Main description:

Following the AHIMA standards for education for both two-year HIT programs and four-year HIA programs, Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource, 4th Edition describes the deployment of information technology and your role as a HIM professional in the development of the electronic health record. It provides clear coverage of health information infrastructure and systems along with health care informatics including technology, applications, and security. Practical applications provide hands-on experience in abstracting and manipulating health information data. From well-known HIM experts Mervat Abdelhak, Sara S. Grostick, and Mary Alice Hanken, this book includes examples from diverse areas of health care delivery such as long-term care, public health, home health care, and ambulatory care. An e-book version makes it even easier to learn to manage and use health data electronically.

Contents:

Section 1: Foundations of Health Information Management

1. Health Care Systems

2. The Health Informatics and Information Management Profession

Section 2: Health Care Data and Information Systems

3. Health Information Infrastructure and Systems

4. Health Data Concepts

5. Electronic Health Record Systems

6. Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies, and Terminology

Section 3: Health Care Informatics

7. Technology, Applications, and Security

8. Information Systems Life Cycle and Project Management

9. Managing Electronic Health Record Systems: Collaboration and Implementation

Section 4: Data Management and Use

10. Statistics and Data Presentation

11. Research and Epidemiology

12. Performance Management and Patient Safety

13. Data Reporting, Interpretation, and Use

14. Privacy and Health Law

Section 5: Management

15. Human Resource Management

16. Operational Management

17. Revenue Cycle and Financial Management