Professional Documents
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February 1, 2019
1. The Grace Award is an award that is presented by AHIMA for the innovative use of
2012- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic- electronic portal for outside
Palm vein scanning to identify patients to reduce identity theft and fraud,
improve statistics in patient falls, pressure ulcers and reduce hospital stays.
Hospital acquired pressure ulcers were reduced from 6% to less than 2%.
2014- Children’s Medical Center of Dallas- integrating HIM expertise with across
the organization to improve patient care and population health and, lower costs.
record, HIM as an approver for forms in the EHR, standards for disclosure
committee
2016- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center- using data collection to
2018- Yale New Haven Health- extensive efforts in coding and clinical
3. The university of Wisconsin Hospital and clinics created an electronic portal for outside
providers to submit information HIM professionals process the information and can be
viewed in 2 hours. Palm vein scanning to identify patients to reduce identity theft and
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