Synopses & Reviews
Created specifically for students of Health Information Management and Health Information Technology, this worktext helps bridge the gap between knowledge gained through formal instruction and real-world, on-the-job application. This versatile worktext features 240 case studies with questions and exercises for each case that require you to draw on critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills, facilitating the transition from studying theory to analyzing and applying what you have learned. Now updated and expanded, the second edition features the latest RHIA and RHIT domains and competencies, so you can prepare effectively for certification. In addition, new online learning resources provide convenient access to additional web content, online forms, and spreadsheets to complement the cases.
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"I would highly recommend this text to my fellow faculty and all other HIM colleagues. I would encourage them to adopt this text because of the positive results I see in student accomplishment during the exercises. The wide range of scenarios and activities build student self-confidence in areas where they have had little or no experience. Most of all, the students enjoy working on the case studies as they put their HIM knowledge into practice."
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"I would highly recommend this text to my fellow faculty and all other HIM colleagues. I would encourage them to adopt this text because of the positive results I see in student accomplishment during the exercises. The wide range of scenarios and activities build student self-confidence in areas where they have had little or no experience. Most of all, the students enjoy working on the case studies as they put their HIM knowledge into practice."
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"I love this book, I love the variety of topics all under the same cover- students can buy it once and use it multiple times."
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"I love this book, I love the variety of topics all under the same cover- students can buy it once and use it multiple times."
About the Author
A self-employed entrepreneur, Patricia Schnering, RHIA, CCS, is the founder, owner, author, and publisher for Professional Review Guides Inc. and PRG Publishing Inc. In addition to earning a baccalaureate degree in business administration from the University of South Florida, she is a graduate of the health information management program at St. Petersburg College and holds both CCS and RHIA certifications. Prior to entering the health information management (HIM) field, Schnering worked for 13 years with a national corporation in departmental management. Since 1993, she has worked in health information services supervisory positions, as a HIM consultant, and as an adjunct HIM instructor at St. Petersburg College. She has served as president of her local professional association (GCHIMA) and a delegate to the state organization (FHIMA), where she has served on the board of directors, been a committee member, and received the FHIMA Literary Award in 2000 and 2006. Currently, she serves as a delegate to the FHIMA and is on the advisory board at St. Petersburg College. She is also a member of AHIMA and the Assembly on Education (AOE). Nanette B. Sayles, Ed.D., RHIA, CCS, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, is a 1985 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Information Management Program (formerly Medical Record Administration Program). She went on to earn master of science in health information management and master of public administration degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as a doctorate in adult education from the University of Georgia. An associate professor in the Health Information Management Program at East Central College in Union, Missouri, Sayles previously served as program director and assistant professor for the Health Information Management and Technology Programs at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia. She has extensive HIM experience in hospitals, consulting, system development and implementation, and education and is the recipient of the 2005 AHIMA Triumph Educator award. Charlotte McCuen, M.S., RHIA, is an associate professor at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia, where she has taught for 11 years. She holds a master's degree from Mercer University in health care policy and administration, and a baccalaureate degree from the Medical College of Georgia in medical record administration. As clinical coordinator at Macon State College she has taught the associate and baccalaureate degree levels. She also has 15 years experience as HIM director for a proprietary acute care hospital and a state psychiatric/forensic acute care hospital, and she has served as a HIM consultant for long-term care facilities, physician offices, renal dialysis centers, and a behavioral health hospital.
Table of Contents
1. Health Data Management. 2. Clinical Classification Systems and Reimbursement Methods. 3. Statistics and Quality Improvement. 4. Healthcare Privacy, Confidentiality, Legal, and Ethical Issues. 5. Information Technology and Systems. 6. Management and Health Information Services. 7. Project and Operations Management.