Quality Healthcare Through Quality Information
The Washington State Health Information Association (WSHIMA) is the professional organization of specialists in the field of Health Information Management. Read more
WSHIMA 2020 Health Data and Information Conference
(formerly WSHIMA Annual Meeting)
Empowerment Through Change
Journal Of AHIMA
HIM Lessons from the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Outbreak
The Journal of AHIMA first talked to Sally Beahan, MHA, RHIA, senior director of enterprise records and health information at UW Medicine in Seattle, WA, in early March, when Washington state had the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Beahan was joined by colleagues Lenny Sanchez, UW Medicine’s HIPAA/privacy director, and Beth DeLair, UW Medicine’s interim chief compliance officer, for a follow-up interview last week to discuss lessons learned during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak there. Read more here: https://journal.ahima.org/him-lessons-from-the-epicenter-of-the-covid-19-outbreak/.
Access our publication: Management of Health Information in Washington State Federal and State Regulations (Formerly called the WSHIMA Legislative Manual)
This is a completely new, up-to-date look at the changes the legislation of the last several years has complicated how health care providers and health information managers document and manage health information.