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Health Information : Management of a Strategic Resource
Health information management (HIM) is a vital component of the health care delivery system. Therefore, it is crucial for health information professionals to understand the structure of that systems. rnrn<br>rnFrom its inception hundreds of years ago to the present, the health care system has been continually evolving. In the United States, virtually every person is in some way a patient or a consumer of health care at some point. Most people are born either in a hospital or outside the hospital with the asistance of a health care professional. Other people come in contact with the health care system in a variety of ways, including physicial examination, immunizations, employee physicial, school vision and hearing screens, emergency care, and public health service announcements.
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