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Secretary Leavitt’s visit
to St. Louis on March 13th was very exciting. MHIMA is very busy
working with the team to create the application for the CMS EHR
Demonstration Pilot project for the St. Louis area. At this point we are
gathering data and talking with key stakeholders. I will keep you posted as
the project progresses.
Have you registered for the
annual meeting yet? Marsha Dolan and her team have put together an
outstanding meeting that you will not want to miss. There is something for
everyone and so much more. Register today -
http://www.mohima.org/annualmeeting.html
Have a wonderful week!
Julie Wolter, MA, RHIA
President, MHIMA
Online registration for the 2008 Annual
Meeting is now available.
Click
here to register.
Topics include Legal EHR, POA, Advanced ICD-9-CM Coding,
Auditing and compliance issues facing CPT, Implementation of an EHR for
small to mid-sized hospitals, Updates in government and advocacy
challenge, How to negotiate for off shore transcription, What does your
GPS have to do with your PHR, and MUCH more!
It's not to late to sign up and get the early registration
fee. We have just added another new speaker presenting exciting information
about Health Record Banks and the National Health Information Network. Check
out the agenda and sign up today!
MHIMA will be hosting a Silent Auction at the Annual
Meeting. In the past, we've auctioned some great items including gift
baskets, artwork, photography, electronic devices and quilts. If you
would like to donate an item, please contact Sharon Farley at
sharon.farley@mercy.net. Proceeds go towards the MHIMA scholarship
fund.
 Join
your colleagues for the Long Term Care Spring Meeting co-sponsored by
AHIMA, the Long Term Care Community of Practice, and the Missouri Health
Information Management Association.
The meeting takes place May
1—2 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO. Information
and registration is available at
http://www.mohima.org/LTCmeeting.html.
Presented
by:
Jeanne M. Donnelly, Ph.D., RHIA and K. Jody Smith, Ph.D., RHIA, FAHIMA
Saint Louis University, Department of Health Informatics & Information
Management
Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Annual meeting pre-conference
To register:
http://www.mohima.org/annualmeeting.html
The Health Information Management profession is facing an educator
shortage. Research shows that there are HIM professionals who are
interested in making a career change from practice to academia, but they are
not sure how to go about it. This session will focus on what it means to be
an educator. Topics covered will include the academic environment (public
vs. private, 4-year vs. 2-year); the pros and cons of "academic life"; and
the various roles of a faculty member, including teaching, advising, service
and research. There will be discussion on the steps that a practitioner
might want to consider if they decide to become an educator.
 2008-2009 MHIMA Election
March 28, 2008 - April 11,
2008
We invite you to
participate in the Missouri Health Information
Management Association (MHIMA) Executive Board election!
Only
active voting members of MHIMA are eligible to vote in this
election. You are eligible to vote if you
have paid your AHIMA dues and have "Voting Member"
listing on your AHIMA membership card.
The election will
run from
8:00 am March 28-April 11, 2008 at 11:59 pm.
You will vote for:
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President-Elect (1)
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Director (2)
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Delegate (2)
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Nominating Committee (4)
Vote Today!
 Attention
MHIMA Membership:
According to MHIMA Bylaws any proposed changes must be
provided to the
Membership 30 days prior to the MHIMA Annual Meeting. The MHIMA
Annual Meeting will be May 1-2, 2008. The MHIMA Business meeting will
be held on May 1, 2008.
Please review the
Proposed Bylaw Amendment and please refer
any questions or comments to:
Clark Chaffin, RHIA, CCS
Past President
past-president@mohima.org
Thank you and look forward to your comments.
A new issue brief from the California HealthCare Foundation
explores federal and state laws governing health information privacy as they
relate to mental health and substance abuse treatment. “A Delicate Balance:
Behavioral Health, Patient Privacy, and the Need to Know” presents three
scenarios illustrating some of the challenges in finding the right balance
between privacy and disclosure. To help reconcile the competing interests
involved, the authors recommend that healthcare providers give mental health
and substance abuse patients the technological tools to grant disclosure.
They also propose that providers ensure that such patients are truly
informed about the potential implications of not permitting their personal
information to be released to other health professionals. To read more, go
to
http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/
ADelicateBalanceBehavioralHealthAndPrivacyIB.pdf.
A new study from the Deloitte Center for
Health Solutions finds that better coordination of in-home medical treatment
and technological advances can dramatically improve care and drastically
reduce cost. “Connected Care: Technology-enabled Care at Home” promotes
self-care and an electronically connected patient-physician relationship as
the foundation of a new model of healthcare, one designed to put more
emphasis on prevention and the seamless coordination of medical treatment,
rather than reacting to preventable chronic illness and the subsequent
expense. Effectively applying in-home technologies via the connected care
model would lead to increased medication adherence, a reduction in avoidable
post-acute complications, and an improvement in self-care management of
chronic conditions. The eventual net result, the study projects, could be an
annual savings of 20 percent or more, a potential $400 billion savings to
the US healthcare system.
To read more of the study, go to
http://public.deloitte.com/media/0285/us_chs_ConnectedCare_0308.pdf.
 Do you know someone in HIM who is deserving of recognition
at the national level? If so, help Missouri be represented
nationally by nominating an MHIMA member for one of the 2008
AHIMA Triumph Awards.
Triumph Award winners are individuals who demonstrate their
dedication to the HIM community through their excellent work and service.
These individuals are right here among us – we can identify them if we just
take a few minutes to look around.
Nomination guidelines for a specific award can be found in
this link:
http://www.ahima.org/fore/professional/awards.asp.
To make the process easier, MHIMA has assembled a project
team to coordinate the nominations. Nominations should be submitted to
the MHIMA project team by May 15, 2008 for submission to AHIMA by the June
2, 2008 deadline.
Learn
more.
If you are making a gift in honor of a
friend or colleague in HIM, a mentor, a co-worker, or a classmate, don't
forget to request your FORE Shooting Star pin when you make a gift. The gold
lapel pin is for you to present to your honoree in recognition of all they
contribute to the HIM profession. Each Shooting Star pin is $25 and can be
mailed directly to you to present to your honoree or (at your request) FORE
can mail it to the individual on your behalf.
Click here for more information.
What: 2009 Annual Meeting
When: April 29, 30 and May 1, 2009
Where:
Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake of the Ozarks,
MO
The Lodge of Four Seasons is located on Lake of the
Ozarks in Lake Ozark, Missouri, 2 ½ hours from both St. Louis and Kansas
City, and 90 minutes from Springfield. The Lodge offers exceptional Lake
views, a 54 hole championship golf course, and a full-service spa. It is
also home to the lake's largest marina featuring pontoon boats, wave
runners, parasailing, fishing, tubing and much more.
Hope to see you there!
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