Foundations of health information management / Nadinia Davis, MBA, FAHIMA, Instructor (retired), Delaware Technical Community College, Wilmington, Delaware.

Previous edition: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I: The environment of health care. The health care industry ; Collecting and storing health care data -- Unit II: Content, structure, and processing of health information. Sources of data ; Data quality and management -- Unit III: Use and analysis of data. Coded data ; Financial management ; Statistics and data analytics -- Unit IV: Administration and operations. Confidentiality and compliance ; Management and leadership ; Performance improvement and project management -- Appendix A: Paper health records -- Appendix B: Electronic documentation -- Appendix C: Using Microsoft Excel to perform calculations.

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