DR EBTISSAM AL-MADI Management of Information in health care
organizations
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Definition Health information management (HIM) is the practice
of maintenance and care of information by traditional and
electronic means in hospitals, physicians office clinics, health
departments, health insurance companies, and other facilities that
provide health care or maintenance of health records. Health
informatics and health information technology are utilized in
information management.
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Health care Management Administrative management Human
Resources Management Financial Management Operations Management
Total Quality Management
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Role of Management Planning Organizing Leading Controlling
Problem-solving and decision making Communication
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Information needed Patient Data Demographic Data (name,
address, contact, ect) Financial data Health Data and history
Clinical Health data
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Information needed Administrative data: Number of clinics
Number of patients Number of treatments Payments Employee data
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Information needed Financial Data: Cost of treatments Patient
payments Salary of employees Cost of materials and expenditures
Budget
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Information needed Human Resources data: Employee demographic
data (name, address, contact) Education and certification Financial
data Work evaluation
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Health Information Management Professional Definition
Healthcare Information management improves the quality of health
care by ensuring the best information is available to make any
healthcare decision. Health information management professionals
manage healthcare data and information resources.
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Health information management professionals Play a critical
role in the delivery of healthcare through their focus on the
collection, maintenance and use of quality data to support the
information- intensive and information-reliant healthcare system.
They work with clinical, epidemiological, demographic, financial,
reference, and coded healthcare data.
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Health information administrators plan information systems,
develop health policy, and identify current and future information
needs.information systemshealth policy In addition, they apply the
science of informatics to the collection, storage, use, and
transmission of information.informatics
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The profession serves the following stakeholders: Patient care
organizations Payers Researchers Policy makers Other healthcare
related industries
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Domains of Healthcare Management Health: Patient data from
birth to death in sickness and health Information: Capture,
storage, and retrieval of information through different media
Management: Analysis and interpretation of knowledge for managerial
purposes
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Health Domain Clinical data* Demographic data Financial data
Research data* Reference data Coded data
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Information Domain Data Reports Medical records Data
dictionaries Vocabularies Storage media
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Management Domain Planning: Administration Policy development
Strategic Planning
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Management Domain Information: Data modeling Process and
workflow modeling Data capture and display design Data dictionary
maintenance Access control Data Quality management Nosology
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Management Domain Technical Domain: Classification and coding
Abstracting Registry Development Storage Retrieval Release
Analysis
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Modules of HIMS (Health Information Management Systems)
Administrative module Booking and registration module Financial
module Patient record module (EHR ) Others? Academic Centers
Research centers Labs
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