The emerging role of the health information management professional in data quality and analysis of an electronic medical record system.
The role of the health information management professional is changing with the advancement of the electronic medical record system (EMRS) and electronic financial database systems. The Medical ARchival System, a longitudinal EMRS developed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, was used to describe the methodology that the health information management professional should use when performing data quality evaluations and data analysis of an EMRS. Specific examples of steps used to integrate databases to collect the data and generate appropriate reports and tables are also described and discussed.
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
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