Main description:

ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, Fifth Edition, gives you a thorough introduction to fundamental Health Information Management concepts you'll need to understand as an allied health professional. Learning objectives are correlated and mapped to current CAHIIM curriculum standards, and each chapter includes key terms, assessments and case studies to help you learn and apply important concepts. Updated and expanded to reflect key industry trends, legal and regulatory developments and advances in technology, the Fifth Edition features new content on information systems, data management and security, ethics and cultural diversity and cultural competence, as well as timely resources related to telehealth and telemedicine. In addition, the product suite includes a variety of print and digital options to help you learn the way that's best for you.

Contents:

Preface.
1. Healthcare Delivery Systems.
2. Health Information Management Professionals.
3. Health Care Settings.
4. Introduction to the Patient Record.
5. Electronic Health Records.
6. Patient Record Documentation Guidelines: Inpatient, Outpatient and Physician Office.
7. Numbering and Filing Systems, and Record Storage, Circulation and Security.
8. Indexes, Registers and Health Data Collection.
9. Legal Aspects of Health Information Management.
10. Introduction to Coding and Reimbursement.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.