The digitization of health records coupled with the increasing capability of Natural Language Processing has made autonomous coding possible. The main benefit...
HIM Professionals
As we kicked off 2019, I reached out to a number of people I know in the HIM industry to get their predictions on what HIM professionals should watch for in...
This week on the Journal of AHIMA blog, Elena Miller, Director of Coding Audit and Education at a healthcare system, posted this really fascinating question:...
The following is a guest blog post by Beth Friedman, BSHA, RHIT. Last month’s HIM Scene predicted important HIM insights would be gained at the 90th AHIMA...
This weekend is the start of the AHIMA Annual Convention happening in Miami, Florida. For those not familiar with the AHIMA organization, it brings together...
A new study has concluded that patient portal use has shot up over the past few years, with a substantial majority of patients reporting that they use provider...
The following is a guest blog post by Sarah Humbert, RHIA, ICD-10 AHIMA Certified Trainer, Coding and Compliance Manager, KIWI-TEK. If you’d like to...
If you’d like to receive future HIM posts in your inbox, you can subscribe to future HIM Scene posts here. I thought it might be interesting to check out...
Next week I’m heading to Baltimore to attend the AHIMA Annual Convention. It’s a great event that brings together most of the HIM (Health...
Most acute care hospitals have implemented a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program to drive appropriate reimbursement and clarification of...
