(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA's Health Information Integrity Summit by Sandra Kersten, MPH, RHIA, AHIMA director of HIM Solutions.) The American Health Information Management Association's Health Information Integrity Summit: The Quest for Safe, Usable, Quality Data in EHRs opened Thursday in Chicago with great insights ...

(Editor's note: This blog was written by Francie Dalton, the founder and president of Dalton Alliances Inc., a full-line business consultancy in Columbia, MD, specializing in the behavioral, management and communication sciences.) Once you've affirmed the need for a new leadership position, the next challenge is to implement as flawlessly as ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Scott Warner, a laboratory manager from Maine.) I don't think I'm overly sensitive to rudeness. It is a part of life. There are always jerks who gleefully cut you off in traffic, butt in line, glare when you smile, and who are short, discourteous or vulgar. Thankfully, they are rare. But rude e-mails ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), a laboratory manager in northern Maine.) When a new manager is hired, grumbling ensues. ''Now we have to break in another one!'' Your new boss is worried about motivating you and your coworkers, but the opposite is also true. How do you get a stranger to do things your way? ...

 (Editor's note: This question was originally posted on our forum. We've asked an HIM expert in the field to respond.) I am a Health Information Management major and I am in my sophomore year. I do hold an Associates Degree in Medical Information Management; I have been able to find employment in physician offices and at my current job. I am ...

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 to file for bankruptcy in the near future. He's training to be a coder and already has a lead at ...

Let me preface this by saying, April Fool's! Yeah, it ruins the fun, but it also saves me the guilt if someone were to actually use the tips below. If you're looking for serious advice, check out ''HITECH's Highway to Hell'' for cautionary words about electronic health record implementation. But before you do, read on for some foolhardy ...

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 is lined with overflowing shelves; post-scanning, it's a cavernous space with a ...

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 all the walking to and from the various meetings and sessions. This place is huge! After a ...