However, as inaccurate data tends to affect all areas of HIM-not to mention patient care-taking an active role in developing quality measures will ultimately save time and money in the long run and help ensure quality care for patients. Developing a plan for managing data integrity before issues occur will free up time for HIM staff to focus on other initiatives.
"Sound work flow and work processes mean everything to HIM directors as they are vital to an efficient -department, but sometimes they are inundated with errors and spend all their time fixing problems rather than fixing the root cause or educating people," says Darice M. Grzybowski, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, president and founder of HIMentors, LLC, in La Grange Park, IL. Grzybowski recommends that HIM directors take an inventory of current monitoring systems and incorporate some of the steps listed below to make certain their processes are as robust as possible and ensure the integrity of the data.
Editor’s note: Read the entire article in the February issue of Medical Records Briefings.
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