New Books
How to Evaluate Electronic Health
Record (EHR) Systems
This book offers
tools to help you select, manage, and
mitigate EHR systems in physician
practice, hospital,
and ancillary settings. It provides
guidance on selecting the best system and mitigating limited systems. A companion CD-ROM
includes audit tools and forms, evaluation forms, and score sheets in an editable format.
For those who have not purchased
an EHR system, this book will help you:
x Identify and manage EHR system
selection criteria
x Evaluate tools that can be custom-
ized and edited
x Anticipate project scope and proj-
ect management
x Analyze potential systems for
strengths and weaknesses
gram that teaches you to be proficient
in the ICD-10-CM/PCS coding system
and train others on the system.
The training program consists of a
self-paced online course followed by
a two-day in-person training program
during which participants are guided
through coding exercises. Upon completion of both the online course and
the in-person workshop, participants
can take a self-assessment to earn an
AHIMA Trainer Certificate.
Visit www.ahima.org/icd10/academy.
aspx for more information.
Save the Date for 2012 AHIMA Meetings
x ICD- 10 Summit, April 16–17, Balti-
more, MD
x Computer-Assisted Coding Sum-
mit, April 18, Baltimore, MD
x Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Health IT Summit, June 18–19, Bal-
timore, MD
x Assembly on Education Sympo-
sium/Faculty Development Insti-
tute, July 21–25, Orlando, FL
x AHIMA’s 84th Convention and Ex-
hibit, September 29–October 4,
Chicago, IL
Data Structures and ICD-10-CM/PCS
December 12, 12–3 p.m. CT, virtual meeting
Data analysts: do you want to avoid
failures in operational and financial
forecasting opportunities? This meeting will provide information about ICD-
10-CM/PCS data structure and concepts and will offer discussion of the
tasks and challenges associated with
legacy data management to facilitate
compliance in 2013.
Attendees earn 3 AHIMA CEUs. Registration fees are per attendee. Visit www.
ahima.org/events for more information.
For more information, visit www.ahima.org/events.
For those who have purchased an
EHR system, this book will help you:
x Recognize system functions that
require mitigation
x Evaluate your system against cur-
rent industry standards
x Identify and correct significant
functional gaps
Upcoming Audio Seminar
Quality Measures for Meaningful Use and
Value-Based Purchasing, December 1
In today’s healthcare industry, meaningful use and value-based purchasing are supported by healthcare quality measures. Attendees of this audio
seminar will be able to facilitate organizational preparedness for the impact
these criteria have on processes and
future reimbursement. It will explore
Meaningful Use Reader Resources
This book will help you reduce risk,
increase compliance, and effectively
manage resources.
For more information or to order, visit
www.ahimastore.org.
Upcoming Meetings
AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM/PCS
Just two years remain until the deadline
for the ICD- 10 transition. If you haven’t
already been trained in this new coding
system, now is the time.
AHIMA offers multiple dates and locations for this dynamic training pro-
AHIMA continues to closely follow meaningful use developments and pro-
vide input and recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that help
advance the definition of meaningful use in the context of HIM best practices
and standards. Members looking for more information on the meaningful use
program should consult the following resources:
x AHIMA’s ARRA white paper series, http://journal.ahima.org/category/
arra-white-papers
x NIST’s “Workflow and Electronic Health Records in Small Medical Prac-
tices” study, www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=903654
x Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ EHR incentive program
(meaningful use) Web site, www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms
x Office of the National Coordinator’s meaningful use Web site, http://heal-
thit.hhs.gov
x National Quality Forum Web site, www.qualityforum.org
For more information on these and other resources, visit www.ahima.org/
advocacy/ arrameaningfuluse.aspx.
