Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
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Sharing lists on facts on the Cures Act, patient engagement strategies, benefits of HIEs, strategies for information blocking plans, simplifying public health data interoperability & more!
Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations is disappointed that the U.S. Senate did not remove the longstanding ban in its Labor-HHS appropriations bill that stifles innovation around patient identification.
The ONC released their long awaited final rule on patient access, information blocking, and certification updates on March 9th. We have rounded up the usual suspects as they make their initial statements about the rule.
According to a roundtable of coding experts and health information management professionals assembled in June, the implementation of ICD-11 will depend on several factors including whether or not there is a Clinical Modification.
Journal of AHIMA examines the problems related to value-based care requirements and the role of EHRs in solving them.
By Angela Rose – Recently, at the AHIMA Health Data and Information Conference in Chicago, I had the pleasure of presenting with my colleague Sherine Koshy, MHA, RHIA, CCS, Corporate Director of HIM at Penn Medicine, about her experience outsourcing Penn Medicine’s ROI function.
By Beth Friedman – These are consistent themes in reimbursement circles. And they topped conversation charts during the recent AHIMA annual convention.
AHIMA will bring together HIM professionals, healthcare industry innovators and government leaders for presentations, educational sessions and discussions about current and emerging issues at AHIMA19: Health Data and Information Conference (formerly AHIMA Convention and Exhibit).