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HIM/CHA Advisory Group





HIM/CHA Advisory Group

CO-CHAIRS:

Next HIM/CHA Advisory Group Meeting
 

Date:  Friday, February 17, 2012
(The meeting originally scheduled for Friday, January 20th will not be held, and has been postponed to the February date.)
Time:  2:30-4:00 p.m.
Location:  Colorado Hospital Association
7335 East Orchard Road
Greenwood Village CO 80111


Sue Malone, MA, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
smalone@alum.vassar.edu
719-598-4310

Linda Schwab Messmer, RHIT, CCS
lschwabmessmer@thehaugengroup
303-918-8805

MISSION STATEMENT
 
The purposes of the HIM/CHA Advisory Group are to
  • Study and understand the CHA database, including evaluating data outcomes and understanding who are the users of the data;
  • Improve data quality in the CHA database by sharing information and promoting consistency and accuracy in coding and data submission across the state;
  • Provide a setting for continuing person-to-person networking among HIM professionals, CHA personnel and related interested parties to build effective ongoing working relationships; and
  • Assist with the transition to ICD-10 by sharing expertise and opinions on how to transition the CHA database using the new code sets effective in 2013.
 
Meetings are normally held every other month on the third Friday of the month from 2:30 to 4:00 at the Colorado Hospital Association.
 
 
CODER REFERENCE SHEETS:

Patient Discharge Status Reference Sheet - 2011 Update
Discharge Disposition Codes Reference Aug2011 Update Addendum Custody
Point of Origin Reference Sheet - 2011 Update
Point Of Origin Reference Sheet 2011-2012 Addendum Newborns

MEETING SUMMARIES:
 
January 21, 2011
March 18, 2011
May 20, 2011
June 17, 2011 (special extra meeting)
July 15, 2011
September 16, 2011  
November 18, 2011

DOCUMENTS:

"The New CHA Database as of 1/1/10: Changes in Records Collection Plus Significance of Fields 50 and 51," by Sue Malone, co-chair HIM/CHA Advisory Group, January 2011 meeting, as corrected at the March 2011 meeting.
 
"Using the Hospital Discharge Data for Injury Prevention," by Holly Hedegaard, MD, MSPH, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, May 2011 meeting.

"Where Does the Discharge Data Go?"; by Bob Finn, Director of Information Services, Colorado Hospital Association, June 2011 meeting.

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