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Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach, 3rd Edition

Dana C. McWay

  • Copyright 2022
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Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach 3rd Edition by Dana C. McWay
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Overview

As technology, legislation and industry practices rapidly evolve, the HIM profession has become increasingly dynamic, complex and essential. McWay's TODAY'S HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH, 3rd Edition, helps your students prepare for success in this high-demand field by mastering both the fundamental principles and cutting-edge practices that define modern HIM. Maintaining the text's proven instructional approach, the new edition reflects the latest trends, technology and best practice. It meets current CAHIIM standards and RHIT/RHIA certification exam requirements and includes new coverage of informatics, data privacy, the digital divide and digital literacy, data sets, information systems and much more. New online and distance learning resources are also included. It's perfect for aspiring technicians and managers as well as HIM professionals working toward a degree or certification.

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Meet the Authors

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Dana C. McWay

Dana C. McWay, JD, RHIA, FAHIMA, is a lawyer and veteran health information management professional. A past member of the American Health Information Management Association board of directors, she served on several AHIMA committees, most recently the Professional Ethics and the Triumph Awards Committees. She was also a member of the Missouri Health Information Management Association's Legislative Committee and currently serves as a voting member of the Institutional Review Board at Washington University Medical School. Previously a director of medical records for a large teaching hospital and for-profit substance abuse facility, McWay led the charge to convert an outmoded, paper-based record management system to a modern electronic system. In addition to writing LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, for which she received a Triumph Award from AHIMA, she has led several audio conferences and served as co-editor of online continuing education offerings. Licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri, McWay is currently the Clerk of Court for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and is one of three recipients of the Director's Award for Outstanding Leadership within the Federal Judiciary and the Director's Award for Excellence in Court Operations -- Mission Requirements.

What's New

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  • Chapter content has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest trends in health care and meet CAHIIM standards and competencies for accreditation.
  • Significantly revised to reflect changes to the profession, Chapter 2, The Health Information Management Profession, discusses how knowing the flow of data influences HIM and its future. The careers section is also completely up to date.
  • A substantial revision to Chapter 6, Nomenclatures and Classification Systems, incorporates experience with ICD-10, the interplay of ethics with coding function and an updated explanation of various coding systems.
  • Thoroughly revised, Chapter 10, Database Management, includes a discussion of scaling solutions to address the large size of databases and their proliferation; updates to the discussion of data sets; new material on health care data sets; and new coverage of data exchange.
  • Completely revamped, Chapter 11, Information Systems and Technology, integrates material on new trends affecting IT, including data and privacy, blockchain, CRISPR, nanobots, nanomedicine, satellite modems; digital divide and digital literacy; and the use of assistive technology.
  • The comprehensive update to Chapter 12, Informatics, addresses the promoting of interoperability as the natural progression from meaningful use; the role of de-identified data in interoperability; and technology trends including the digital divide as it applies to telemedicine.
  • Revisions to other chapters include an explanation of the European General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act in Chapter 3, Legal Issues; discussion of the strengthening of patient rights in the home health care context in Chapter 4, Ethical Standards; new material on information governance in Chapters 5, Health Care Data Content and Structures, and Chapter 12, Informatics; and new material on the use of data dashboards as part of data presentation discussion in Chapter 8, Health Statistics.

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  • Feature boxes encourage readers to apply text material to real-world situations, helping them sharpen their critical thinking skills as they draw from what they've learned to answer questions. Suggested answers to critical thinking exercises are provided in the Instructor Manual to help spark lively class discussion.
  • Helping students maximize their study time, Confirm & Clarify Understanding exercises in every chapter reinforce essential concepts. Exercises include acronym review, true and false questions, multiple choice questions and matching pair review.
  • The text's unique integrated approach features information on HIPAA, ARRA, ethics, GINA and informatics throughout, enabling students to easily relate key principles and practices to important real-world considerations that affect HIM professionals today.
  • Maps to current AHIMA curriculum domains and the Instructor Manual provide a curricular crosswalk for the RHIT and RHIA programs at the start of each chapter.
  • A generous use of real-world examples, case studies and hands-on enrichment activities throughout the text promotes critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
  • Confirm & Clarify Understanding exercises equip students with the immediate ability to apply concepts learned in the textbook.

Table of Contents

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Part I: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.
1. Health Care Delivery Systems.
2. The Health Information Management Profession.
3. Legal Issues.
4. Ethical Standards.
Part II: CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT.
5. Health Care Data Content and Structures.
6. Nomenclatures and Classification Systems.
7. Quality Health Care Management.
8. Health Statistics.
9. Research.
Part III: TECHNOLOGY.
10. Database Management.
11. Information Systems and Technology.
12. Informatics.
Part IV: MANAGEMENT.
13. Management Organization.
14. Human Resource Management.
15. Financial Management.
16. Reimbursement Methodologies.
Glossary.
Index.

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  • ISBN-10: 035771119X
  • ISBN-13: 9780357711194
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  • ISBN-13: 9780357510087
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