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First in the Nation
It was a tall order. Back in the fall of 2002, The Children's Hospital (TCH) of Denver put pen to paper and inked a plan to have a fully integrated EHR. Achieving that goal would be no small feat-TCH has a main campus, 12 children's care centers in Colorado and more than 400 outreach centers that span three states, and all would communicate seamlessly come 2007. (Cover photo by Tia Brayman; ADVANCE thanks The Children's Hospital-Denver)Featured Articles
10 Tips for MS-DRGs
Do your physicians understand the importance of their own clinical documentation? To get physicians to improve their clinical documentation practices, you need a new, fresh approach. The 10 tips included in this article and in Part II of this series, scheduled for April, provide valuable, practice steps every HIM department can take to inform, educate and ultimately partner with physicians in the new era of MS-DRGs. Sneaking a Peek
Employees with access to medical records may be tempted to sneak a peek at their own records. Most of the time, employees look at their own records not knowing that they could be violating a policy that's in place at their facility. Sometimes they know it's against the rules, but the record is right there, ready to be accessed at a few taps of the keyboard. What does your policy say about employees accessing their own protected health information (PHI)? Columns
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Don't miss the Feb. 25 issue. We'll be featuring the following articles Speech Recognition: This article will take a look at how speech recognition technology and the switch from MT to editor can help ergonomic issues that MTs have faced.
Career Opportunities for Registrars: Cancer registrars work in a variety of different settings, not only behind a computer.
Compliance Issues: We discuss the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) compliance
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