Unlock document.
This document is partially blurred.
Unlock all pages and 1 million more documents.
Get Access
What does it mean to say that a cost is direct?
When an application is performed using both the old and new computer system for a
period, it is called ________________________________________.
Successful selection and implementation of electronic health records requires that key
barriers be addressed. Identify three barriers.
What is the purpose of a budget?
The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System contains levels of codes.
What is one advantage of using thin-clients when upgrading a software application?
You are the Director of a large HIM department with 150 employees in a major urban
teaching hospital. Right now, the hospital is running in the black, but this has not
always been the case. The organization's HR department is working with senior
management to come up with a proactive plan to avoid layoffs when and if the
economy begins to falter. HR and senior management want to be sure that responsible
staffing decisions continue to be made. A principle is that the staffing plan for all
departments, including HIM, should be cost-justified and shown to be linked to and
drive the hospital's incremental business results.
HR is working with all departmental directors to plan for up-and-down business cycles.
HR is asking, "When the economic cycle falls apart again, what are we going to do?
Let's think about what steps we can take now to prevent layoff pain later on." In
preparing to meet with the HR representative, you talk with your management team and
brainstorm some alternative ideas. What are some of the approaches you and your team
come up with to discuss with HR?
