Main description:

This is an invaluable resource for medical and health care professionals including medical, nursing, paramedical, particularly medical records, administrative, insurance, billing, legal and software development personnel. This book would be of immense use to medical educational institutions for medical, dental, nursing, paramedical, administrative, patient relation services, medical legal and consumer courts, insurance, accounts, etc. Health care software companies engaged in developing hospital information systems and electronic health records will find this a great aid for designing and developing appropriate products that will meet client satisfaction. The health record manager as a domain specialist has a vital role in the transformation of manual records into hybrid and is involved actively in each stage of the design and development of health care software for effective implementation of electronic health records in health care institutions. This books is also of significant value to hospital organizers, research workers and national health care providers.

The important features of the book are classified into three parts:

Part 1: Deals with traditional medical records organization and management procedures-history of medical records administration, role of medical records in health care delivery, general medical records standards and policies, legal aspects of medical records and electronic health records (EHRs), medical audit, International Classification of Diseases 10th revision together with the information on ICD-10 CM and ICD-10 PCS revision, hospital information system, how to economize health service expenditure, organization and management of the medical record department, medical record procedures.
Part 2: Contains design and development of hospital information system (HIS) for software production-computerization of the medical records, challenges of the health care delivery in 21st century, domain for designing the hospital information system (HIS) software, designing the hospital ward nursing administrative activities, blood transfusion service, pediatric center, diabetic center, dialysis center, dental clinic, IVF (in vitro fertilization) clinic, occupational health and safety, biomedical equipment maintenance.
Part 3: Includes development and implementation of electronic health record (EHR)-perspective of information technology (IT) in hospital information system, challenges in hospital IT and networking design, tips for evaluation of electronic health record software, roadmap for successful implementation of EHR, amalgamation of manual record (MR) with electronic health record (EHR), health record manager (HRM) revolves around patient as a good leader, modern trends and issues of developing countries in maintaining medical records, health information management (HIM) professionals endurance in 21st century, implementation of personal health records (PHR).

Contents:

Part 1: Traditional Medical Records Organization and Management Procedures

Chapter 1: History of Medical Records Administration

Chapter 2: Role of Medical Records in Health Care Delivery

Chapter 3: General Medical Records Standards and Policies

Chapter 4: Legal Aspects of Medical Records and Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Chapter 5: Medical Audit

Chapter 6: ICD-10 Revision, ICD-10CM and ICD-10 PCS Revision

Chapter 7: Hospital Information System

Chapter 8: How to Economize Health Service Expenditure

Chapter 9: Organization and Management of the Medical Record Department

Chapter 10: Medical Record Procedures

Part 2: Design and Development of Hospital Information System (HIS) for Software Production

Chapter 11: Computerization of the Medical Records

Chapter 12: Challenges of the Health Care Delivery in 21st Century

Chapter 13: Domain for Designing the Hospital Information System (HIS) Software

Chapter 14: Designing the Hospital Ward Nursing Administrative Activities

Chapter 15: Blood Transfusion Service

Chapter 16: Pediatric Center

Chapter 17: Diabetic Center

Chapter 18: Dialysis Center

Chapter 19: Dental Clinic

Chapter 20: IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Clinic

Chapter 21: Occupational Health and Safety

Chapter 22: Biomedical Equipment Maintenance

Part 3: Development and Implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Chapter 23: Perspective of Information Technology (IT) in Hospital Information System

Chapter 24: Challenges in Hospital IT and Networking Design

Chapter 25: Tips for Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Software

Chapter 26: Roadmap for Successful Implementaion of EHR

Chapter 27: Amalgamation of Manual Record (MR) with Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Chapter 28: Health Record Manager (HRM) Revolves around Patient as a Good Leader

Chapter 29: Modern Trends and Issues of Developing Countries in Maintaining Medical Records

Chapter 30: Health Information Management (HIM) Professionals Endurance in 21st Century

Chapter 31: Implementation of Personal Health Record (PHR)

Bibliography

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