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Jcaho Home Health Mock Survey,vol2

by Bowers

This book takes a nontechnical approach to a highly technical subject: building a data dictionary. It outlines a project of realistic size to implement and complete in 12 weeks. 12 Weeks to a Successful Data Dictionary teaches readers how to:

consolidate their organization's information resources and analyze, display, and report consistent,

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Overview

consolidate their organization's information resources and analyze, display, and report consistent, accurate data
select a project team
comply with the JCAHO's IM.3 standard
understand data fields
develop and implement a database infrastructure

Editorial Reviews

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Reviewer: LouAnn Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P(Advocate Health Care)
Description: The book outlines the process to develop a data dictionary within a healthcare organization.
Purpose: Healthcare organizations are striving to uniformly define and capture data throughout an organization to comply with JCAHO IM.3 standard as well as prepare for the computer-based patient record of the future. This book outlines the project in segments.
Audience: The audience is health information management professionals, information systems professionals, and administrators within a healthcare organization. The author is a well-respected health information management professional, consultant, and business owner who has focused on quality healthcare information and its organization.
Features: The book has an excellent glossary of database management terms. The book has a step-by-step approach to provide the framework to develop a data dictionary. The book is written for the nontechnical reader. The eight chapters of the book focus on the how and why, technical aspects, and human aspects of such a project. It sets a schedule of 3 months from start to finish.
Assessment: This is a one-of-a-kind book. Few books are available on the subject, particularly at this nontechnical level. It will be worthwhile reading for all health information management and information systems professionals. It may be a little expensive for a paperback book, but good information is inside.

Reviewer: LouAnn Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P(Univ of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomed & Health Info Mgmt)
Description: The book outlines the process to develop a data dictionary within a healthcare organization.
Purpose: Healthcare organizations are striving to uniformly define and capture data throughout an organization to comply with JCAHO IM.3 standard as well as prepare for the computer-based patient record of the future. This book outlines the project in segments.
Audience: The audience is health information management professionals, information systems professionals, and administrators within a healthcare organization. The author is a well-respected health information management professional, consultant, and business owner who has focused on quality healthcare information and its organization.
Features: The book has an excellent glossary of database management terms. The book has a step-by-step approach to provide the framework to develop a data dictionary. The book is written for the nontechnical reader. The eight chapters of the book focus on the how and why, technical aspects, and human aspects of such a project. It sets a schedule of 3 months from start to finish.
Assessment: This is a one-of-a-kind book. Few books are available on the subject, particularly at this nontechnical level. It will be worthwhile reading for all health information management and information systems professionals. It may be a little expensive for a paperback book, but good information is inside.

LouAnn Schraffenberger

The book outlines the process to develop a data dictionary within a healthcare organization. Healthcare organizations are striving to uniformly define and capture data throughout an organization to comply with JCAHO IM.3 standard as well as prepare for the computer-based patient record of the future. This book outlines the project in segments. The audience is health information management professionals, information systems professionals, and administrators within a healthcare organization. The author is a well-respected health information management professional, consultant, and business owner who has focused on quality healthcare information and its organization. The book has an excellent glossary of database management terms. The book has a step-by-step approach to provide the framework to develop a data dictionary. The book is written for the nontechnical reader. The eight chapters of the book focus on the how and why, technical aspects, and human aspects of such a project. It sets a schedule of 3 months from start to finish. This is a one-of-a-kind book. Few books are available on the subject, particularly at this nontechnical level. It will be worthwhile reading for all health information management and information systems professionals. It may be a little expensive for a paperback book, but good information is inside.