Need a reliable resource to develop standardized policies and procedures for HIM practices? Look no further than the WHIMA Professional Practice Manual. The WHIMA Practice Policy Manual provides baseline plans, policies, and forms for key practice areas that can be customized for your department and organization.

What's in the Manual?

Policies

• Release of Patient Information, 
• Policy Record Retention Policy 
• Monitoring Incomplete Medical Record Policy 
• Electronic Health Record
• Security 
• Ambulatory, Inpatient and Physician Clinic Coding 
• HIPAA Policies Security & Safeguarding of Health & Hospital Information
• HIM Department Management
• Advance Directives
• Long Term Care 
• Legal Record (new in 2011)
• Identity Theft (new in 2011)
   

• Ongoing Record Review Form
• General Review Ongoing Record Review Form
• Focused Review Ongoing Record Review - Scheduled Abstracting Competency Review 
• Release of Information Competency Review 
• Sample Summary of Performance Improvement Activities

Who Uses the Manual?

You will, if you're a

Director of Health Records Health Information,  Director Health Records, Specialist Health Information,  Manager Physician Group Practice, HIM Manager Long Term Care

To Make Your Job Even Easier...

The policies, procedures and forms are on CD-ROM, ready for you to adapt. The documents on the CD are formatted in MS Word 7.0 and Adobe Acrobat. (IBM compatible computer, Windows 3.1 or higher, and MS Word 7.0 or higher)

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For more information call WHIMA at (608)787-0168 or e-mail whima@whima.org