Health Information Management Health information management involves the practice of maintaining and taking care of health records in hospitals, health insurance companies and other health institutions, by the use of electronic means (McWay 176). Storage of medical information is carried out by health information management and HIT professionals using information systems that suit the needs of these institutions. This paper answers four major questions concerning health information systems. AHIMA's Data Quality Management Model The American Health Information Management Association is a body of health information professionals that majorly concerns itself with the improvement of the quality of medical records (Harman 104). These health data records are vital for the purposes of monitoring the progress of patients, performance improvements and for improving outcomes. The HIT professionals have to consider the purpose for which the data is collected, which includes its application and use in the hospital. Secondly, they have to consider the process through which the data essentials are gathered or the method used to collect the data elements. In addition, these professionals have to consider the processes and systems that they will use to document and store the data. They also need to consider the methods they will use to translate the data into information that can be applied in various situations. The four key processes in the model The four key processes in the data quality management model are analysis, warehousing, collection and application of data (AHIMA 2) The ten data characteristics These data characteristics include accessibility, timeliness, relevancy, definition, comprehensiveness, accuracy, precision, gran... ... middle of paper ... ...lth information management, which involves the practice of maintaining and taking care of health records by the use of electronic means, is still in its development stage in the United States. However, the proper application and implementation of the related laws will ensure efficient health information management. Works Cited American Health Information Management Association. “Practice Brief: Data Quality Management Model.” Data Quality Management Model 1.66 (2009): 1-8. Print. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “International Classification of Diseases – 10th Revision.” ICD-10 Brochure Feb. 2001: 1-4. Print. Harman, Laurinda. Ethical Challenges in the Management of Health Information. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Barlett, 2006. Print. McWay, Dana. Legal Aspects of Health Information Management. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Learning, 2003. Print.
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The federal government has taken a stance to standardized care by creating incentive programs that are mandated under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009. This act encourages healthcare providers and healthcare institutions to adopt Meaningful use in order to receive incentives from Medicare and Medicaid. Meaningful use is the adoption of a certified health record system that acquires or obtains specified objectives about a patient. The objectives or measures are considered gold standard practices with the EHR system. Examples of the measures include data entry of vital signs, demographics, allergies, entering medical orders, providing patients with electronic copies of their records, and many more pertinent information regarding the patient (Friedman et al, 2013, p.1560).
The health information networks factor into the enhancement of the patient-centered management system, in that they help with the implementation of the Electronic health record. The HITECH Act for example allocated “18 billion through the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement systems as incentives for hospitals and physicians who are meaningful users of EHR systems”(About the HITECH, n.d.). This is a beneficial way to promote the use of electronic health records and have them become universally utilized across the nation. NHIN is also an excellent network that is more widespread and contains policies as well as standards that help with the safe trade of data. NHIN is the biggest network that all other health information networks hope to achieve. The NHIN is a contributor to the expansion of the EHR and it also further improves the patient-centered management system by having the policies they have. These policies assist with keeping the information in the system safe and also helping many different entities to become a part of its use. Some of the entities involved are the Center for Disease Control and prevention, Social Security Administration, Department of Defense and Kaiser Permanente among others. Both CHIN and RHINO implement the use of electronic health record, which makes it more widespread,
It was just yesterday when Electronic health records was just introduced in healthcare industry. People were not ready to accept it due to higher cost and consumption of time associated in training people and adopting new technology. Despite of all this criticism, use of Internet and Electronic Health records are now gaining its popularity among health care professionals, as it is the most effective way to communicate with patient and colleagues. More and more hospitals and clinics are getting rid of paper base filling system and investing in cloud base storage.
One of the demands in healthcare today is to have the ability to allow healthcare organizations to exchange patient health related information with other healthcare organizations. This was made possible by the creation of the electronic health record (EHR), electronic medical record (EMR) and personal health record (PHR). The EHR, PHR and the EMR allowed for patient’s paper medical charts into transformed into electronic charts. This allowed for a better way to organize the information that was contained the paper medical chart. The health organization began to realize they could use these electronic charts for a better way to care and share patient health related information. However, as the transmission of data continued, the need for standards developed to insure the interoperability of these healthcare systems. Two of the standards that were created in order to help with the electronic transmission of medical data are the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD).
Learning Experience Journal Entry – Director of Health Information Management and the Supervisor of Medical Records Coder
AHIMA's data quality management model depicts data collection as one of the four primary data functions. The others are application, warehousing, and analysis. All characteristics of data quality management should be applied to data collection ...
On my research it comes to my mind that American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a great organization with a “primarily goal is to provide the knowledge, resources and tool to advance health information professional practices and standards for the delivery of quality care” (AHIMA, n.a). As of now, one of the topic that everyone is talking about is the My Health I.D. which AHIMA send a petition to the White House, asking for removal of a ban that prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from participating the efforts to create a patient identification system. In addition, I do believe that having an identification or specific patient identifier for each and every individual in United States can and will help
The development of information network systems ties healthcare care organizations allowing them to disseminate patient information. However, there have been several key challenges in development, implementation and adoption. Some of the challenges organizations encounter is the lack of standardization between health care entities, patient restrictions in health information and access (Tan & Payton, 2010). Another challenge organizations would face is the initial costs and justifying expenditures on a health management information system (HMIS) (Tan & Payton, 2010). The final challenge organizations would be facing is the involvement from federal legislation advocating for the consolidation of electronic health care records (EHR). A focal point for federal legislation is the promotion of broad based...
Health Information Manager (HIM) plays a crucial role coding health record or clinic record. (Sayles 114). The reason because, HIM keep accurate records of the patient symptoms which include medical histories, medical procedures, treatments, and diagnostic testings such as labs, radiology reports, and X-Rays. If the records are not coded correctly on the assignment, it can cause the facility to lose money or fraud. They are thousand different diagnoses we cannot make any assumption we have to appropriately code the information precise. ( Person) I research a scenario from the internet from Medical and Billing.org. I will write about how each section or information assist the coding process.
Meticulous and quality-focused Registered Health Information Administrator with clinical experience and proven track record of success to ensure that all medical, legal, and ethical standards are met. Extensive knowledge in all aspects of improving the quality and uses of data, protecting the privacy and security of patient health information, and analyzing information for reimbursement and research. Highly attentive to details and maintaining organizational compliance while ensuring that each patient’s medical record is complete.
Health Information Management (HIM) professional: Will expect that the healthcare providers are honest, accurate in their diagnoses, and the charges are legal, fair, and correspond to services rendered on the given day. All inaccuracies must be corrected as soon as discovered to inspire confidence in the HIM professional, the facility, and all the organization’s employees. All stakeholders depend upon the HIM professional to maintain the accuracy, privacy and security of the patient’s medical charts, and thereby secure the reputation of the facility and welfare of the patients.
“Mike Leavitt, who served as U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, championed the creation and development of a national collaboration in terms and standards adoption in order to aid rapid health information exchange and the diffusion of health information technologies (IT) among U.S. healthcare facilities” (Tan, J., and Payton, F, C.,2010). The collaboration of health information technology will assist with achieving interoperable medical information systems to motive patients and healthcare providers to utilize electronic healthcare
This week’s live conference was very informative. It is important to understand the features and functions of the electronic health record. The health record has several users, who can either enter pertinent information or review and extract data for medical or business purposes. Some users of the health record platform include; physicians, nurses, therapist, imaging technologist,,quality review managers,data analyst, compliance and quality managers.
The process of organization, storage, integration, and the retrieval of medical data of a patient has been traditionally done by the use of a systems based on paper. The limits in the functionality of the paper system has however posed a challenge to the health care providers and have therefore elected to the use of the electronic methods such as the use of electronic health record (EHR) which has continuously improved to telemedicine. The use of the electronic methods has helped in the ease of access to the patient information and has increased the safety of the information. This paper discusses the various ways that the health information is used in the healthcare sector and the tools for improvement of the performance of the information