February 2009 - Posts

A Few of Your Favorite Things
February 27, 2009 4:34 PM by Lynn Jusinski

As Lisa Algeo, editor of ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals , noted in her editorial in our February issue, we're beefing up our Web site, and that means you can now find a few of your favorite things online. AHDI Track is now on the Web, and Read More...

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Patient Consent Gets New Meaning
February 27, 2009 10:37 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

It's Friday. The weekend is almost here. Friends are coming in from out of town. So of course, I'm gathering all the weird news I can to make for some interesting dinner conversation. And the great debate over patient privacy has turned up two gems: First Read More...

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HITECH Alters HIPAA
February 26, 2009 3:29 PM by Lynn Jusinski

By now, most of us have heard a few of the details in the economic stimulus package signed by the president Feb. 17. You'll have $13 extra stuffed in your paychecks each week starting April Fool's Day, and money will go toward green initiatives. Did you Read More...

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Abortion Records Go on Long, Strange Trip
February 24, 2009 4:05 PM by Lynn Jusinski

When patient records of women receiving abortions made their way from the Sedgwick County, KS, court to the Johnson County, KS, district attorney's office and then probably on to somewhere in Virginia and then back to Johnson County, KS, that's an issue Read More...

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Obama Delivers Medicaid Relief
February 24, 2009 10:38 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

I suppose it's a sign of the times when I admit that my guitar-playing friends and I made up a song about the financial bailout during a jam session 2 weeks ago. The fact that said jam session was at home and wine was in supply may explain why the creative Read More...

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Harsher HIPAA Might Not Hurt
February 19, 2009 12:42 PM by Cheryl McEvoy

As health care advocates and political pundits commend, tank or simply expound upon privacy provisions in the stimulus package, this morning's Google alerts remind us why HIPAA is oh-so-important in the first place. CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to a Read More...

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HIT Help on the Way?
February 18, 2009 8:30 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

Breaking through red tape at seemingly record speed, the $787 billion economic stimulus package--officially dubbed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--was signed into law yesterday. President Obama expressed confidence in the plan before Read More...

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Surgery Goes Web 2.0
February 17, 2009 4:06 PM by Lynn Jusinski

One of these things is not like the other: "Watching a good bootleg of The Wrestler." "Holy cannoli, unhappy baby. Early bedtime for you, kiddo." "Dr rogers (sic) has adequately sutured closed the urinary collecting system and any bleeding vessels." The Read More...

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Spread the Word
February 12, 2009 11:05 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

I'm a self-admitted Facebook junkie. After sitting in front of the computer for 8 hours of work, I head home only to hop on my Mac, scan my personal e-mail and check that notorious time-waster to see if anyone posted new photos or confirmed a friend. Read More...

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Eight Is (More Than) Enough
February 6, 2009 12:10 PM by Lynn Jusinski

Editor's note: This blog is a guest blog from our nursing publication, but we thought HIM professionals might like to chime in on this controversial issue, too. You can see the comments left on the blog on the nursing Web site here . By Adrianne O'Brien, Read More...

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Privacy Violation in NY
February 6, 2009 9:20 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

A few months ago, reports of hospital employees snooping through celebrities medical records brought patient privacy issues to the foreground. But it's not just the rich and famous at risk. A medical records employee at the Catskill Regional Medical Center Read More...

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PB News That’s Fit for Feeds
February 5, 2009 1:03 PM by Cheryl McEvoy

As an avid fan of all things peanut, I'm crushed every time a product is added to the dreaded salmonella recall list. It was troubling enough when we had to monitor E. Coli outbreaks in meat (does this burger look pink?) and even worse yet when bacteria-laden Read More...

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Daschle Won't Be HHS Secretary
February 3, 2009 1:19 PM by Lynn Jusinski

It's back to the drawing board, it seems, for President Obama. After The New York Times wrote an editorial calling for Former Sen. Tom Daschle to step aside as Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Daschle announced today that he Read More...

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