Outpatient Correspondence - Boiled Lollies to Chocolates.
Authors: Barnes C PMID: 28758487 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Litigation and Doctor-Patient Confidentiality.
Authors: Mair J Abstract When a patient sues a healthcare practitioner with regard to their care, the healthcare records are an important part of the evidence used in the case. Litigation is usually heard in open court in the presence of the public and information contained within the records can be aired in that public forum. The issue of patient confidentiality and litigation arose in the case of Kadian v Richards [2004] NSWSC 382, which forms the basis for this report. The decision in Kadian preserves the right of patients to confidentiality of their medical records other than when a patient sues a prac...
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Book Review: Medical Terminology: The Language of Health Care, Second Editionby Willis Marjorie Canfield Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2005 648 pp, 560 illustrations ISBN-13:978-0-7817-4510-9 email: LWWcustserveANZ@wolterskluwer.com Price: A$79.20 (softbound).
Book Review: Medical Terminology: The Language of Health Care, Second Editionby Willis Marjorie Canfield Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2005 648 pp, 560 illustrations ISBN-13:978-0-7817-4510-9 email: LWWcustserveANZ@wolterskluwer.com Price: A$79.20 (softbound). HIM J. 2007 Nov;36(3):63 Authors: Wendt K PMID: 28758489 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

President's Report: Health Information Management and Epidemiological Research.
Authors: Randall A PMID: 28758490 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Halina Hili: From Health Information Manager to Quality Manager.
Authors: Hili H PMID: 28758491 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Case Study - Classification: Developing a Model for an Iranian Classification of Diseases (IRCD) Compatible with other Adaptations of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
This article reports on a comparative study of the adaptations of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) currently in use in the USA, France, Germany, China and Egypt which was carried out in order to inform development of the IRCD. Data concerning the history, evolutionary processes and general structures of tabular lists, alphabetic lists and manuals of World Health Organization (WHO) classifications were collected during the period 2003-2004 from a variety of sources including written texts, periodicals, the Internet and electronic mail. Based on this information, and following assessment by 17 Iranian natio...
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Leilei Zhu: Clinical Classification Consultant.
Authors: Zhu L PMID: 28758493 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

The Centre for Health Record Linkage: A New Resource for Health Services Research and Evaluation.
Authors: Lawrence G, Dinh I, Taylor L PMID: 28758494 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Letter to the Editor.
Authors: PMID: 28758495 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Keeping Our Classification UP to Date.
This article outlines the updating procedure and lists the sources of information upon which the NCCH draws when compiling data for new coding manuals. PMID: 28758496 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Tavia Rudd: Health Information Management Services Manager, Langley Porter Hospital and Clinics, University of California, San Francisco.
Authors: Rudd T PMID: 28758497 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

NEHTA's Role in Australia's e-health Reform: An Update of Work to Date.
Authors: Reinecke I PMID: 28758498 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Mortality Data in the Kingdom of Tonga: A Review of Changing Trends over the Ten Years since 1996.
Authors: Hufanga S, Bennett V PMID: 28758499 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Fifteenth Congress of the International Federation of Health Records Organizations (IFHRO). Seoul, South Korea 28-31 May 2007.
Authors: Raw J PMID: 28758500 [PubMed] (Source: Health Information Management Journal)
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research

Australian Hospital Data: Not Just for Funding.
Authors: Michel JL, Jackson TJ Abstract Collections of routine, or 'administrative', hospital data have many applications in health care and are now recognised as valuable sources of information. In recent decades, administrative data have been seen primarily as funding and billing tools to assist with the reimbursement of hospitals for services provided; this purpose remains the primary focus of the clinical coder workforce. More recently, hospital data have been recognised as valuable resources for a range of health system improvement processes beyond funding. The focus of this paper is to review and dem...
Source: Health Information Management Journal - August 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research