News & Analysis

June 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

When Carolyn Taggett, RHIT, director of health information services at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, found that it sometimes took weeks for coders to receive answers to their physician queries, she decided there had to be a better way.

 

June 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Throughout 2011 we are including ­special content in honor of MRB's 25th year. This month we reached out to some long-time readers who have been on board since MRB's early years, including some who have read every single issue! Read on to find out what they had to say.

May 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Even with today's tight budgets, there are still ways you can brighten the faces of your staff members. We asked the MRB advisory board members for their best ideas and tried-and-true tactics. Here's what they had to say.

May 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

There are some Joint Commission EPs with which ­almost all hospital HIM departments struggle. Surveyors continue to focus on them, so chances are you should too.

April 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

If you are gearing up for a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) implementation, there are some tips and tricks that will help you stay on top of the transition.

April 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Hardware, software, people, policy, and process must work together to achieve your organization's EHR goals. One of the earliest matters that policy must address surrounds organizational readiness for an EHR. In fact, having a policy of regular readiness assessment is an ­important step toward success. Even if a certain project with a certain group goes smoothly, that doesn't guarantee success for another project. You may think a policy that focuses attention on planning is not necessary, but implementing an EHR is a spiral of change, with each cycle repeating itself in many ways, often with new twists and turns.

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