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Movies and Medical Records
November 3, 2009 12:47 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following blog was written by Mark McGraw, an associate editor on staff at ADVANCE .) It's movie night, and you're not interested in subtitles or surrealism. Maybe next week you'll go for the one with the "Winner: Best Foreign Language Read More...
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PHRs Go Overseas
October 29, 2009 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
If you've been following Jay's blog, " XY Files in and MT World ," recently, you know there have been some frightening reports of medical records being sold overseas. It's enough to make you hunker down in the States and demand your records stay local. 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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On the Record
September 30, 2009 11:24 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
With all the prep for next week's American Health Information Management Association Convention and Exhibit and our HIM Team of the Year coverage (Yes, we have a winner!), I've been neglecting my Google Alerts. Well, I found some time this morning to Read More...
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Public Tweets, Private Matters
September 16, 2009 11:33 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm wrapping up an extensive print and online package about social media for our September issue (Look for it next week!), and with all the reading, interviewing and, yes, tweeting I did to research the phenomenon, I thought I'd heard everything. Well, Read More...
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Privacy Problem Causes Real-Life Drama
July 21, 2009 9:14 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
There's been quite a buzz at ADVANCE headquarters about the television phenomena "Nurse Jackie" and "HawthoRNe." Staffers wonder: is it realistic , do nurses approve of the portrayal and--at least around the HIM desk--how many HIPAA violations can they Read More...
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HIPAA be damned?
July 14, 2009 8:05 AM by Lynn Jusinski
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by ADVANCE for Nurses editor Lyn A.E. McCafferty, who contributes to the "ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses " blog featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad Read More...
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Suleman’s Records Accessed; 15 Employees Fired
March 31, 2009 11:18 AM by Lynn Jusinski
I had a feeling when the Octomom story hit the wire and all the details spilled out that someone would be caught sneaking a peek at her medical records. Sure enough, 15 workers were fired for looking at the records of Nadya Suleman without permission. Read More...
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Company Sells Health Info to Pharma Companies
March 27, 2009 9:36 AM by Lynn Jusinski
Would you share your personal health information on the Internet, including intimate information like how sexually active you are or how heavy your menstrual cycles are? Well, more than 27 million people have, according to a New York Times article on Read More...
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A Dose of Reality
March 26, 2009 9:58 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Thanks to Obama's rah-rah health care reform, the general public is turning an ear to EHR. But what exactly are they hearing? At first mention of EHRs in the stimulus package, news outlets swooped in with the "revolutionizing health care" angle. A national 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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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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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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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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A Twist on Patient Privacy
December 4, 2008 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Still recovering from Thanksgiving (and 2 nights of reenacting the feast, thanks to Tupperware and a microwave), I spent last Sunday morning lounging on the couch and watching the news. I usually zone out during the sports segment, but a story about Giants Read More...
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