Fall 2022 Introduction
The Fall 2022 issue of AHIMA’s peer-reviewed research journal, Perspectives in Health Information Management, is now available. This issue’s topics explore a range of issues, from the history of CDI programs to healthcare breaches during COVID-19 to the readability and...Read More >
Resident and Family Physician Perspectives on Billing: An Exploratory Study
By Serena Chin, MBA, MD; Anthony Li, BSc; Maximilien Boulet, MD; Kelly Howse, MD; and Akshay Rajaram, MMI, MD
Within revenue cycle management, billing is an important activity for physicians with financial implications across remuneration models. We assessed the self-reported billing confidence of residents and attending physicians practicing at an academic family health team in a single payer...Read More >
Readability and Suitability of Information Presented on a University Health Center Website
By Alice M. Noblin, PhD, RHIA, CCS, PMP; Richard I. Zraick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, CHSE; Ann Neville Miller, PhD; Mary Schmidt-Owens, PhD; Michael Deichen, MD, MPH; Kelly Tran; and Raj Patel
This study evaluated the readability and suitability of a university health center public website. Readability formulas estimated the reading grade and age required for comprehension of health information. The Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) instrument determined adequacy of the...Read More >
Supporting HIM Professional Practice Experience Through Interprofessional Collaboration on Preceptor Orientation and Training
By Darla Branda, EdD, RHIA; Elizabeth Christman, DNP, RN, CNE; Kimberly Cuetara Gibbons, DNP, CNM, RN, CNL, CNE; Lyndsay Goss, DNP, RN, CNE, NPD-BC; and Hanna Royce, JD
The health information technology program at Southern New Hampshire University prepares students at the baccalaureate level for a career in health information management (HIM). The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management...Read More >
The Natural History of CDI Programs: A Metric-Based Model
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, and James D. Campbell, MD
The success or failure of a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) program is often evaluated using a designated set of metrics. However, these metrics change over time, and an understanding of these changes is critical to properly judge the efficacy of the CDI effort. The authors propose a...Read More >