TY - BOOK AU - Abdelhak,Mervat TI - Health information: management of a strategic resource SN - 9780721651323 U1 - 610.285 HEA PY - 1996/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Saunders KW - Medical informatics KW - Information resources management KW - Medical Informatics KW - Information Services KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Section I: Health Care Systems. The Health Information Management Profession. Section II: Introduction to Health Care Data. Data Collection. Data Quality. Data Access and Retention. Coding and Classification Systems. Section III: Registries. Research, Statistics, And Epidemiology. Quality Assessment and Improvement. Health Law Concepts and Practices. Section IV: Principles of Management. Human Relations. Human Resources Management. Financial Management. Methods for Analyzing and Improving Systems. Section V: Computer-Based Patient Record. A Unifying Principal. Information Systems Life Cycle. Section VI: Viewpoints N2 - Providing a practical approach to the challenges facing health professionals, this text tackles fundamental and advanced issues within the field. Advice is offered on the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of health information systems. The text is consistent with AHIMA standards ER -