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Methods and Lessons Learned from a Current State Workflow Assessment following Transition to a New Electronic Health Record System

Claire Hayes Watson, PhD, MPH; Anthony Masalonis, PhD; Tim Arnold, PharmD; Neale R. Chumbler, PhD; William Plew

The transition to a new electronic health record (EHR) system requires an understanding of how the new system addresses the needs, business processes, and current activities of a healthcare system. To address such requirements, a multidisciplinary team conducted a current state workflow...
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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...
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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...
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Determinants Affecting the Health Information Sharing Management and Practice for Patient Referral in Thailand: The Perceptions of Patients and Healthcare Professionals

By Veerawan Aumpanseang, Kamonchanok Suthiwartnarueput, and Pongsa Pornchaiwiseskul

Despite the cooperative sharing of health information exchange (HIE), various distinct limitations and barriers are found (i.e., substantial time and resources are being used to achieve health information). This paper investigates the limits of healthcare information sharing policy...
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The Evolution and Typology of Learning Health System Hospitals and other Health Information Interested Hospitals in the US

Ibukun E Fowe MBChB, MSGH, PhD; Neal T. Wallace, BA, MPP, PhD; and Jill Jamison Rissi, PhD, MPA, RN

This study identifies the type, distribution, and interactions of US hospitals that identify as electronic-data-driven, patient-centric, and learning-focused. Such facilities, termed Health Information Interested (HII) hospitals in this study, meet the defining criteria for one or more of the...
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Precepting HIM Students: A Multi-Case Study Exploring the Challenges of HIM Hospital-Based Professional Practice Experience

Darla Branda, EdD, RHIA

This study explored the challenges and barriers of professional practice experience for placing local and online baccalaureate students in hospital-based HIM departments from the preceptors’ viewpoint. This study focused on the hospital setting for several reasons: gaining site approval is...
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