Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice

• ISBN13: 9781584261001
• ISBN10: 1584261005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Amer Health Information Management

Summary

At last, the first textbook to cover every aspect of health information management (HIM) as a healthcare career choice. Editors Kathleen M. LaTour, MA, RHIA, and Shirley Eichenwald, MBA, RHIA, CPHIMS, and their distinguished colleagues have brought together straightforward, real-world examples of HIM concepts in one easy-to-understand resource. Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice creates a guidebook for success in the HIM field. This textbook promises to serve as a valuable reference tool, useful in every healthcare setting. In this one volume, students and practicing HIM professionals will find content that explains the major principles of HIM. No other book so thoroughly outlines the path to a rewarding career in HIM. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

About the Editors and Authors	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Informatics and Health Information Management
Introduction	p. 3
Healthcare Delivery Systems	p. 7
Informatics in Healthcare	p. 35
The Health Information Management Profession	p. 65
Data and Information Management	p. 83
Information Systems Development	p. 101
Development of Healthcare Information
Healthcare Information Standards	p. 121
Paper-Based Health Records	p. 137
Computer-Based Patient Records	p. 177
Legal Issues in Health Information Management	p. 195
Ethical Issues in Health Information Management	p. 221
Aggregate Healthcare Data
Secondary Records and Healthcare Databases	p. 241
Clinical Classifications and Terminologies	p. 261
Reimbursement Methodologies	p. 283
Comparative Data
Healthcare Statistics	p. 327
Research Methods	p. 363
Clinical Quality Management	p. 405
Knowledge-Based Healthcare Data and Information
Biomedical and Research Support	p. 429
Expert Systems and Decision Support	p. 445
Knowledge Management	p. 469
Management of Health Information Services
Principles of Management and Leadership	p. 491
Work Design and Performance Improvement	p. 523
Human Resources Management	p. 557
Training and Development	p. 579
Financial Management	p. 603
Project Management	p. 631
Strategic Management	p. 647
Appendices, Glossary, and Index
Sample Documentation Forms	p. 663
Sample Position Descriptions	p. 673
Standards for the Form and Content of the Health Record	p. 693
Sample Notice of Health Information Practices	p. 699
List of AHIMA Practice Briefs, Standards, and Position Statements	p. 703
Web Resources	p. 707
Glossary	p. 711
Index	p. 755
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