(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA 2012 by Sandra Kersten, MPH, RHIA, who is AHIMA director of HIM Solutions.) Aneesh Chopra, the former first American federal chief technology officer of the U.S., described President Obama's overall vision for innovation, or ''how will this country get its mojo back?'' within the context of ...

(This guest blog was written from AHIMA 2012 by Sandra Kersten, MPH, RHIA, who is AHIMA director of HIM solutions.) Three presentations on release of information (ROI) issues were a focus of Wednesday's educational track at AHIMA's 84th annual Convention and Exhibit in Chicago.Past AHIMA President Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, SSGB, shared her ...

  (Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA 2012 by Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, who is AHIMA director of HIM solutions.) The goal of Meaningful Use Stage 2 is improved data reuse through standardized, structured, and interoperable exchange of discrete and timely patient information designed to improve the ...

(Editor’s Note: This guest blog was written by Jill Hoffman, managing editor of Executive Insight .)   Today marks the start of the seventh annual National Health IT Week (Sept. 10-14). The collaborative forum involving public and private healthcare constituents will work in partnership to educate industry and policy stakeholders ...

For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation. So what's the problem? According to the 23rd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, released on Tuesday, one-quarter of respondents said adequate staffing resources within their ...

The rate of electronic health record adoption among priority primary care providers is rising rapidly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey, according to directors of the regional extension centers in those states. The directors presented an update to attendees of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Information Management System Society's ...

The Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will host a free day-long public Roundtable on ''Personal Health Records - Understanding the Evolving Landscape'' on Dec. 3. The Roundtable is designed to inform ONC's Congressionally mandated report on privacy and security requirements for non-Covered Entities ...

I just got back from vacation. Not to some luxurious lodge or all-inclusive resort, no. I bussed, boated and biked around southern Nicaragua. My college roommate is in the Peace Corp. there, so another college roommate and I thought a few days off would be well-spent exploring our friend's locale. My Peace Corp. friend isn't much of a planner, ...

I've been thinking about personal health records (PHRs) lately (probably because of my article on PHRs going live tomorrow), and it somehow brings me to ''Rent.'' I got on a big Broadway musical kick in junior high, and ''Rent'' started it all. I saw the show twice, listened to the soundtrack and even watched the movie, which--big surprise ...

No matter your stance on war, it's only right to honor and thank veterans who put their lives on the line for our country. Military personnel witness firsthand what most of us find too hard to watch through a camera lens, and it's bound to have an impact. The least we could do, then, is offer quality health care upon their return. The Department ...