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 I hope you are enjoying this warmer then usual autumn. The trees are
giving quite a show for us this year even though we were short on rain this
summer.
Watch this newsletter and
the MOHIMA website for a new project. We are looking for assistance from
our seasoned HIM professionals to give guidance and wisdom to our future HIM
professionals. Also, look for some changes to the website over these next
few months. We are busy making updates that will make it easier for you to
navigate.
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy
time with your family and friends.
Julie Wolter, MA, RHIA
President, MHIMA
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Winter Team Talks, Washington DC - April 7th
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Hill Day - Washington DC - April 8th
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MHIMA Annual Meeting - April 30 - May 2, 2008
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Long Term Care (LTC) 2008 Spring Meeting - May 1-2, 2008
Recently, the Certification Commission for
Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced that six electronic
health record (EHR) products designed for use in acute care hospitals
applied for and achieved CCHIT certified status after undergoing inspections
that demonstrated their compliance with all of CCHIT's published criteria.
In addition to meeting underlying criteria such as security, the certified
products were examined for clinician order entry and medication
administration capabilities, including related clinical decision support.
CCHIT focused certification testing on these areas first because they have
the lowest rate of adoption in hospitals but have been shown to offer the
highest value for improvement of care.
The four hospital EHR products that are fully CCHIT
certified are:
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Computer Programs and Systems' CPSI System, 15
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Eclipsys' Sunrise Acute Care, 4.5 SP4
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Epic Systems' EpicCare Inpatient, Spring 2007
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Healthcare Management Systems, 7.0
Two additional products are pre-market,
conditionally CCHIT certified. Pre-market, conditionally certified EHRs are
new products that are fully certified once their operational use in a
hospital site has been verified. They are Prognosis Health Information
Systems' ChartAccess 1.0 and Siemens Medical Solutions' Soarian Clinicals
2.0C5 with Siemens Pharmacy and Medication Administration Check 24.0.
 A
recent paper from the Commonwealth Fund examines what it takes to achieve
rapid and widespread implementation of patient-centered care, both in
inpatient and ambulatory healthcare settings. “Patient-Centered Care: What
Does It Take?” finds that though the concept of patient-centered care has
gained in prominence, the “nation's health care system falls short of
achieving it. Data from national and international studies indicate that
patients often rate hospitals and medical care providers highly, but report
significant problems in gaining access to critical information,
understanding treatment options, getting explanations regarding medications,
and receiving responsive, compassionate service from their caregivers.” The
report identifies six core elements to achieving patient-centered care:
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Education and shared knowledge
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Involvement of family and friends
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Collaboration and team management
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Sensitivity to nonmedical and spiritual dimensions of
care
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Respect for patient needs and preferences
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Free flow and accessibility of information.
It also identified seven key factors that contribute to
patient-centered care at the organizational level, including leadership, a
strategic vision clearly and constantly communicated, quality of the built
environment, and supportive technology.
Read more of the paper's findings.
AHIMA's Education Strategy Committee has
released a white paper, “Vision 2016: Blueprint for Quality Education in
Health Information Management,” which explores the state of HIM education
today, outlines the benefits, opportunities, and challenges, and suggests
how three key priorities might be achieved by 2016. Previous versions of
this report have been posted to some Communities of Practice; the final
version has been edited for readability and includes an appendix of comments
from educators who reviewed an earlier draft during the 2007 Assembly on
Education Summer Symposium.
The three key priorities of the blueprint are:
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Transformation of health information management to a
graduate-level profession by 2016
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Realign the health information management associate
degree with work force needs by 2016
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Prepare an effective, qualified pool of health
information management faculty by 2016
The resolution to begin research into the
potential models as to how education will have to change to meet the market
demand in 2016 was passed by the House of Delegates in Philadelphia last
week. MHIMA has formed a task force that will keep current with this topic
and offer the AHIMA Board suggestions and recommendations as this process
proceeds. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Julie
Wolter at
president@mhima.org.
To read the report,
click here.
 A
new prescription pill minder will go on sale next year that will store,
organize and dispense up to 10 different drugs, keeping track of complex
dosing schedules and linking patients to the Internet and their doctor's
offices, in an effort to help them remember to take their medications. The
Electronic Medication Management System, called EMMA for short, addresses a
medical "non-adherence" problem that can lead to worsening illnesses and
preventable deaths. Source.
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.
Maggie Gambill, RHIA was selected to receive
the Shooting STAR award for October by the MHIMA Board. Congratulations
Maggie!
Click here for more information.
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