Debunking Health IT Myths
Health IT Myths: Fact or Fiction Today is all about the spin. You can take a statement, a piece of information, or even a fact…
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Have a Question About Mobile Health? There’s an App Guide For That
AHIMA Develops a Best Practice Primer for Mobile Health Apps To help consumers navigate mobile health apps, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) created…
AHIMA advises CMS to adopt coding guidelines
EHRs Can Lead to Better Coding, More Accurate Reimbursement Electronic Health Records (EHRs), when used correctly, produce more accurate documentation leading to more complete coding, and…
CMS Reiterates: October 2014 Remains Intact for ICD-10 Implementation
ICD-10 will improve accuracy and data sharing as part of overall E-health initiative Stating that ICD-10 is an essential component to tracking more detailed healthcare…
Effective Use of Data Analytics Will Be Key Driver in ICD-10 World
New ICD-10 Codes Will Improve Healthcare System for Patients When the ICD-10-CM/PCS codes go into effect Oct. 1, 2014, the nation’s healthcare system will immediately…
HIM Professionals Need to Implement PHI Safeguards for HIPAA Omnibus
HIPAA Omnibus Expands Patient Access to Health Data, Strengthens Patient Privacy and Security As the effective date for the sweeping changes to the Health Insurance Portability…
New Report Looks at Health Information Exchange Staffing Needs
Little Attention to Date on Meeting Hiring Demands of Health Information Exchanges The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and HIMSS have created a collaborative…
AHIMA Testifies Before ONC On Improving Accuracy of EHR Systems
Makes Recommendations for Improving Clinical Documenation in EHR Systems American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) represents a membership of over 67,000 health information management…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – January 20, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The health IT business week ended on a big note. Late Thursday afternoon the long awaited HIPAA Omnibus Bill…