Give an example of how the fields of HIM and IT are merging

What will be an ideal response?


Any examples similar to the following: Healthcare is moving from paper to electronic medical record systems. Document imaging, scanning paper charts into electronic health records. Paper forms are often designed to facilitate scanning into electronic health records. Many healthcare facilities have put the IT and HIM departments both under the authority of the CIO.

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The ICD-10-CM code for alcohol dependence, in remission, is ______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A type of exercise in which muscles are worked through their full ranges of motion to develop muscular strength is called:

A) iatrogenic.
B) isotonic.
C) isolateral.
D) isometric.

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A pediatric patient is being treated for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). What happens to functional residual capacity (FRC) if the compliance of the lung decreases in this patient?

A) FRC is not affected by lung compliance. B) FRC decreases. C) FRC increases. D) FRC stays the same.

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If a file is misplaced, what can be done to reconstruct it?

A. Avoid telling the physician or office staff that the file is lost B. Contact insurance companies, laboratories, and other providers for copies of original documents C. Ask the patient to come to the office and record his memories of what was in the file D. Avoid putting a note in the file that it is a recollection of information E. Duplicate all the information within the file

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