A HIM Professional in a Hospital Would Be Supporting Implementation

question 14

Multiple Choice

A HIM professional in a hospital would be supporting implementation of a syndromic surveillance system when he

• A) Presents the public health benefits to the Chairman of the Medical Record Committee in preparation for a scheduled monthly meeting.
• B) Works with the hospital's CIO to research and develop a secure methodology to identify and transmit de-identified hospital-specific coded health care data to the public health authority.
• C) Educates ER, outpatient, and hospital HIM coders about the critical nature of syndromic surveillance.
• D) All of the above.

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