By Barbara Carr, RHIA The 21st Century Cures Act’s goal of increasing information sharing and enabling patients to have their healthcare data delivered conveniently to their computers, cell phones, and mobile applications has increased privacy and security worries for...
By Barbara Carr, RHIA On March 16, 2022 Verisma hosted a webinar on Information Sharing and the 21st Century Cures Act presented by Elisabeth Myers, MBA, Deputy Director, Office of Policy, HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). The ONC oversees regulations...
By Barbara Carr, RHIA On our January 26th Webinar we learned what disclosure management trends would be forefront for the upcoming year. Verisma’s Director of Compliance and Privacy, Debbie Lobb and Verisma’s SVP of Operations, Julia Applegate, shared first-hand...
By Barbara Carr, RHIA Hospitals are facing a severe labor shortage of both skilled and unskilled workers. COVID stress and burnout, on top of retirement of the baby boomers, as well as the new vaccine mandates have all contributed to the shortage of labor. American...
By Barbara Carr, RHIA As leaders in HIM, we understand that attorney requests for medical records are more complicated and require additional scrutiny and time than the average request for medical records. There are usually many calls back and forth regarding the...
By Barbara Carr, RHIA AHIMA21 was unlike any I can remember in recent years. Of course, my first AHIMA Convention was 40 years ago. AHIMA’s focus today is nothing like it was back then. Back then there were dictation systems with tapes and discs, transcription was...