News & Analysis

July 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

This article is based on the results of HCPro's annual MRB salary survey. Data in this article represent the responses of 292 HIM professionals from hospitals in the following categories:

July 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

In this column, we often discuss challenges with EHR systems. Sometimes these relate to technical problems, other times they are process related, and occasionally-as we'll be doing in this issue-we talk about the need for effective "people management."

June 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Chasing down information on incomplete records can be overwhelming and a lost cause. What do you do when a medical record is incomplete 30 days after discharge (or 14 in California’s case) and thus does not meet regulatory standards?

June 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

It was a gorgeous afternoon and a perfect day to hold an outdoor summer barbecue for the HIM department at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska.

May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

The Joint Commission recently introduced the Focused Standards Assessment (FSA) tool and the risk icon (R) to identify:

February 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Privacy officers must ensure their hospital removes potential patient identifiers from data sets used for reasons outside of treatment, payment, and healthcare ­operations, privacy experts say.

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