HI150 Automation of Health Information

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Unit 3 Discussion

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Data Elements and Preparation for Unit 4 Assignment 

Unit outcomes addressed in this discussion:

• Identify the systems needed to support efficient operations in the HIM department.


• Differentiate between the various software products used in the HIM department.


• Identify mechanisms to improve the quality of the data within the health information management system.

Course outcome addressed in this discussion:

HI150-2: Outline the critical stages of developing a health information system.

Participation Expectations: Please engage on this topic throughout the unit by posting one main response by Saturday and two reply posts by the end of the unit. Your main post to the discussion should contain about 100-150 words, with no more than 10% quoting, and all sources cited with a reference list in APA style. Each reply post should contain about 50–75 words—use of APA style as needed.

Discussion Topic: Data Elements and Preparation for Unit 4 Assignment

1. Review the following list of data elements and recommend:

a. The appropriate type of data entry appropriate for the data;

b. The appropriate structured data field (checkbox, drop down box, etc.),

c. The field type for the data (text, auto numbering, numeric, etc. )

2. Data elements include:

a. Patient last name;

b. Patient’s First name;

c. Health Record number

d. Discharge Date

e. Account Number

f. Race

g. Address

h. City

i. State

j. Zip Code

3. Develop a simplistic database using Excel or another type of table format (See example below):

Participation Expectations: Please engage on this topic throughout the unit by posting one main response by Saturday and two reply posts by the end of the unit. Your main post to the discussion should contain about 100-150 words, with no more than 10% quoting, and all sources cited with a reference list in APA style. Each reply post should contain about 50–75 words—use of APA style as needed.

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