Electronic Health Information Systems Chapter 1 Summary

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The chapter that I struggled with a little is chapter 3 Electronic Health Information systems. I had a hard time explain the synergy between administrative and CISs and identify three administrative systems and three clinical systems.
I think all the chapters help me grasp the concept of health information management and data governance Health Information Management and Data Governance challenges how healthcare organizations can manage their data in this period of dramatic data explosion and growing deployment of information technologies.
Health Information Career Map Review
The Health Information Career Map has six departments which include the compliance/risk management, education/communication, informatics/data analysis, IT/Infrastructure, operations
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Education/Communication – Health Information Librarian (Mid-Level), ICD-10 Educator and Professor (Advanced Level), Program Director and Department Chair (Master Level);
Informatics/Data Analysis – Content Analyst, Data Analyst, and Clinical Informatics Coordinator (Mid-Level), Data Integrity Analyst and Informatics Researcher (Mid and Advanced Level), Mapping Specialist and Projector Manager and Research and Development Scientist (Advanced), Director of Clinical Informatics and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (Master Level);
IT/Infrastructure – Implementation Support Specialist, Data, Application or System Analyst and HER Implementation Specialist (Mid-Level), Data Architect (Mid and Advanced Level), Data Quality Manager (Advanced), Vice President, Information Technology (Master);
Operations Medical Records Administration – Patient Registrar, Patient Care Coordinator and Health Information Management (HIM) Clerk (Entry Level), Transcriptionist, Information Technician, Medical Office Administrator, and Cancer Registrar (Mid-Level), Meaningful Use Specialist, E-MPI Manager, Coding Trainer, Consultant and HIM Manager (Advanced), Regional Director of HIM, Director of HIM AND Chief Learning Officer (Advanced

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