The benefits of outsourcing release of information (ROI)—eg, reduced costs, fewer phone calls, a reduction in risk and liabilities, tracking software, and improved patient satisfaction—are well known. These benefits are a major selling point for ROI vendors, yet it often is portrayed as a...
The HIPAA Privacy Rule was enacted to both safeguard patients’ protected health information (PHI) from improper use and disclosure and establish the patient right to access that information so that they can be fully engaged in their care and are empowered to make informed health care decisions....
Staying on top of today’s complex and ever-changing regulatory, privacy and technology issues required for successful Protected Health Information (PHI) disclosure management can be a daunting task for hospitals and health systems. That said, there are several trends and emerging market...
Hospitals and health systems are facing a set of formidable challenges in managing release-of-information (ROI) – from keeping up with the skyrocketing volumes of record requests from payers, attorneys and auditors – to complying with complex, increasing and ever-changing federal and state...
With health care organizations becoming more electronic, AHIOS has revamped its concept of the ideal ROI process by adding 13 steps to the recommended formula. Recently, the Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS) released the latest version of its “The Release of...
Hospitals and health system executives are facing unprecedented challenges in their PHI disclosuremanagement initiatives including:• managing skyrocketing volumes of record requests from payers, attorneys and auditors• complying with complex and ever-changing federal and state regulations•...
AHIOS is featured in For the Record, April 2015 edition. To read the full article, visit here.
A wide range of rates often leaves hospitals, government, and patients at odds over what’s a fair price for fulfilling medical record requests. Last year, Gloria Aslanidis asked Medical University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, for a copy of her father’s medical record. The...
When it comes to release-of-information issues, indications point to this being an eventful year for HIM professionals. Under ARRA and the HITECH Act, significant agents of change are transforming the traditional release-of-information (ROI) function into a far more complex process. Healthcare...
Unless properly managed, the transition to an EHR can create havoc on the release-of-information process. Pain is a natural part of the transition from paper to electronic. For the clinical side of the house, it typically lessens as familiarity with the new EHR system increases. For those...