The April issue examines how blending clinical data with administrative data can help to improve the accuracy of quality measurement right now. The other features explore the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule, collecting accurate equity data to reduce healthcare disparities, and using natural language process technology for quality measures.

Members may read all stories online in the AHIMA FORE Library: HIM Body of Knowledge. Select features and practice briefs also are available publicly.

April 2009

Features

• Improving the Quality of Quality Measures, by Gina Rollins
• A Next Act for Patient Safety, by Allison F. Viola, MBA, RHIA; Crystal Kallem, RHIA; and June Bronnert, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
• Data Collection and Reporting for Healthcare Disparities, by Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA; Theresa D. Jones, MHA, RHIA; Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS; and Christine Weeks, BA
• Mining for Measures, by Ruth Carol

Practice Brief

• Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS–An Academic Timeline

Working Smart

• Leading on the Legal EHR, by Kevin Heubusch
• Addressing California’s New Privacy Laws, by Cassi L. Birnbaum, RHIA, CPHQ
• Advancing Quality Measures Reporting in HIEs, by Randolph C. Barrows Jr., MD, MS
• Using Document Imaging to Strengthen Revenue Cycle, by Jill Clark, MBA, RHIA

Coding Notes

• ICD-10 Reimbursement Mappings, by Rhonda Butler, CCS, CCS-P, and Ron Mills, PhD
• Managing Coding Compliance, by Cathy Bodnar, MS, RN, CHC, and Dianne Willard, MBA, RHIA, CCS-P, CHC