Journal of AHIMA - May 2011

Spring Perspectives Examines HIM Hot Topics

;e Spring 2011 issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management examines a wide array of HIM hot topics. ;e features include:

; “A Case Study of User Assessment of a Corrections Electronic Health Record,” which o;ers a positive but cau- p u tionary case study of how users assess components of an EHR in a relatively stable and controlled organizational setting

; “Employing Kirkpatrick’s Evaluation Framework to Determine the E;ectiveness of Health Information Management Courses and Programs,” which presents a model HIM instructors can use to improve the standard course evaluation form

; “Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS): A Data Source for Quality Reporting for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP),” which exam- ines the feasibility of utilizing Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) data to identify and analyze the core children’s healthcare quality measures required by CHIPRA

; “Risk Factors for Bladder Cancer: Challenges of Conduct-
ing a Literature Search Using PubMed,” which examines
the challenges of a PubMed literature search on bladder
cancer
;e spring issue is avail-
able at http://perspectives.
ahima.org.