Health Information Management Articles by Topic: Electronic Health Records
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
When a surveyor comes knocking on your door, you had better have a plan in place that grants access...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
When I started working in a hospital in the mid-1960s, the medical record department still had huge...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
HHS’ message is clear: Breaches of electronic protected health information (PHI) should not...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The December issue of MRB is full of time-saving tips and information for HIM directors. This...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
EHR implementation is not simply on the to-do list at Health Quest, a three-hospital system in...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The privacy and security changes pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Inside:
Education, credentials just two of many factors that affect salary
Ensure that BA...
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HIM Connection, Issue 40, October 6, 2009
The government released $27.8 million September 29 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds...
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HIM Connection, Issue 37, September 15, 2009
By Darice M. Grzybowski, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, President and Founder, HIMentors, LLC
Healthcare...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
This month’s issue covers a wide variety of topics of interest to HIM directors. Our cover...
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HIM Connection, Issue 35, September 1, 2009
On August 20, CMS published a published a request for information (RFI) regarding the National Gap...
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HIM Connection, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
Is the third time a charm? That’s the burning question on everyone’s minds as the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
HHS released an interim final rule regarding breach notification and the acceptable methods for...
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HIM Connection, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
On August 4, the National Governors Association (NGA)—a bipartisan organization of the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
On August 13, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) issued a...
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HIM Connection, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
On July 23, the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) announced its approval of...
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HIM Connection, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
The ARRA has provided unique opportunities for HIM professionals to become involved in regional...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Obtaining physicians’ signatures on their orders usually isn’t difficult. Asking them...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
This month’s issue covers a wide variety of topics of interest to HIM directors. Our cover...
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HIM Connection, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
On July 16, the Health Information Technology Policy Committee adopted a revised definition of...
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HIM Connection, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
If you had to begin implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) today, how many years do...
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HIM Connection, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
Q: Where can I find up-to-date information about personal health records (PHR)?
A: On July 15...
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HIM Connection, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a...
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HIM Connection, Issue 29, July 21, 2009
Q: Where can I find comments that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information...
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HIM Connection, Issue 28, July 14, 2009
A hospital’s information technology (IT) project list is most likely an exponential one...
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HIM Connection, Issue 27, July 7, 2009
The American Hospital Association (AHA) says hospitals need more time to implement EHRs and prove...
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HIM Connection, Issue 27, July 7, 2009
Q: What is AHIMA’s stance on the proposed definition of meaningful use?
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HIM Connection, Issue 27, July 7, 2009
The amount is colossal: $4,896,450. This is the total maximum payment for which Mission Hospital, a...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
The amount is colossal: $4,896,450.
This is the total maximum payment for which Mission Hospital...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
We all have good EHR intentions—plans to pick out a system, hire a consultant, and go live...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
When Deb Howard, 42, of Kingwood, TX, was discharged from the military in 1992, she received eight...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
This month’s expanded issue includes our 4-page quarterly insert about electronic health...
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HIM Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced that it will...
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HIM Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
Healthcare systems nationwide continue to strive to adopt electronic health records (EHR), but too...
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HIM Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
CMS has announced the creation of a new Web site dedicated to the American Recovery and...
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HIM Connection, Issue 25, June 23, 2009
The Health Information Technology Policy Committee stressed on Tuesday that the meaningful use...
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HIM Connection, Issue 25, June 23, 2009
The Health Information Technology Expert Panel (HITEP) established by the National Quality Forum...
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HIM Connection, Issue 24, June 16, 2009
On June 1, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) posted a 10-page document...
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HIM Connection, Issue 24, June 16, 2009
Terri Bunsen, chief privacy officer at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, says...
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HIM Connection, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
Q: How can I submit comments on the draft description of the Health Information Technology...
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HIM Connection, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
As technology grows, evolves, and spawns newer versions of itself, security and privacy challenges...
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HIM Connection, Issue 22, June 2, 2009
On May 29, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced its...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Although the privacy, security, and integrity of health information have not been subjected to...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Terri Bunsen, chief privacy officer at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, says...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
This month’s issue is full of time-saving tips and guidance. Our EHR beat column features one...
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HIM Connection, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
If you haven’t already taken our survey on EHRs and the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
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HIM Connection, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
CMS issued a special edition Medlearn Matters article (SE0904) that provides an overview of the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
On May 18, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued an operating plan that details...
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HIM Connection, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
The Association of Medical Directors and Information Systems and Compuware (a software developer...
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HIM Connection, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
On May 4, the ECRI Institute®, an independent nonprofit organization that researches the best...
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HIM Connection, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
Three out of four U.S. residents believe it is very or somewhat important for healthcare providers...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
AHIMA set forth several meaningful use measures and elements in a statement that Sandra Fuller, MA...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) submitted its definition of...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics discussed meaningful use as it pertains to...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) has introduced legislation—the Health Information...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
This month’s issue is full of time-saving tips and guidance related to
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
The average cost of an EHR implementation in a large academic medical center or multihospital...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
When should you start scanning? Should you scan on-site? How many full-time staffers do you need to...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
If you’re thinking about taking advantage of the incentive payments under the American...
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HIM Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are working together to...
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HIM Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
Nearly 40% of Rhode Island physicians report using electronic clinical information systems to help...
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HIM Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
If you’re thinking about taking advantage of the incentive payments for EHR implementation...
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HIM Connection, Issue 16, April 21, 2009
EHR implementation and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) are top priorities for health...
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HIM Connection, Issue 16, April 21, 2009
If you’ve got an opinion on the proposed rule to require vendors of a personal health record...
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HIM Connection, Issue 16, April 21, 2009
Q: Is there any recent information available regarding the prevalence of health information...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 13, 2009
Learn the answer to this important HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM Connection, Issue 14, April 7, 2009
Hospitals are still behind the eight ball when it comes to implementing EHRs, according to a March...
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HIM Connection, Issue 14, April 7, 2009
Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general of the United States and head of the U.S. Government...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Now that April is here, we no longer have to worry about ice, snow, and freezing rain. But when I...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series on MRB’s scanning...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Editor’s note: This column continues our series of articles for 2009 regarding The Joint...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
You’ve conducted countless mock surveys, made important changes to enable process...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
This month?s issue is full of time-saving tips and guidance related to Joint Commission changes...
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HIM Connection, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
Q: Do we know what will constitute a certified EHR that will qualify for incentive...
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HIM Connection, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is accepting...
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HIM Connection, Issue 12, March 24, 2009
The Health and Human Services (HHS) department has named Dr. David Blumenthal as the national...
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HIM Connection, Issue 12, March 24, 2009
Q: What will hospitals need to do to prove meaningful use and qualify for payments...
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HIM Connection, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) honored 15 hospitals with its...
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HIM Connection, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
If you haven’t done so already, take the time to review the Certification Commission for...
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HIM Connection, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
In the context of the EHR, versioning is the ability to capture and track serial changes in the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
October 1, 2013, is the deadline by which HIM directors must implement ICD-10 at their hospitals.
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HIM Connection, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can increase physician efficiency and enhance patient...
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HIM Connection, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
If you haven’t already taken our scanning productivity survey, be sure to take a few moments...
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HIM Connection, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
As healthcare continues its push toward more transparency, consumers are taking a more proactive...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
Eat better, go to the gym more often, and take up a hobby; these are all fine New Year’s...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
If you haven’t already taken our scanning productivity survey, be sure to take a few moments...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
You’ve undoubtedly seen the headlines and silently hoped it wouldn’t happen to your...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
The 2009 Joint Commission standards may pose unique challenges for hospitals with hybrid or fully...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
It’s every HIM director’s dream: a relatively seamless EHR implementation that leads to...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Your to-do list in 2009 will probably remain relatively unchanged, with several tried-and-true...
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HIM Connection, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
A: On January 13, Medicare announced the launch of its personal health record (PHR) Choice pilot...
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HIM Connection, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
Verbal queries have the greatest liability from a legal standpoint and because they are a common...
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HIM Connection, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
EHRs, patient safety, privacy, and security are among the common themes in official updates to the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
A: On January 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of a...
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HIM Connection, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
Personal health records (PHR) can literally change the world. Sound a bit lofty? Kerry Weems...
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HIM Connection, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
On December 15, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its initiation of the...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Is a paperless medical record department truly possible? Architects who design new healthcare...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Care New England, a three-hospital system in Rhode Island, was familiar with the acronym PHR...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
As more hospitals implement a hybrid record as they transition to a complete EHR, the once fairly...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Personal health records (PHR) can literally change the world. Sound a bit lofty? Kerry Weems...
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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Editor’s note: Last month in BCCS, we offered an overview of AHIMA’s new query brief...
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HIM Connection, Issue 51, December 30, 2008
The first step in creating a legal hold plan is the formation of a discovery response team.
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HIM Connection, Issue 49, December 16, 2008
Computerized provider order entry and EHRs are just two of the many technologies that could lead to...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 10, 2008
by John Healey, Esq. During the past three years, numerous legislative acts and regulatory rules...
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HIM Connection, Issue 47, December 2, 2008
In a November 12 press release, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology...
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HIM Connection, Issue 46, November 25, 2008
CMS announced the four personal health record (PHR) vendors it has chosen to participate in the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 46, November 25, 2008
On November 12, the Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) released a 144-page...
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HIM Connection, Issue 44, November 11, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final report October 27 reviewing CMS’ HIPAA...
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HIM Connection, Issue 44, November 11, 2008
We want your input! MRB is gathering data on implementation of personal health records and...
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HIM Connection, Issue 43, November 4, 2008
On October 24 the American Hospital Association (AHA) published a sample policy hospitals can use...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
This scenario is becoming increasingly common: A patient presents to the HIM department and...