Join Initiate Systems at the upcoming American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 2009 Convention in Grapevine, TX. This year, Initiate Systems will be participating in two educational sessions and one hot topic session at the conference. Session details are outlined below.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Managing Electronic Information Beyond the Health Record
1:00 PM
Grapevine Ballroom B: 4-6
Sandra L. Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP, Information Services, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM
Michele O'Connor, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, Initiate Systems, Chicago, IL
Health Information Management professionals have embraced the challenge of implementing and managing the electronic health record. This presentation will expand the role of HIM to also include “content management – managing more than electronic health information, including other types of organizational information such as employee records, billing records and business meeting minutes. This presentation will provide HIM professionals with the tools to understand and lead the change toward a content management solution
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hot Topic: The Bronx RHIO Addresses Data Exchange Challenges of Consent, Data Linkage and Data Quality
1:00 PM
Texas Ballroom CD: 1-6
Nance Shatzkin, Shatzkin Systems, Inc.
Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, Initiate Systems
Bronx RHIO, serving the 1.4 million people in the borough of Bronx, is a successful, multi-stakeholder data exchange system established to transform healthcare. As a model HIE, this early-adopter case study includes challenges and lessons learned, with emphasis on consent, data linkage, data quality and other operational and data governance issues.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Implementing Data Governance and Data Stewardship: The Journey Never Ends
4:45 PM
Grapevine Ballroom A: 1-3
Steve Kos, Baylor Healthcare System
Michele O'Connor, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, Initiate Systems
Baylor has long embraced the investment in data quality and the corporate requirement to share data to advance clinical initiatives and innovation. This case study reviews their organizational approach for managing patient and provider data and identifiers, with emphasis on data stewardship, data governance, data quality, and other operational imperatives.