Archive for February, 2009

A Few of Your Favorite Things

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source As Lisa Algeo, editor of ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals, noted in her editorial in our February issue, we’re beefing up our Web site, and that means you can now find a few of your favorite things online. AHDI Track is now on the Web, and you can track [...]

Patient Consent Gets New Meaning

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source It’s Friday. The weekend is almost here. Friends are coming in from out of town. So of course, I’m gathering all the weird news I can to make for some interesting dinner conversation. And the great debate over patient privacy has turned up two gems: First up, we have [...]

Globalization or Protectionism?

Passage Go to Source I see this week there is some outrage offshore over the new stimulus bill, specifically the part relating to the H-1B visas that have allowed foreign workers to come to the US, illustrated nicely in this article on India Times–and especially in the ensuing comments. Of course, many of these visas [...]

Finishing Up the Semester

Confessions of an HIM Student Go to Source Next Wednesday, we have our finance final and our finance project due and then we are officially done with our classroom curriculum. Cristin and I will also be finishing up our project next week, being that our last presentation is on Tuesday. Every presentation and meeting has [...]

HITECH Alters HIPAA

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source By now, most of us have heard a few of the details in the economic stimulus package signed by the president Feb. 17. You’ll have $13 extra stuffed in your paychecks each week starting April Fool’s Day, and money will go toward green initiatives. Did you know that the [...]

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