Question

1. For each of the following organizations, describe how they relate to or contribute to better managing information in healthcare
   1. Dept of HHS and its medical informatics related sub-departments
   2. American College of Surgeons (ACS)
   3. American Medical Association (AMA)
   4. Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO)
   5. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and HIMSS
   6. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
   7. ONCHIT
   8. Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs (CAAHEP)
   1. NLM
   10. Health information exchanges (HIE)

Answer 1

HHS

• Provide social service programs To person with no income, disabilities and senior citizens.civil rights and healthcare privacy programs, disaster preparedness programs, and health related research.
• Healthcare rights are defined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which protect patient's privacy in regards to medical information,
• protects workers health insurance when unemployed, and sets guidelines surrounding some health insurance.
• It supports A broad array of health related research
• provide population with health information include disease prevention, wellness, health insurance information, as well as links to healthcare providers and facilities, meaningful health related materials

ACS

• administer myriad continuing medical education offerings, reflecting technology advancements and distance-learning options
• offer surgeons and surgical residents opportunities to learn new procedures and emerging technology
• provide surgeons with opportunities to record and obtain information they need for American surgical specialty board Maintenance of Certification requirements,
• improve the quality of surgical care through the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, National Cancer Data Base, National Trauma Data Bank, and Trauma Quality Improvement Program.
• monitors and analyzes socioeconomic, legislative, and regulatory issues affecting the practice of surgery
• serves as a liaison between the ACS and Congress and federal agencies, as well as the offices of other surgical and medical associations regarding health policy matters of importance to surgeons and surgical patients.

AMA

• maintains the AMA Code of Medical Ethics that is the guide to ethical practice of medicine
• provides approximately $1,000,000 annually in tuition assistance to financially needy students.

JCAHO

• expands patient safety goals on a yearly basis, and posts them on its web site for all interested persons to review making the information and process transparent to all stakeholders ranging from institutions and practitioners to patients and their advocate
• highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence and expert-based solutions to these problems.
• provide regulations targeting the spread of infection due to multidrug-resistant organisms, catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), and surgical site infections (SSI).

AHIMA and HIMS

• professional association for health professionals involved in the health information management needed to deliver quality health care
• covers all health information technology systems, including electronic health records, clinical decision support systems, and so on, for all segments of health care
• formulates and issues opinions, supports education, conducts research and compiles its contributions into the AHIMA BoK (body of knowledge)