ADVANCE Perspective: HIM : Just for Fun

After Electronic Conversion

Cheryl McEvoy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:51:00 GMT

Yesterday, I read the Nov. 23 article on HISTalk about a multi-group practice that went electronic, and then turned its defunct chart storage room into useful office space. The "before and after" photos were particularly striking. Pre-scanning, the room...(read more)

Social Media Births Word of the Year

Cheryl McEvoy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:54:00 GMT

In case you haven't heard, the New Oxford American Dictionary selected "unfriend" as the 2009 Word of the Year. And in case you really haven't heard, "unfriend" is a social networking term, referring to the act of removing someone from your list of contacts...(read more)

How Do You Unwind?

Cheryl McEvoy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:43:00 GMT

October is National Poppin' Popcorn Month, so naturally a few of us at the office decided to celebrate with a culinary nod to those explosive kernels. I went the semi-homemade route, popping a bag and mixing it up with marshmallows, chocolate chips, raisins...(read more)

An Introduction

Rob Senior — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Social Media Blitz

Cheryl McEvoy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:00 GMT

Today's the day! All that " social media coverage " I've been hinting at is now available for your browsing pleasure. (Even some of our regulars like Management Q&A , Registry Perspectives and Student Center got in on the action!) The launch comes...(read more)

“Cash for Clunkers” Hits Health Care

Cheryl McEvoy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:04:00 GMT

The government's "Cash for Clunkers" program was a clever idea--and a pretty successful one to boot. Dealerships swelled with drivers ready to trade in their rag-tag autos for a sleek new ride. Salespeople moved inventory, the environment got some smog...(read more)

What Makes You Tick? Part 2

Cheryl McEvoy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:47:00 GMT

The ADVANCE team likes to be inquisitive (it's part of our job, ya know). Sure, we've met you at conferences, chatted you up on the phone, but we want to know what really goes on in that head of yours. Thus, we introduced "What Makes HIM Professionals...(read more)

Difficult Personalities: The Know-It-All

Cheryl McEvoy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:56:00 GMT

We're back for the third installment of our "Difficult Personalities" series. So far, we've escaped the needy co-worker's grasp and busted the " ghost " employee's vanishing routine. This time, we'll scale the know-it-all's mental pedestal to get a better...(read more)

How Much Do You Make?

Cheryl McEvoy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:32:00 GMT

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)

Registry: Child's Play?

Cheryl McEvoy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:43:00 GMT

Call me a bandwagoner, but I just started reading Julie and Julia (Quite frankly, I'm just a wannabe foodie who wanted something to breeze through after being semi-forced into reading a 500-page sci-fi book). I was poring through Julie Powell's witticisms...(read more)

ACE 09: Telling Transcription's Tale

Cheryl McEvoy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:23:00 GMT

The story at ACE today is all about...well, THE story. More specifically, how to show the value of narrative text so transcription can stay relevant in the switch to EHRs. But the "story" theme went beyond the record; in fact, it can represent several...(read more)

ACE 09: Take Charge

Cheryl McEvoy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:58:00 GMT

I'm happy to report this morning went off without a hitch, but whoo-whee it's been a whirlwind of a day! After a quick jolt of coffee, attendees filed into the Tennessee Ballroom for the opening keynote speech. Donna Hartley, a former Miss Hawaii turned...(read more)

ACE 09: Expect the Unexpected

Cheryl McEvoy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:59:00 GMT

I usually have good luck when traveling. I've only temporarily lost baggage once (it was sent to another carousel), and my plane's landed ahead of schedule more times than I can count. So when I decided to carry on my bags for the flight to Nashville,...(read more)

MTs: Get Thee to Tennessee!

Cheryl McEvoy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMT

I'm off to Nashville tomorrow for the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity's (AHDI) Annual Convention and Expo (ACE), and I couldn't be more excited to toss off the headphones (those interviews don't transcribe themselves!) for a few days...(read more)

Difficult Personalities: The Ghost Employee

Cheryl McEvoy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:44:00 GMT

It's somewhere, out there, in cyberspace. At least you think it is. It's that e-mail you sent 4 days ago that has yet to yield a response. The co-worker who seemed oh-so-willing to partner with you on a project has suddenly vanished, and you're stuck...(read more)