Health Information Management
Health information management (HIM) is the practice of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to the delivery of health care services for patients. HIM professionals utilize technology to manage and organize, analyze, and access clinical data essential to providing quality healthcare. HIM also plays an essential role in the privacy, security, and integrity of protected health information. HIM professionals use coding systems to classify medical data for reimbursement and analysis, providing information for research and marketing, cost management, and quality management programs. By utilizing healthcare information management, healthcare records and documents are quickly and securely shared between healthcare providers, payers, patients, and other stakeholders. This helps improve quality of care, better diagnosis, and patient safety.
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