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Do Future Careers Depend on Your Past?
April 7, 2010 8:54 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm throwing this one to the experts. ( Pst , that's you!) For some time now there's been a question on our forum that I just can't shake. Here's the gist: The poster has fallen on some hard times--out of work, surmounting bills--and expects he'll have Read More...
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OCR Posts List of Breaches
February 23, 2010 1:02 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
In another HITECH milestone, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has posted a list of covered entities (CEs) that reported breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. The list, available to the public via OCR's Web site, fulfills an obligation outlined Read More...
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HIT Work Group Presenter Wants Your Help
February 18, 2010 9:37 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I first heard about Dave deBronkart, aka "e-patient Dave" about a year ago when I attended HealthCamp Philadelphia , and I've been following him ever since (literally-the man's all over Twitter). He's one of the most vocal proponents of getting patients Read More...
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Happy Birthday, HITECH!
February 17, 2010 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Yes, readers of the HIM world, it was 1 year ago today that President Obama took that fateful pen to paper and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), paving the way for electronic health records (EHRs) and all the perks and headaches Read More...
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Contest Calls for “Bad Language”
February 5, 2010 10:02 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Remember those reading comprehension tests in middle school? You'd plow through a passage and then answer questions about the plot. Q: "Why couldn't the Smiths leave for vacation?" A: "They couldn't find Buddy the dog." If only life could still be so Read More...
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In the News
January 15, 2010 11:18 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
It's Friday--time to catch up on the news. I was hoping to share a delightful health-related story with you, but there were too many good ones, and who am I to single out? So, on to a list we go; I'll leave it up to you to pick and prune according to Read More...
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Survey Says...
December 16, 2009 8:29 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
We got inside your heads. Not in any creepy subconscious sort of way; more like, "Hey, you read our magazine, we see you at conferences-let's get to know each other." Three rounds of surveys later, we have a better idea of " What Makes HIM Professionals Read More...
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AHIMA 2009: The Health Information Bill of Rights
October 6, 2009 8:41 AM by 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 Read More...
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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 Read More...
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How Much Do You Make?
August 26, 2009 9:32 AM by 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 Read More...
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What Makes You Tick?
June 19, 2009 1:22 PM by 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 Read More...
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What a Difference a Year Makes
May 20, 2009 9:51 AM by 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 Read More...
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Hope Everyone Behaves on the Planes
April 3, 2009 10:44 AM by Lynn Jusinski
The ADVANCE staff will be rather far flung early next week. Cheryl McEvoy is heading off to Chicago for the HIMSS conference, and I'm boarding a flight to Las Vegas early Sunday morning to take in the AAPC show. We'll be bringing you all sorts of conference Read More...
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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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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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