There is currently no national strategy requiring collection of certain patient demographic data elements, which can lead to inconsistent, dirty data at the beginning of the patient registration process.
Year: 2020
AHIMA Policy Statement on Integrating Clinical and Administrative Data
Imagine a world where health information management teams know in advance the documentation a payer needs to authorize an admission or conduct a medical necessity review, their IT systems populate…
AHIMA Focuses on Privacy During the Month of August
Healthcare privacy and information security is at a crossroads. Increased interoperability, portability, and connectivity of health information presents opportunities to improve patient care across the healthcare continuum.
Introducing Privacy at the Crossroads
COVID-19’s impact on global healthcare systems accentuated the vulnerability of health information and has catalyzed its stakeholders to reconceptualize current information privacy and security models.