AHIMA's HI Pitch Podcast features insightful perspectives from experienced leaders in health information.
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Featured Episodes
Advocacy Summit Preview
Lauren Riplinger, vice president of policy and government affairs at AHIMA, and Susan Clark, AHIMA’s chair of the advocacy and policy council, discuss this year’s virtual Advocacy Summit, where AHIMA members will advocate directly to lawmakers for federal legislative issues important to patients and the health information profession.
APRIL 12TH, 2021 | E66
Using HI to Create a Robust Patient Centered Ecosystem
Elise Sweeney Anthony, executive director of policy at ONC, speaks to the intention behind and impact of information blocking regulations.
APRIL 8TH, 2021 | E65
Managing Third Party Access Requests Under the Information Blocking Rules
On this episode of HI Pitch, Gerry Blass, president and CEO at ComplyAssistant, and Helen Oscislawski, attorney at Oscislawski LLC, discuss the different types of third-party requests for access to eHI under the information blocking rules—and how to respond to them.
APRIL 5TH, 2021 | E64
Information Blocking: The Future of Healthcare in America
Seth Katz, vice president of HIM and Revenue Cycle at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, talks to HI Pitch about how information blocking will succeed where previous programs have come up short, in addition to the implications of patients controlling their own data. He also discusses how health systems can better manage risks in an information blocking environment, as well the future of healthcare as a whole.
MARCH 29TH, 2021 | E63
Managing the Security Vulnerabilities with the Information Blocking Rules
Scott Galbari, chief technology officer at Lyniate, talks to HI Pitch about how actors should navigate the potential security risks and vulnerabilities that can accompany complying with the information blocking rules. He also shares some advice for actors looking to partner with a vendor to improve compliance.
MARCH 22ND, 2021 | E62
How Information Blocking Will be a Catalyst for Next Generation HIEs
Laurie Peters, RHIA, CCS, CHPS, the HIE client director at Orion Health, sits down with HI Pitch to discuss the myriad ways that the upcoming information blocking rules will help improve data exchange in health information exchanges (HIEs) and health information networks.
MARCH 15TH, 2021 | E61
Information Blocking: One Hospital's Road to Compliance
Roberta Baranda, the director of HIM for Valley Children’s Healthcare, joins the podcast to discuss her organization’s efforts to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act’s information blocking provisions.
MARCH 8TH, 2021 | E60
Making Sense of the Preventing Harm Exception
As part of our series about the Information Blocking Final Rule, Helen Oscislawski, Esq., joins HI Pitch host Mary Butler to discuss the finer points of the rule’s “preventing harm” exception, particularly when it applies to the release of labs and diagnostic test results.
MARCH 1ST, 2021 | E59
Getting to Know the Information Blocking Exceptions
Gerry Blass, president and CEO of Comply Assistant, and attorney Helen Oscislawski, talk to Mary Butler about the challenges their clients have faced as they prepare to comply with the Information Blocking Final Rule. They discuss the eight information blocking exceptions and how those apply to numerous use cases.
FEBRUARY 22ND, 2021 | E58
Mark Dietz Leadership Series
Diann Smith, past-chair of the AHIMA Foundation Board, and Anisa Tootla, executive director of the AHIMA Foundation, tell leaders about what to expect from this exciting new series and the donation that made it possible.
FEBRUARY 15TH, 2021 | E56
AHIMA's SDOH Policy Statement
Lauren Riplinger, AHIMA's vice president of advocacy, public policy, and government affairs, recently sat down with three members of the workgroup that developed AHIMA's new policy statement on social determinants of health (SDOH).
FEBRUARY 8TH, 2021 | E55
AHIMA’s Information Blocking Awareness Campaign
As HIM departments and health IT stakeholders race toward the first information blocking compliance deadlines in April, AHIMA’s content teams have been hard at work developing resources and tools to help. In this episode, Journal of AHIMA Editor Matt Schlossberg previews these resources.
JANUARY 25TH, 2021 | E53
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