Today's health information professionals are working within an ever-changing environment of technology and regulatory guidelines. This dynamic workplace requires fundamental skills to appropriately manage and react to ethical dilemmas. Ethics Case Studies for Health Information Management provides real-world examples to prepare you for the inevitable challenges of the modern office and offers a methodology to interpret the various situations and determine courses of action.--publisher description.

Includes index.

Correlation of case studies to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) credential list and scope of practice -- Introduction and explanation of case study methodology -- Case 1: But I consider myself to be credentialed -- Case 2: Scope of practice -- Case 3: To suspend or not to suspend? -- Case 4: Difficulty with doctors -- Case 5: Incidental finding -- Case 6: Divided loyalty -- Case 7: The case of the missing record -- Case 8: Which comes first, the patient or... -- Case 9: Physician access to information as a noncustodial parent -- Case 10: International release of information I -- Case 11: International release of information II -- Case 12: Compliance matters -- Case 13: Will the real expert please stand up? -- Case 14: A minor confidentiality issue -- Case 15: Final lesson before graduation -- Case 16: Internal confidentiality matters -- Case 17: The public needs to know... don't they? -- Case 18: Protecting a friend -- Case 19: What next? -- Case 20: On the floor -- Case 21: Protection of passwords -- Case 22: Electronic health record security -- Case 23: A "freed" gift -- Case 24: Two halves do not always make a whole -- Case 25: If it was documented, was it done? -- Case 26: Who's the coder? -- Case 27: New kid on the block -- Case 28: Legibility and timeliness go hand-in-hand -- Case 29: A case that hits close to home -- Appendix: American Health Information Management Association Code of ethics.