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Breach Notification: Technically Speaking
November 18, 2009 9:50 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
While researching for my encryption article, " Are You Secured? " I was struck by what I would consider a loophole in the breach notification rules. According to the new regulations, when a security breach or theft occurs, the covered entity or business
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H1N1: After the Vaccine
October 22, 2009 10:13 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
Everyone's sick of swine flu (pun not intended, I swear), so apologies in advance for striking up yet another conversation about it, but I couldn't help posting when I heard about post-vaccine monitoring . What? What's that you say? Monitoring? As in
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AHIMA 2009: A Thorough Account
October 7, 2009 1:07 PM
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Cheryl McEvoy
I'm about to head off to the final round of general sessions at the AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, which means it's time for some overall reflections. The general consensus among attendees has been that this year's sessions have been particularly informative.
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AHIMA 2009: The Health Information Bill of Rights
October 6, 2009 8:41 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
At a news conference yesterday, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) unveiled its Health Information Bill of Rights, a set of seven principles designed to protect and promote patient access to personal health information. Craig
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AHIMA 2009: Busy Day for All
October 5, 2009 11:06 PM
by
Lisa Algeo
Well, my feet hurt, my brain hurts and I can barely keep my eyes open at this point, but it was all well worth it. My first day at the AHIMA 2009 conference did not disappoint. Busy is an understatement, and I even got a bit of a cardio workout in-with
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AHIMA 2009: Hometown Hospitality
October 5, 2009 10:08 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that even goes for their welcomes. Following yesterday's pre-conference events, attendees at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit were treated to a Welcome Reception
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AHIMA 2009: The Next Generation
October 4, 2009 1:22 PM
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Cheryl McEvoy
My first day at the 2009 American Health Information and Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit is off to a great start. I attended the Student Academy this morning, where Barbara Black, director of human resources, and Gwen Hughes, director
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AHIMA 2009: Off to Grapevine
October 2, 2009 10:11 AM
by
Cheryl McEvoy
Anytime someone mentions this year's American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit, I immediately think of the song, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," because, well, the event's being held in Grapevine, TX. Problem
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An Introduction
October 1, 2009 9:48 AM
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Rob Senior
Greetings! My name is Rob Senior, and I am the newest member of the editorial staff at ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals . For the past eight years, I've worked at ADVANCE in a similar role for the Physical Therapists and PTAs magazine. In
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Documenting H1N1
September 1, 2009 12:44 PM
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Cheryl McEvoy
For the past 2 months, I've been collecting entries for our 2009 HIM Team of the Year contest , and it can be...inundating. (Not that I wouldn't love to see a dozen more entries!) A copy for each judge, plus one for our files-it's a whole bunch of printing
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How Much Do You Make?
August 26, 2009 9:32 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
Pst . How's your salary looking? Did you finally get that raise, or is your facility paying like it's 1999? Our National HIM Salary Survey is back to help gauge your weight on the payment scale. With the rough-and-tumble economy, we're curious to see
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Retail Clinic Check-up
June 25, 2009 3:30 PM
by
Lynn Jusinski
I'm what you might call "doctor phobic." I haven't had a check up since 2001, and that was required to get into college. After high school, I moved to the Philadelphia suburbs from quiet nook upstate in a rural area lovingly referred to as the "Polish
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What Makes You Tick?
June 19, 2009 1:22 PM
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Lynn Jusinski
I was tickled that 500 of you took the time to fill out our fun, brief survey on "What Makes HIM Professionals Tick?" A second installment is currently posted on our Web site , and I hope the response is as good for that one. Thanks to everyone who took
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What a Difference a Year Makes
May 20, 2009 9:51 AM
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Cheryl McEvoy
Around this time last year, I was schlepping clothes, photos and a hodgepodge of kitchenware from my college house to my mom's place, an hour away. I was in that weird place between incredible relief that classes were over and immense grief as I said
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Got Meaningful Use?
May 13, 2009 10:57 AM
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Lynn Jusinski
I suppose it was only a matter of time, really, before the phrase "meaningful use" landed its own Web site . After all, the term's earning rock star status in the HIT realm lately, as everyone wonders just what will constitute meaningful use of an EHR
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