Ethics Case Studies for Health Information Management

Today's health information professionals are working within an ever-changing environment of technology and regulatory guidelines. This dynamic workplace requires fundamental skills to appropriately manage and react to ethical dilemmas. Ethics Case Studies for Health Information Management provides real-world examples to prepare you for the inevitable challenges of the modern office and offers a methodology to interpret the various situations and determine courses of action.

Leah Grebner, PhD, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA has more than 25 years of experience in Health Information Management. Her background includes inpatient and outpatient acute care, home health, skilled nursing, and medical office work, in addition to professional consulting. She shares her passion for educating the public on personal health records and health literacy in the classroom and with professional organizations at the regional, state, and national levels. A member of the AHIMA Consumer Engagement Task Force and the Council on Excellence in Education PPE Workgroup, Dr. Grebner received the Literary Legacy Triumph Award by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in 2012. In addition to MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION: FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS, 2E, she published Ethics Case Studies for Health Information Management (Cengage Learning) in 2008.