Essentials of Health Information Management
Subtitle: Principles and Practices
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Published: August 13, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780766845022
Subjects: Hospital administration & management; Office & workplace; Medical record personnel; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Vocational guidance; Medical records; Administration; Medical History & Records; Business & Economics / Information Management; Health Information Management; Information Management; Essentials; Management; United States
First sentence: Health care delivery in the United States has been greatly impacted by escalating costs, resulting in medical necessity requirements (to justify acute care hospitalizations), review of appropriateness of admissions, and requirement for administration of quality and effective treatments.