At best, data cleanups are temporary. And accumulated errors cause EHRs to fail to find medical records or patients to be confused with other patients, or result in duplicate or…
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Strategies for Managing Patient Identification and Remote COVID-19 Testing
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.
AHIMA Webinar Addresses COVID-19 Medical Record Documentation Challenges
As healthcare organizations across the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, health information professionals have remained committed to maintaining the privacy, integrity, and availability of health information. Health information professionals…
Integrating Social Determinants of Health into the EHR at a Large Health System
“Integrating Social Determinants of Health into the Electronic Health Records of a Large Health System: A Qualitative Perspective,” a peer-reviewed study published in Perspectives in Health Information Management, explores barriers and…