Synopses & Reviews
ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, Second Edition is the ideal book for first-semester students but can also be a useful resource for various health care organizations and medical offices. ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT is a comprehensive book that presents readers with both theoretical and practical applications of health information management. The authors' dynamic and unique approach to this topic is especially helpful to readers who respond to hands-on and visual learning.
Review
"[This text] is very thorough and provides very good examples. It provides a good introduction to HIM and sets a foundation for the other HIM courses."
About the Author
Michelle A. Green is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Physical and Life Sciences Department of the College of Technology at Alfred State College. An active member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), she has been recognized for teaching and her contributions to the Health Information Management profession. Awards include the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Alfred State College's Alumni Association Teacher of the Year, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and the FORE Triumph Educator Award from the AHIMA. Ms. Green is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA), and a Certified Procedural Coder (CPC). She earned a BS from Daemen College and an MPS degree from Alfred University. Ms. Green also authored 3-2-1 CODE IT! and ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, both from Delmar-Cengage Learning. Mary Jo Bowie is the owner of Health Information Professional Services, a medical records consulting firm for the health care industry. She was an instructor of Health Information Technology at Broome Community College for fifteen years, teaching Inpatient Coding, Ambulatory Care Coding, Quality Assurance, Survey of Health care and Computers in Health care. Ms. Bowie is a registered Health Information Administrator and an accredited Health Information Technician. She is an active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), served on the New York State Health Information Association Board of Directors, and was education director for the Ambulatory Coding Guideline Committee. Ms. Bowie was also nominated for the National Award for Literacy Contribution to Profession. A national and regional speaker on ICD-9-CM, CPT, ICD-10-CM, and ICD-10-PCS, she writes courses and a variety of texts from Cengage Learning. Ms. Bowie holds AA, BS, and MS degrees.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Health Care Delivery Systems. History of Medicine and Health Care Delivery. Continuum of Care. Health Care Facility Ownership. Health Care Facility Organizational Structure. Licensure, Regulation, and Accreditation. 2. Health Information Management Professionals. Careers. Professional Practice Experience. Join Your Professional Association. 3. Health Care Settings. Acute Care Facilities (Hospitals). Ambulatory and Outpatient Care. Behavioral Health Care Facilities. Home Care and Hospice. Long-Term Care. Managed Care. Federal, State, and Local Health Care. 4. The Patient Record: Hospital, Physician Office, and Alternate Care Settings. Definition and Purpose of the Patient Record. Provider Documentation Responsibilities. Development of the Patient Record. Patient Record Formats. Archived Records. Patient Record Completion Responsibilities. 5. Electronic Health Records. Evolution of Electronic Health Records. Electronic Health Record Systems. Regional Health Information Organizations. Impact of the American Recovery Reinvestment Act, Public Law 111-5. Components of Electronic Health Record Systems Used in Health Care. 6. Content of the Patient Record: Inpatient, Outpatient, and Physician Office. General Documentation Issues. Hospital Inpatient Record-Administrative Data. Hospital Inpatient Record-Clinical Data. Hospital Outpatient Record. Physician Office Record. Forms Control and Design. 7. Numbering Filing Systems and Record Storage and Circulation. Numbering Systems. Filing Systems. Filing Equipment. File Folders. Filing Controls. Loose Filing. Circulation Systems. Security of Health Information. 8. Indexes, Registers, and Health Data Collection. Indexes. Registers and Registries. Case Abstracting. Health Data Collection. 9. Legal Aspects of Health Information Management. Legal and Regulatory Terms. Maintaining the Patient Record in the Normal Course of Business. Confidentiality of Information and HIPAA Privacy and Security Provisions. Legislation that Impacts Health Information Management. Release of Protected Health Information. 10. Coding and Reimbursement. Nomenclatures and Classification Systems. Third-party Payers. Health Care Reimbursement Systems. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.