September Webinars

See all available webinars here. View the AHDI Events Calendar to learn about AHDI component events and other industry-related events.

September 17
Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy
Presenter: Mark Friedberg
Time: 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT
CE Credit: 1 PD

September 24
QA for EHR Clinician-Created Healthcare Documentation
Presenters: Sherry Doggett, Leigh Anne Frame, CMT, AHDI-F; Leigh France; Joyce Smith; Stacy Lehto, CHDS
Time: 1 PM PDT/4 PM EDT
CE Credit: 1 MTT

AHDI Participates in The Joint Commission Liaison Network Forum

AHDI CEO Linda G. Brady, CAE, visited The Joint Commission (TJC) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL to participate in the Liaison Network Forum, August 12-14. She had an opportunity to meet separately with Dr. Ronald Wyatt and Dr. Daniel Castillo to discuss quality assurance and patient safety initiatives. Key takeaways included ways in which TJC may be able to help promote the new QA best practices for clinician-created documentation and understanding how AHDI may be able to contribute to surveyor education on standards related to healthcare documentation. Followup is planned for the coming months.

More than 50 healthcare associations were in attendance at the Liaison Network Forum, held August 13-14. The Forum provides the unique opportunity to learn about TJC's work and current strategic priorities, and to engage in dialog with TJC's executive leadership and standards interpretation staff. Furthermore, it raises the visibility of healthcare documentation issues and the roles and value of the workforce among key stakeholders across healthcare.

Over the course of the two days, we gained important insight into how AHDI can contribute to surveyor education by submitting documentation to the surveyor portal; answers to some of our questions submitted to TJC leadership and standards interpretation panels; and how AHDI and other healthcare associations may be able to assist TJC in communication on high reliability in healthcare. The full report is posted on the Lounge. If you have questions, please write to Linda at lbrady@ahdionline.org.

AHDI and AHIMA Release QA Best Practices for Clinician-Created Documentation

In July 2014, AHDI and AHIMA released "Clinician-Created Documentation: Reinstating Quality Assurance Programs to Safeguard Patients and Providers." This document provides a standardized approach to measuring, reporting, and improving documentation for patient safety and documentation accuracy when clinicians are responsible for document creation.

The accompanying Resource Kit provides the tools needed to create and implement a quality assurance program in healthcare organizations. It's a set of explanatory and operational tools that are intended to be adapted by users to their own needs.

Related Webinar: QA for EHR Clinician-Created Healthcare Documentation
September 24, 2014, 1:00 p.m. pacific time (4:00 p.m. eastern time)
Moderator: Sherry Doggett
Panelists: Leigh Anne Frame, CMT, AHDI-F; Leigh France; Joyce Smith; Stacy Lehto, CHDS
CEC: 1 MTT

Join this webinar and learn how your organization can develop and monitor a quality assurance program for clinician-created documentation in the EHR. You will hear first-hand knowledge and experience from an experienced panel of transcription managers who will share their organizations' perspectives on this timely topic. Also learn how to utilize your transcription staff to perform quality assurance reviews. The EHR QA toolkit can be utilized to assist you in your QA endeavors, and you'll hear about this toolkit during the presentation.