Due to limited or lack of access to health care, remote areas have overall poorer health than people living in major cities (Nikolopoulos, 2018). Since there are fewer educational institutions in remote areas, individuals' opportunities to understand health services are restricted and specifically, health information professionals such as clinical coders are forced to be autonomous in their learning (Gardiner, 2015, p.23 ). Furthermore, there is a heavy reliance on digital technology in the health information profession whereby electronic health records are used to store patient data, however, rural regions are behind in their development of digital information systems, using outdated systems such as Excel Spreadsheets and paper-based records to understand health activity (Gardiner, 2015, p.22). Contrastingly, major city areas have adequate educational facilities, providing sufficient knowledge regarding health information and proper development of electronic data technology, allowing retention of health data to be efficient and effective. ' According to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare', "in 2009-2011, people living in Remote and Very remote areas had mortality rates 1.4 times as high as people living in Major cities" (2010, p. 1), thus, urban health literacy allows individuals to work in rural areas, benefiting their healthcare system and promotion of public health in an attempt to alter these statistics.…
