Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the HIM profession
  • Purpose and function of the health record
  • Content and structure of the health record
  • Healthcare data sets and standards
  • Clinical vocabularies and classification systems
  • Reimbursement methodologies
  • Health information functions
  • Secondary data sources
  • Healthcare statistics and productivity
  • Clinical quality performance improvement and management
  • Healthcare delivery systems
  • Ethical issues in health information management
  • Appendix A: ethical standards for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) professionals
  • Legal issues in health information
  • Fundamentals of electronic information systems
  • Introduction to electronic health information systems
  • Electronic health records
  • Information security
  • Principles of organization and work planning
  • Envisioning the future of the health information management profession
  • Sample HIM position descriptions
  • Sample notice of health information practices
  • Check your understanding key.