e-HIMŽ Articles

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• Data Collection and Reporting for Healthcare Disparities (Journal of AHIMA, April 2009)
• Mining for Measures: NLP Technology Eases the Task of Reporting Quality Measures (Journal of AHIMA, April 2009)
• A Next Act for Patient Safety: Previewing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule (Journal of AHIMA, April 2009)
• Integrating IT Systems Strengthens the Revenue Cycle (Journal of AHIMA, March 2009)
• Driving Compliance through Data Governance (Journal of AHIMA, March 2009)
• How Information Technology Supports Virtual HIM Departments (Journal of AHIMA, March 2009)
• RFP Process for EHR Systems (Journal of AHIMA, June 2007)

• E-Discovery: Preparing for the Coming Rise in Electronic Discovery Requests (Journal of AHIMA, May 2007)
• Health Data Access, Use and Control (Journal of AHIMA, May 2007)
• Legal EHR: New Practices, New Skills (Journal of AHIMA, May 2007)
• Policies and Procedures for a Legal EHR (Journal of AHIMA, April 2007)
• Connectivity, Privacy and Liability: What Medical Professionals Must Consider (Journal of AHIMA, April 2007)
• Assessing and Improving EHR Data Quality (Journal of AHIMA, March 2007)
• Linking Anti-Fraud and Legal EHR Functions (Journal of AHIMA, March 2007)
• Legal Health Record: a Component of Overall EHR Strategy (Journal of AHIMA, March 2007)
• Record Disclosure and the EHR: Defining and Managing the Subset of Data Disclosed upon Request (Journal of AHIMA, February, 2007)
• Collect Once, Use Many: Enabling the Reuse of Clinical Data through Controlled Terminologies (Journal of AHIMA, February 2007)
• Guidelines for EHR Documentation to Prevent Fraud (Journal of AHIMA, January 2007)
• Resolution on the Legal Health Record (Journal of AHIMA, January 2007)
• Is Your Electronic Record a Legal Record? (Journal of AHIMA, January 2007)
• e-HIM®: From Vision to Reality (Journal of AHIMA, October 2005)
• HIM Professionals Vital in Transition to e-HIM® (AHIMA Advantage, September 2003)
• AHIMA Mobilizes to Meet the e-HIM® Call (AHIMA Advantage, February 2003)

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(Note: Other terms for Electronic Health Records (EHR) are Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Computerized Medical Records (CMR), or Computerized Patient Records (CPR))

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The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) provides its industry-leading e-HIM® education and advocacy programs to support the effective use of information technology to manage patient information and healthcare data.

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