This is a masterpiece, first of its kind in the world. It will be of immense value to all the medical colleges, allied health science educational institutions, including faculty members, and the ministries of health and public health education and research centres to meet the high demand.
The text comprises 24 chapters and 5 annexures. Chapters 1 to 9 deal with introduction to standards, and the role of the health information management (HIM) profession in the 21st century. Chapters 10 to 13 deal with certificate, diploma, degree and master's programs, syllabus and course content prepared comprehensively at par with the United States HIM educational standards consisting of innovative professional, practical and internship project assignments. Chapters 14 to 21 cover electronic medical records (EMR) specialized certificate/diploma programs in IT and medical and health informatics for clinical pathways for medical, nursing, operation theatre, ward,
MR personnel, and coders. Chapter 22 focuses on creating HIM centres for excellence at the national / state level to oversee the entire EMR educational programs to standardization and rationalization and to meet the requirements at all levels and in all the institutions. The recommendations of Government of India on EMR Standards are incorporated in Chapter 24.
Mogli, GD
