Lydia graduated at the top of her class from Anystate University. Lydia didn’t continue her education after graduation because she began her career as a coder at Medical Records at Rosewood General Hospital. Lydia had passed her registered records administrator exam. A few years later she was promoted to Assistant Director of Medical Records. Lydia met a man name Theodore, later that year but married him that following year. Lydia continue her job as Assistant Director of Medical Records for three more years but soon had to resigned her position due to her husband transferred to another state, she had to relocate along with their 2-year-old daughter.
Lydia had accepted a position as Lead Coder at Greenlawn Hospital by Lydia outstanding professional growth; she was soon promoted to Assistant Director and eventually Interim Director of Medical Records at Greenlawn. During her term as Interim Director of Medical Records, the American Medical Records Association it was changed to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Lydia help change the name of the Medical Records department at Greenlawn to Health Information Services. During her time there Lydia was pregnant with twins during her time.
Lydia continues her education by attending seminars to ensure she was up to date due to the changes in the Health Information Management career field. Lydia stay updated with the dynamics, rules, and regulations related to PPS, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, corporate compliance. Lydia outstanding performances lead her to get the position as permanent Director of Health Information Services.
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...ntials. According to the American Health Association (principle5&9) stated, advance health information management knowledge and practice through continuing education, research, publication, and presentations; state true fully and accurately their credentials, professional education, and experience. Lydia had created an unethical issues by not getting reinstated, if I was in her position I would have ask for guides on how to get my credentials. When the professional continue to work without her credentials this lead her into breaking the code of ethics which is a violation.
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I had the opportunity to meet with Dee Laguerra for a few hours and learned so much about the Medical records side of our facility and its impact on healthcare organization. As Director of Health Information Management (HIM) she is responsible for many aspects of managing the medical record; which is a legal document. I did not realize how complex this department is and how vital this department is to the legal and financial position of the organization. Dee’s position as director is the responsibility for the collection, organizing, scanning, and completions of the medical records in a timely matter after the patient is discharged. The reason for the timeliness of scanning the medical records is for the preparation for the coders to review all the charts to code for insurance billing. The time requirement for th...
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According to the American Health Information Management Association, Health information is the data related to a person’s medical history, including symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes. Health information records include patient histories, lab results, x-rays, clinical information, and notes. The data can be analyzed to see how a patient’s health might have changed. I took interest in Health Information Management when it was brought to my attention by a doctor. He told me that is a very interesting field and it is in high demand as they have more jobs than people to fill them. I went home, researched it and now here I am making my entry into the field.
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Health information management involves the practice of maintaining and taking care of health records in hospitals, health insurance companies and other health institutions, by the use of electronic means (McWay 176). Storage of medical information is carried out by health information management and HIT professionals using information systems that suit the needs of these institutions. This paper answers four major questions concerning health information systems.
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Chris had just been promoted as an Executive Assistant for Pat the CEO, Chief Executive Officer, of Faith Community Hospital. Pat had given Chris her very first assignment on her first day of work as an executive assistant and that was to gather information so that Pat can present the issues to the board of directors. Faith Hospital is faced with issues that needed attention and the board of directors must be notified of the issues so that a solution can be remedy to help the hospital stay in business.
... understand where and how each statistic is coming from. Health records are the primary source of data used in compiling health care statistics. The health record staff, therefore, may be responsible for .When a person gains this knowledge this allows for an Administrator are fully be able to make the proper changes in the healthcare organization that will end with the best effective and successful solution.