Just Associates In The News

December 2009 HealthLeaders Media

Evaluating and Addressing the Need for an Effective EMPI
By Lots Pook and Barb Manor, RHIA
An effective EMPI offers several potential benefits. Learn how and why Exempla Healthcare considered their need for an EMPI solution.

August 2009 HFM Healthcare Financial Management Association

Do You Know Who's In Your EHR?
By Karen Proffitt, RHIA, CHP and Beth Haenke Just, MBA, RHIA
Erroneous patient records can be a serious problem - particularly for Children's hospitals - that can lead to reimbursement and patient safety issues.  Do you have the people, process and technology in place to prevent this problem? 

August 2009 HFM Healthcare Financial Management Association

Duplicate Records Compromise EHR Investment
By Katherine Lusk, MHSM, RHIA
Installing an expensive electronic Health Record system posed some unexpected challenges for Children's Medical Center Dallas.  

July 2009 Journal of AHIMA

Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Management

June 17, 2009 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
The Meaning of Meaningful Use - Part four of a four-part series
Beth Just, AHIMA board member and president / CEO of Just Associates, answers questions about the costs and risks associated with data-integrity problems.

April 8, 2009 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
AHIMA Goes to Washington – Part three of a four-part series
Beth Just, AHIMA board member and president/CEO of Just Associates, answers questions about the group's recent discussions with government leaders.

Spring 2009 The College of Scholastica Times
In The Trenches of Reforming American Healthcare
Beth Haenke Just is at the forefront of American healthcare’s quest for efficiency in electronic records-keeping.

February 2009 Healthcare Informatics
Data Integrity
by Mark Hagland
The quest for meaningful, usable data is accelerating as a P4P surge sweeps healthcare.

February 11, 2009 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
Providing Health Care Safely and Efficiently –Part two of a four-part series
Beth Just, president and CEO of Just Associates, answers questions about the costs and risks associated with data-integrity problems.

January 5, 2009 For The Record
Healthcare 2009: A Scramble for Answers?
By Selena Chavis
Experts spell out the issues that will be on everyone’s agenda for 2009.

December 22, 2008 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
Health Information Data Integrity – Part one of a four-part series
Beth Just, president and CEO of Just Associates, answers questions about electronically linking medical records.

December 22, 2008 For The Record
It’s a Wrap
By Selena Chavis
In this year-end recap, find out what experts including Just Associates’ Vicki Wheatley think were 2008’s biggest stories.

October 2008 Journal of AHIMA
Quality Impact of the Master Patient Index
By Vicki Wheatley, MS, RHIA

August 25, 2008 ADVANCE For Health Information Professionals
Keeping Control -Finding your balance in a hybrid record environment can be tricky
By Lynn Jusinski
ADVANCE interviewed experts in the industry and looked at a few of the challenges that come with implementing and working in a hybrid record environment. Beth Just addresses data integrity challenges while Barbra Demster, immediate past-chair of the Privacy and Security Steering Committee with the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), looks at compliance issues

June 9, 2008 For the Record

Minding the Privacy Store

Barbara Demster, MS, RHIA, CHCQM, a senior consultant with Just Associates, recommends that facilities pay close attention to setting clear security expectations and then training staff in acceptable security behaviors

April 21, 2008 Pod Cast

Challenges and Choices in Building a Virtual Company

Beth Just, CEO of Just Assoc, Inc. interviewed by Terry Morreale, a Senior Engineer at Applied Trust Engineering & Director of the Women in IT Channel

March 24, 2008 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
The Five Biggest Mistakes of EHR Implementation
Five facilities share their disaster stories so others can learn from their mistakes

February 11, 2008 ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals
First in the Nation
The Children's Hospital of Denver Implements the Nations First Fully Integrated Pediatric EHR

February 2008 Journal of AHIMA
Clinical Data Exchange Models
(PDF Document - 168 KB)

January 2008 Journal of AHIMA
An IT Primer for Health Information Exchange
(PDF Document - 1.1 MB)

October 29, 2007 Modern Healthcare
Patient Safety Institute Folds Due to Lack of Funding

October 15, 2007 For The Record
HIM Professionals: RHIO’s Missing Asset

September 2007 Journal of AHIMA
HIM Principles in Health Information Exchange
(PDF Document)

June 25, 2007 For The Record
MPI: The Glue Holding HIE Together

June 2006 Journal of AHIMA
Keep It Clean: Optimizing EHRs Starts with Ensuring Data Quality
(PDF Document - 120 KB)

April 17, 2006 For The Record
Consultants: Putting Your Mess to Rest

January 1, 2006 Healthcare IT News
RHIOs without patient ID is like playing with fire

January 2006 Journal of AHIMA
Surveying the RHIO Landscape
(PDF Document)

December 14, 2005 HC Pro
Straight from the consultants' desks: Tips for entering the business

August 15, 2005 For The Record
Masters of Their Domain by Robbi Hess

Q4, 2003 New Jersey LifeSciTech
Duplicate Records - Be Gone (PDF Document - 120 KB)