New Practice Brief: Healthcare Data Governance

Source:  AHIMA E-Alert February 10, 2022

Data governance—the overall administration, through clearly defined procedures and plans, that assures the availability, integrity, security, and usability of the structured and unstructured data available to an organization—is not a new topic but is still challenging for many healthcare organizations to implement and achieve. A new AHIMA practice brief outlines the healthcare data governance structure and framework; guiding principles; organization-wide applications; and best practices and recommendations surrounding healthcare data.