S1 E14: Clinical Data Quality in 2023: The Good, The Bad and a Roadmap to Improve

Host Beth Friedman speaks with Keith Olenik, Chief Health Information Officer at AHIMA. Keith is a senior executive health care professional with 25+ years of industry relationships, influence, and thought leadership in the areas of health information and health IT. With deep industry experience in EHRs, clinical documentation, interoperability, privacy and GDPR compliance, Keith currently leads AHIMA’s membership, certification, academic affairs, workforce development and customer relations teams.

While data integrity in healthcare isn’t a new problem, clinicians now suffer from a wider variety of clinical data issues. This critical conversation between two industry experts explores AHIMA’s six tenants of data quality, identifies nascent challenges including third-party data and person-centered care, and provides valuable privacy reminders for 2023’s rapidly exploding volumes of health information.