December 2015
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
33h 39m
English
Susan Helbig, MA, RHIA
After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to:
Understand the general concept of advocacy and applications for ethical health information management (HIM) practice for anyone working in a healthcare environment, including advocacy for patients, colleagues, staff, the organization, and self.
Identify and assess difficult advocacy situations and reasons why there is tension among the different courses of action that can be taken.
Recognize potential need for a sponsor who has the power to sanction or legitimize an ethical health information action.
Consciously choose an ethical course of action.
Consider ways in which personal and professional goals can be attained ...