Essentials of Health Information Management : Principles and Practices

by Green,Michelle A.

• ISBN13: 9780766845022
• ISBN10: 0766845028
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-13
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

A comprehensive resource for the academic and professional learner, this book presents both theoretical and practical applications throughout. The authors' dynamic and unique approach to health information management targets students who respond to hands-on and visual learning. The book has been written for the first-semester learner; however it can be a useful resource for various health care organizations and medical offices.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Health Care Delivery Systems	1	(34)
History of Medicine and Health Care Delivery	3	(9)
Continuum of Care	12	(1)
Health Care Facility Ownership	13	(1)
Health Care Facility Organizational Structure	14	(15)
Licensure, Regulation, and Accreditation	29	(6)
Health Information Management Professionals	35	(20)
Careers	36	(8)
Professional Practice Experience	44	(5)
Join Your Professional Association	49	(6)
Health Care Settings	55	(18)
Acute Care Facilities (Hospitals)	57	(2)
Ambulatory and Outpatient Care	59	(3)
Behavioral Health Care Facilities	62	(1)
Home Care and Hospice	62	(1)
Long-Term Care	63	(1)
Managed Care	64	(2)
Federal, State, and Local Health Care	66	(7)
The Patient Record: Hospital, Physician Office, and Alternate Care Settings	73	(36)
Definition and Purpose of the Patient Record	75	(5)
Provider Documentation Responsibilities	80	(6)
Development of the Patient Record	86	(2)
Patient Record Formats	88	(7)
Archived Records	95	(6)
Patient Record Completion Responsibilities	101	(8)
Content of the Patient Record: Inpatient, Outpatient, and Physician Office	109	(84)
General Documentation Issues	111	(3)
Hospital Inpatient Record---Administrative Data	114	(16)
Hospital Inpatient Record---Clinical Data	130	(47)
Hospital Outpatient Record	177	(2)
Physician Office Record	179	(1)
Forms Control and Design	180	(13)
Numbering & Filing Systems and Record Storage & Circulation	193	(32)
Numbering Systems	194	(4)
Filing Systems	198	(7)
Filing Equipment	205	(3)
File Folders	208	(5)
Filing Controls	213	(4)
Loose Filing	217	(1)
Circulation Systems	217	(2)
Security of Health Information	219	(6)
Indexes, Registers, and Health Data Collection	225	(28)
Indexes	227	(7)
Registers and Registries	234	(6)
Case Abstracting	240	(5)
Health Data Collection	245	(8)
Legal Aspects of Health Information Management	253	(40)
Legal and Regulatory Terms	255	(5)
Maintaining the Patient Record in the Normal Course of Business	260	(1)
Confidentiality of Information and HIPAA Privacy and Security Provisions	261	(10)
Legislation that Impacts Health Information Management	271	(5)
Release of Protected Health Information	276	(17)
Coding and Reimbursement	293	(32)
Nomenclatures and Classification Systems	294	(6)
Third-Party Payers	300	(2)
Health Care Reimbursement Systems	302	(23)
Appendix I	325	(6)
Internet Links	331	(10)
Glossary	341	(24)
Bibliography	365	(4)
Index	369