The Department of Health and Human Services has released the first quality measures for the Medicaid program. The initial set of 26 measures is intended to align with existing quality programs. Reporting will be voluntary and is not schedule to begin until December 2013.
Writing in 1935, Dorothy E. Fressle argued for a record that “reflects a true story of the patient’s history and a clear picture of procedures actually carried out in the course of his treatment.” If her vision sounds commonplace today, this article from the archives offers a fresh reminder of the profession’s foundational work improving the quality of care through a meaningful patient record.
Providers are no longer islands of information, and this has created new data standardization, capture, and validation challenges. HIM professionals are ideally positioned to help their organizations leverage information to improve patient care quality and safety.
The online version of the August practice brief “HIM Functions in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety” includes four additional appendixes. Appendix A examines patient safety and quality [...]
Effective July 1 the federal government will prohibit Medicaid payments to the states for services treating healthcare-acquired conditions. Compliance begins July 1, 2012. The Centers for [...]
In a cancer patient’s darkest hour, patient navigator Mary Nespor, RHIA, is there to help. Piloting the complex healthcare system—doctor appointments, medications, insurance forms—can be a [...]
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series ¦ Paper no. 6b ¦ This paper highlights the requirements for reporting clinical quality measures for eligible hospitals.
Can health IT help reduce disparities in quality of care caused by racial and ethnic differences, geographic isolation, poverty, and low health literacy and consumer involvement? [...]
