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OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS PROFESSIONALS
VOL. 34 NO. 1 WINTER 2022
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THE
X-FACTOR
Learn how HIM
departments are
adapting to nonbinary
birth certificates.
Do Your CDI Metrics
Need a Tune-Up?
Cancer Data Collection
Looks to Modernize
Third-Party Apps Come
With Security Concerns
The resources you need to succeed
in your healthcare compliance role
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Contents VOLUME 34 • NUMBER 1
EXECUTIVE Chief Executive Officer Mara E. Honicke
ROI Report By Diane Donohue, RN, MHA, CCDS
block it altogether. There is also the risk of se
THE X-FACTOR Learn how HIM departments are adapti
In th
that impacts our algorithms. Each EMR has its own
have as many detailed individual data elements as
The good news is that there may be multifaceted s
MODERNIZING THE AGGREGATION, USABILITY OF CANCER
about cancer patients, but for differ- ent purpos
fields would be completed automatically by the im
Hit a CDI ROADBLOCK? Maybe your success metrics n
Determining whether your documentation is running
should decrease over time while the rate of claim
naturally going to retract to a more normalized p
Health Care’s Digital Health Balancing Act Expert
W hen it c
Get Acquainted With a No-Cost Cyber Threat Protec
• Be proactive. For example, an organization dedi
HIPAA Challenges By Denis O’Shea
between their personal device and a shared family
Evolving Education By Dorothy O’Hagan
many of the skills a health informaticist has are
Coding Corner By Catherine Proctor
A Systematic Approach While most organizations co
Health IT Happenings By Mike Taylor
The idea that someone whose main job is to delive
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