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health information management
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Health information management
Health information management (HIM)
is
information management
applied to
health
and
health care
. It is the practice of acquiring, analyzing and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing
quality patient care
. With the widespread computerization of health records, traditional (paper-based) records are being replaced with
electronic health records
(EHRs). The tools of
health informatics
and
health information technology
are continually improving to bring greater
efficiency
to information management in the
health care sector
. Both
hospital information systems
and
health human resources information systems (HRHIS)
are common implementations of HIM.
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