News & Analysis

December 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Learn how one facility designed its patient transfer processes
  • Recognize how your facility could benefit from centralizing its patient transfer processes
December 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Recognize how transition management failures can lead to readmissions
  • Explain strategies to prevent transition-related readmissions
December 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Dear reader,

Each month in 2011 we've celebrated MRB's 25th birthday with discounts, contests, giveaways, and bonus special reports and tools (visit www.hcpro.com/downloads/140 to download any you might have missed).

December 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Q Is it permissible to fax PHI to a long-term care ­facility that also operates an independent living facility and an assisted living facility?

December 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Editor's note: Train staff members on ICD-10-CM with the following quiz, excerpted from the ICD-10 Training Toolkit published in November by HCPro, Inc. For more information, visit www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-9730.

December 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

The need for qualified health information technology (HIT) professionals will increase substantially over the next five years as more hospitals migrate away from paper records and convert to EHRs, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics study. As a result of this growing need, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), in conjunction with Northern Virginia Community College, ­AHIMA, and Pearson VUE, designed the HIT Pro exams as a means to verify the competency of HIT professionals.

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