Balancing comprehensive coverage with an engaging, easy-to-understand tone, this text focuses on healthcare delivery systems, electronic health records, and the processing, maintenance, and analysis of health information to present a realistic and practical view of technology and trends in healthcare. It prepares you for the role of a Registered Health Information Technician who not only files and keeps accurate records, but serves as a healthcare analyst who translates data into useful, quality information that can control costs and further research. With new SimChart and SimChart for the Medical Office samples, the new 2014 AHIMA outcome-based competencies, and more exercises, this fourth edition puts you in a position to succeed on the RHIT certification exam.

Previous edition: Foundations of health information management / Nadinia Davis (St. Louis, Mo. : Elsvier, c2017).

The health care industry -- Collecting and storing health care data -- sources of data -- Data quality and management -- Coded Data -- Financial management -- Statistics and data analytics -- confidentiality and compliance-- Management and leadership -- Performance imporvement and project management.