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Hands-on help
Practical Advice
The Hands-On Help column is written by Leslie Fox, MA, RHIA, chief executive officer of Care Communications Inc. and Patty Thierry Sheridan, MBA, RHIA, president of Care Communications Inc., Chicago. The column addresses the practical day-to-day issues of change facing HIM directors. It deals with change related to both the challenges of managing the complex working relationships, as well as the challenges of keeping current with the rapidly developing health care technology. They invite readers to send their thoughts and opinions to lfox@care-communications.com or ptsheridan@care-communications.com
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Hands-On Help
2008
Physicians, Coders Working Together: May 5, 2008
Are You Ready for ECRM?
HIPAA Security Enforcement Heating Up
Automating the Coding Process
PHRs Are Gaining Momentum

2007
Tackling Medical Identity Theft
The Impact of HIPAA on Research
Ready or Not, RACs Are Coming!
Leading the Way to the Future State of HIM
Public Reporting: Are You Ready?
EHR Adoption: What's Happening? Part 3
EHR Adoption: What's Happening? Part 2
EHR Adoption: What's Happening? Part 1
The Legal Health Record Challenge
The Legal Health Record Challenge, Part 1
Evidence-based Practice Research, Part 3
Evidence-based Practice Research, Part 2
Evidence-based Practice Research

2006
The Decade of HIM Part II
Millions of People Are Coming To the Party: The Decade of HIM
Career Building: Are You in the Right Place?
Clinical Documentation Improvement: Quality Information Through Quality Data
The Challenge and the Promise of Personal Health Records: The Consumer's View
People Skills: The Art of Relationships In Organizations Leads to Success
Personal Health Records: What's New?
The Work Force Crisis: The Dilemma of Transforming the HIM Profession
Standards Harmonization: Music to Our Ears
The Dawning of a New Era for HIM, Part 2
The Dawning of a New Era for HIM
EMR or EHR: Is There Really a Difference?
EHR Goals Accomplished in 2005: Part 2

2005
EHR Goals Accomplished in 2005
AHIMA Paved the Way, Now It's Our Turn
Process Improvement: Tools and Methodologies for the 21st Century
Health Systems Analyst: A Blend Of Clinical and Technical Expertise
The Future State of HIM: A Bold New Vision
From the Trenches: EHR Strategies and the Role of Health Information Management
Managing the EHR: New Job Descriptions for HIM Professionals
The Role of an HIM Professional in An Information Systems Department
EHR Creates New Careers for HIM Professionals
Strategies for Creating Urgency for EHR Funding and Implementation
EHR Transitions Don't Require A Big Bang to Be Successful
Data Quality and the Medical Record Committee in the Electronic World
HIM Professionals Discuss Goals for 2005

2004
Transforming Health Record Management: A Strategic Role for HIM Professionals
EHR Tales from the Trenches
Personal Health Records: The New Frontier
Electronic Health Records Momentum And the Role of Document Imaging
Consumer Health Information Advocate: New Role for HIM Professionals
It's All About Leadership
Exciting News! Anxious Times! And HIM Leaders Are Needed!
Speech Recognition Technology: An e-HIM Clinical Documentation Process
Project Managers Must Be Good Leaders
When HIM Has 'A Seat at the EHR Table'
EHR Preparation: Building Your MPI Game Plan
Change Management: Top EHR Concern

2003
The Personal Health Record: A Critical Component of the EHR
EHR Reaches Its 'Tipping Point'
Does the Vision of Your EHR Steering Committee Square with the IOM's?
Creating a Unified Vision of the EHR
Multiple Visions Undermine Success of EHRs
The Changing Coding Landscape
The Missing Module in the Electronic Health Record: HIM Workflow, Part II
The Missing Module in the Electronic Health Record: HIM Workflow
Down to the Wire: On the Brink of HIPAA
Moving Incrementally Toward E-HIM
E-HIM: The End-User Perspective
E-HIM: It's Crunch Time on the Front Line

2002
Designing a Remote Coding Program: Seven Steps to Success, Part III
Designing a Remote Coding Program: Seven Steps to Success, Part II
Designing a Remote Coding Program: Seven Steps to Success, Part I
The Remote Coding Project Manager's Role
E-HIM: A New Vision of HIM Practice
Changing Paradigms Challenge Our Thinking
Coming Soon: Going Wireless in Health Care
Remote Coding Policy: Getting Started
Imaging, Clinical Systems and Work Flow: All Roads Lead to the CPR
CPR and the Role of the HIM Professional
IT Priorities Impact HIM Practices
Project Managers Must Be Good Leaders