November 2008


A Closer Look at the Red Flag Rules

Chris Apgar, CISSP, consults on information security to the healthcare and financial services industries. He offers this overview of the Federal Trade Commission’s red flag rules [...]

Nov 21, 2008 09:18 am    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    CompliancePrivacy and security
New Clarification on Signature Stamps

The clarifications continue over CMS’s approach to signature stamps. This past July CMS issued a clarification that stamps were not permissable on any medical record. Now [...]

Nov 18, 2008 01:58 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    Coding & reimbursementComplianceHIM operations
A Cost-Benefit Model for PHRs

Healthcare is badly in need of some cost-savings. A new study suggests that a change in the way we keep health records could save billions. Last week [...]

Nov 17, 2008 03:09 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    Electronic recordsHealth information exchangePersonal health records
Web-only Extras on HIM-HIT Collaboration

“HIM and health IT are finding that the scope and responsibilities of individual job functions are increasingly crossing department domains,” write the authors of the practice [...]

Nov 03, 2008 02:33 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    Clinical terminologiesElectronic recordsHIM operationsPrivacy and security
Journal of AHIMA – November-December 2008

The November-December issue examines the workflow processes for organizations with hybrid records, or those with both paper and electronic health records. Other features report on planning [...]

Nov 03, 2008 10:49 am    |    posted by Meg Featheringham   |    In the magazine