Product #: AB103323 ©2025
ISBN #: 978-1-58426-968-7
Category: Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Publisher: AHIMA Press
Pages: Approx. 1,128 pages
Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice, Seventh Edition, helps students and professionals already working with health information understand the value of quality information throughout the process of collecting patient data, aggregating the data to generate information, and using that information to increase knowledge and support decision-making. This book sets the path for excellence in four-year health information management (HIM) baccalaureate programs and identifies the critical competencies in the HIM field.
- Aligned to HIM baccalaureate level competencies
- Taxonomy level and RHIA domain identified for each review and test question
- Serves as the foundational text for RHIA certification study
- Student workbook and additional appendices available online
- Odd-numbered Check Your Understanding answer key allows students to self-assess their knowledge and build a framework for HIM principles
Part I: Data Content, Standards, and Governance
1 The US Healthcare Delivery System
2 Governing Data and Information Assets
3 Health Record Content and Documentation
4 Clinical Classifications and Terminologies
5 Data Management
Part II: Revenue Management and Organizational Compliance
7 Reimbursement Methodologies
8 Revenue Cycle Management
9 Clinical Documentation Integrity and Coding Compliance
10 Legal Issues in Health Information Management
11 Data Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
12 Quality Management
Part III: Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use
12 Health Information Technologies
13 Health Information Systems Planning
14 Consumer Health Informatics
15 Healthcare Statistics
16 Healthcare Data Analytics
17 Data Visualization
18 Research Methods
19 Biomedical and Research Support
Part IV: Organizational Management and Leadership
20 Leadership and Management Theories and Strategies
21 Strategic Thinking and Management
22 Human Resources Management
23 Employee Training and Development
24 Work Design and Measurement
25 Financial Management
26 Project Management
27 Ethical Issues in Health Information Management
Appendix A: Answers to Odd-Numbered Check Your Understanding Exercises
Glossary
Index
Instructor Resources include the following:
- Instructor manual with additional guidance, activities, and assignments
- Full answer key
- Test bank tagged with taxonomy levels and RHIA domains
- Presentation slides
- Transition guide
The test bank is also available in Respondus.
Pamela K. Oachs, MA, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, is an assistant professor and director of the health information management undergraduate program in the College of St. Scholastica’s healthcare informatics and information management department. She is currently on the editorial review board for Perspectives in Health Information Management.
Lisa M. Delhomme, MHA, RHIA, is the program director of the health information management program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She teaches courses in privacy and security, data analytics, and database management. Mrs. Delhomme is an active AHIMA volunteer and served on AHIMA’s Council for Excellence in Education. She has served in several volunteer roles with AHIMA and is a former president of the Louisiana Health Information Management Association. She is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences in her areas of expertise.
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