January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Times are changing, and, most likely, so are the jobs of your HIM staff members.

January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

The death of an infant at an Illinois hospital made ­national news in June 2011. Genesis Burkett passed away due to a series of errors tied to human use of the hospital's EHR systems. (The infant was born prematurely to parents who had been trying to conceive for years, and had thrived after months in neonatal intensive care until he was killed by a massive sodium chloride overdose. (You can read more about the case in the Chicago Tribune at http://tinyurl.com/8xtdqrp.)

January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Happy New Year! It's 2012-do you have your HIPAA version 5010 programming done?

January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Value-based purchasing (VBP).

January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Test staff members' knowledge of HIPAA with these questions from readers.

January 1, 2012
HIM Briefings
December 21, 2011
HIM Briefings

ICD-10 Cerebral Artery Infarction Query

December 21, 2011
HIM Briefings

ICD-10 Myocardial Infarction Query

December 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

As hospitals begin to develop more intensive training programs in preparation for ICD-10, coordinators may want to consider how different learning styles will impact the effectiveness of these training sessions. Education has to work for everyone and one size does not always fit all.

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).

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