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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Health Information Technology
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Second Edition

By
Nadinia Davis, MBA, CIA, CPA, RHIA, Assistant Professor, Health Information Management, Kean University, Union, NJ
Melissa LaCour, RHIA, Program Director, Health Information Technology, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA

Description
This book is designed to meet the needs of students at the beginning of their course of study in health information technology - both as a work-based task-oriented function and as a part of a larger profession of health information management. Individuals who wish to acquire basic knowledge of health information technology and how it fits into the health care arena will find this text useful.

Contents


Unit One: Environment of Health Information


1. Health Care Delivery Systems

2. Paying for Health Care

3. Collecting Health Care Data



Unit Two: Content, Structure, and Processing of Health Information


4. Acute Care Records

5. HIM Processing

6. Coding and Reimbursement

7. HIM Issues in Alternative Settings



Unit Three: Maintenance and Analysis of Health Information


8. Storage

9. Statistics

New!


10. Quality and Uses of Health Information



Unit Four: Legal and Supervisory Issues in Health Information


11. Confidentiality and Compliance

New!


12. Electronic Health Records

New!


13. HIM Department Management

14. Training & Development



Appendices


A. Sample Paper Records

B. Sample Electronic Records

C. Minimum Data Set

D. Excel Exercises

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 560 pages, publication date: MAR-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2316-6
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2316-X
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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