Lecture 1

Question 1

What is privacy?

Answer 1

• The right of an individual to control his or her health information and how it is used
• entails confidentiality and security
• Legislative requirements in each jurisdiction based on federal principles

Question 2

what is e-HIM?

Answer 2

• the transition to use electronic information systems to manage health information
• clinicians of all disciplines need to understand how to use them

Question 3

What is data quality?

Answer 3

-the importance to provide good documentation which leads to better communication between professionals, patient care, data and information to manage the health care system