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9/22/13

Health Information Management


Your health is worth for yourselves and for the people closest to you, so you need Health Information Management ...


Do you agree ...
Yes I think it is very important for everyone and for medical purposes.

What is Health Information Management ...?

Health information management (HIM) is the practice of maintenance and care of health records. HIM consists of the knowledge, resources and tools to advance health information professional practice and standards for the delivery of quality healthcare. And then the result can be analysed for provides the answers to your HIM questions and effective solutions for critical HIM issues.

Many company provide to service and care about your health, such as  hospitals, physician's office clinics, health departments, health clinics, health insurance companies, and other facilities that provide health care or maintenance of health records. They provide an analysis based on the data and information obtained from you and then given back to you, to improve and maintain of quality your health and to stay on fit.

Health information technology becomes a more crucial part of the medical world, health information management is experiencing a transition from traditional managing practices with paper to more efficient electronic management, such as with Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Health information management's standards history is dated back to the introduction of the American Health Information Management Association, founded in 1928 "when the American College of Surgeons established the Association of Record Librarians of North America (ARLNA) to 'elevate the standards of clinical records in hospitals and other medical institutions.

Health information management is a combination of business, science, and information technology.

Health record includes information the patient provides concerning his or her symptoms and medical history, as well as the results of examinations, reports of X-rays and laboratory tests, diagnoses, and treatment plans. Health Information Management professionals capture, analyze and protect medical information vital to providing quality patient care.  

Every time health care personnel treat a patient, they record what they observed and how the patient was treated medically.

Health information management is one of the nation’s fastest-growing health occupations.