Main description:

Newly revised for the information age, MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION: FUNCTIONS & APPLICATIONS, 2E prepares you for a fast-paced career in health information management today by creating firsthand experiences in decision making, team building, and managing new technologies. Each section of the text focuses on one of four key health information management principles-planning, organizing, leading, and controlling-to meet the information needs of health care organizations. Chapters also include realistic examples, case studies, review questions, web links, and a variety of exercises to help you learn essential HIM skills in data capture, analysis, integration, and information dissemination. More than a general allied health text, MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION: FUNCTIONS & APPLICATIONS, 2E is tailored specifically for HIM coursework, and even offers career guidance for your future as an HIM professional.

Contents:

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION.
1. Introduction to the Health Information Management Profession and the Health Care Environment.
2. Management Theories for an Integrated Management Model.
3. The Art of Decision Making and Problem Solving.
Section II: PLANNING TO MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
4. Planning in the Health Care Setting.
5. Planning in Health Care: Operational Plans and Tools for Planning.
6. Managing the Financial Aspects of Health Care.
7. Planning Policies and Procedures.
8. Planning the Physical Environment.
Section III: ORGANIZING TO MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
9. The Process of Organizing Health Information Services.
10. The Organizational Model.
11. Organizing Position Designs for Employees.
12. The Role of New Technologies in Organizing.
Section IV: LEADING TO MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
13. Leading: The Interpersonal Aspects of Management.
14. Motivating for Leadership in the Health Care Environment.
15. Communicating in the Health Care Environment.
Section V: CONTROLLING TO MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
16. The Focus of Control in Health Information Services.
17. Controlling Through Total Quality Improvement.
18. Controlling: Productivity Measurement, Performance Standards, and Work Sampling.
Section VI: SPECIAL ISSUES FOR HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGERS.
19. The Effective Committee.
20. Project Management in Health Care.
21. Managing the Time Factors of Managers and Employees.
22. Managing change as a Health-Care Professional.
23. Personal and Professional Career Management.
Glossary.
Index.