Comparative Health Information Management,
4th Edition

Section I: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
1. Introduction to Health Care Systems.
Section II: ACUTE, AMBULATORY, AND MANAGED CARE.
2. Hospital-Based Care.
3. Freestanding Ambulatory Care.
4. Managed Care.
5. Dialysis.
6. Correctional Facilities.
Section III: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE.
7. Mental Health: Long-Term and Acute Services.
8. Substance Abuse.
9. Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities.
Section IV: POST-ACUTE CARE.
10. Long-Term Care.
11. Rehabilitation.
12. Home Health Care.
13. Hospice.
Section V: OTHER SPECIALIZED CARE SETTINGS.
14. Dental Care Settings.
15. Veterinary Settings.
Section VI: OTHER HEALTH CARE RELATED SETTINGS.
16. Consulting.
17. Cancer Registry.

• Ann Peden

  Ann Peden is Professor of Health Informatics and Information Management at the University Mississippi Medical Center’s School of Health-Related Professions in Jackson, Mississippi. Formerly a member of the Board of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), Dr. Peden has also served as President of both the Louisiana Medical Record Association and the Mississippi Health Information Management Association. She earned her PhD from the University of Mississippi and an MBA from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, where she also taught in the health information management programs.

• Illuminating Features: Designed to give students an inside look at health care specialties in a variety of settings, these “Professional Spotlight” vignettes highlight real professionals and their experiences in health information management roles.

• Purpose-Driven Opportunities: This new chapter on Cancer Registry and the growing role of Cancer Registrars in HIM shows students the importance of capturing patient data on cancer diagnosis and treatment, which is used to advance global scientific research for cures.

• Current Regulations: The latest updates to key health care laws and regulations helps students master this required component of health information management, and prepare for careers in virtually any setting.

• Focused Study: All-new self-review questions have been added to every chapter to encourage students to test their skills and understanding at every level, while digging more deeply into course topics.

• Interactive Learning: New for the fourth edition, MindTap™ is a feature-rich, guided learning path that engages students in the basic principles of health information management through interactive activities, exercises, and animations that challenge students to apply what they’ve learned and develop critical thinking skills for today’s fast-paced workplace.

• Professional Spotlights: See the people behind the career with these insider perspectives on real HIM roles and health care specialties in a variety of professional and clinical settings.

• Emerging Specialty: Understand the growing importance of Cancer Registry and Cancer Registrars, and how capturing patient data on diagnosis and treatment can advance global scientific research for cures.

• Current Regulations: Master the latest updates to health care laws and regulations—a key component to health information management—and prepare for success in virtually any setting.

• Focused Study: Raise the bar on yourself with these all-new self-review questions in each chapter. Test your skills and understanding at every level, while exploring the topics that interest you most at greater depth.

• Interactive Learning: Forget Cramming! Amp up your HIM studies with new MindTap™ for HIM, a feature-rich, guided learning path that draws you into your course with online activities, exercises, and animations that make rote memorization a thing of the past.

• Essential Topics: Chapters analyze the key HIM practices at work in professional settings today, including must-know accreditation, licensure, and regulatory issues, as well as discussions on new areas of practice such as professional consulting.

• Technological Impacts: Coverage of electronic health records and their impact on health care delivery and information management helps students see how records management has evolved over time.

• Learning Features: On-page features add value at every turn, including numerous examples, relevant figures, web links, review questions, key terms, and detailed tables that illustrate and drive home concepts.

• Stimulating Scenarios: Students wear their manager hats with these case studies, which guide them through the problem-solving process and build the skills that can elevate thinking for life.

• Key Resources: Chapter-ending resources help students find more information for homework, projects, and exams—and to satisfy their growing curiosity about the HIM field.

• Essential Topics: Understand all the must-know HIM practices at work today, including accreditation, licensure, and regulatory issues, along with discussions on exciting new practice areas such as professional consulting.

• Technological Impacts: Discover how electronic health records have overhauled health records management, taking it from paper to digital, and impacting HIM and health care delivery in significant ways.

• Focused Features: Find features that boost your learning on every page, including numerous examples, relevant figures, web links, review questions, key terms, and detailed tables that illustrate and drive home concepts.

• Problem-Solving Cases: Practice your HIM skills with these real-word scenarios, which guide you through the problem-solving process and help raise your management potential to the next level.

• Key Resources: Get even more information with these end-of-chapter resources to help you with homework, projects, and exams—and satisfy your curiosity about HIM careers.

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