Health Information Governance Flashcards

What is health information governance?

Answer: An organization-wide framework for managing the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of health data

HIG provides the strategic framework for policies, procedures, and oversight ensuring health information is managed properly across the organization.

What is the role of a Health Information Management (HIM) professional?

Answer: Managing patient health information systems, ensuring data quality, privacy compliance, and proper coding

HIM professionals oversee health information collection, maintenance, and access, ensuring quality, privacy compliance, and supporting the healthcare organization's data needs.

What is information lifecycle management?

Answer: Managing data from creation through use, maintenance, and ultimate disposition or destruction

ILM addresses all phases of information existence: creation, use, maintenance, archival, and destruction, with appropriate policies for each phase.

What is a release of information (ROI) process?

Answer: The procedure for disclosing patient health information in response to authorized requests

ROI involves verifying authorization, identifying requested records, reviewing for compliance, and disclosing only the minimum necessary information.

What is data mapping in health information?

Answer: The process of connecting data fields between different systems to enable information exchange

Data mapping establishes correspondences between data elements in different systems, enabling meaningful information exchange and system interoperability.

What is master patient index (MPI)?

Answer: A database that assigns a unique identifier to each patient and cross-references all their records

The MPI ensures each patient has one unique identifier across all systems, preventing duplicate records and enabling accurate record retrieval.