Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach [Hardcover]

Dana C. McWay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1418001430 | ISBN-13: 978-1418001438 | Edition: 1

Today's Health Information Management reflects the recent trends and developments in technology, law, and organizational management that have changed the HIM profession. This book guides the health information professional in performing a more central role in the delivery of health care than ever before, addressing both the principles and practices of health information management. The integrated approach highlights the interplay of informatics, e-HIM, and HIPAA contextually as each topic relates to each chapter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 482 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (August 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418001430
• ISBN-13: 978-1418001438
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Medical Books > Medical Informatics
  • #74 in Books > Medical Books > Administration & Medicine Economics > Health Care Administration

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you don't already need glasses..., March 2, 2010

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Penny (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach (Hardcover)

You will need them after a semester spent reading this book. The print does not seem to be true black, rather dark gray, and it's on the small side. The purple charts and hightlighting do not help to emphasize important points, as several readers have mentioned. This is a text that must be read and re-read to be understood, at least by 2nd semester coding students like myself, and by the second hour my eyes are killing me! By comparison, my other textbooks have slightly larger print and the letters are darker. One good thing about this book...it's small and doesn't weigh much.

So not only am I dealing with almost daily headaches 'cause of the eye strain, I had to pay full price at the bookstore because Amazon couldn't tell me whether or not the CD would come with the book. FYI, the CD is a series of games, like hangman, that help you learn definitions of words and phrases. I could have lived without it. What would really help however, would be real life examples of the concepts Ms McWay writes about.

Maybe there's a better book for an entry level course in HIM, but this is the one my school chose so I'm trying to make the best of it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Purple Print, July 26, 2009

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frum-IL "IL masters degree" (Danville, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach (Hardcover)

The book is very elementary for the subject. This is a good bachelor's degree class book, too elementary for masters program. But the printing of the tables and figures is horrible -- all the tables and figures are highlighted in a purple graduated shading. The dark purple shading on the top with the black print makes it impossible to read the top of the table/figure. What moron at the publisher/printing company made that decision???

5.0 out of 5 stars HIM review, June 21, 2010

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T. Easton "T Porter "educateme"" (Phoenix) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Today's Health Information Management: An Integrated Approach (Hardcover)

This book is excellent. Very comprehensive is healthcare overview and information technology. Well worth the money I spent.