Health Information Management

Resources and tips for health information management (HIM) courses and topics.

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Textbooks

Health information management : concepts, principles, and practice (6th edition) by Oach et al.
Publication Date: 2020 (AHIMA Press)
Course online textbook in R2 Library.
Includes a glossary
Encyclopedia of Health Care Management by Michael J. Stahl (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003-10-21
Dictionary of Health Information Technology and Security by David E. Marcinko (Editor-In-Chief); Hope Rachel Hetico (Managing editor)
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Abbreviations, acronyms, and slang-terms defined Illustrations and simple examples Cross-references to current research
HIMSS Dictionary of Health Information and Technology Terms, Acronyms and Organizations by Healthcare Information Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Publication Date: 2019-01-14
Includes more than 3,400 definitions, organizations, credentials, acronyms and references. Definitions of terms for health IT, medical and nursing informatics fields.

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Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.

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Starter Databases and Cited Reference Search

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PubMed comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is the largest component of PubMed and consists primarily of journal citations; articles indexed with MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and curated with funding, genetic, chemical and other metadata.
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Google Scholar provides search for scholarly literature. It covers disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
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ProQuest Public Health offers core literature for the study of public health, including biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, and behavioral sciences.
ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
via ProQuest. ABI/INFORM provides publications on business conditions, trends, and management techniques.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It also includes access to EndNote Online.

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