Comprehensive Review Guide for Health Information: RHIA & RHIT Exam Prep (Tyson-Howard, Comprehensive Review Guide for Health Informat)

This comprehensive review of health information serves as a personal tutor and is designed to assist students with navigating through Health Information Management (HIM) coursework and in passing the national examination for Registered Health Information Administrators (RHIA) and Registered Health Information Technicians (RHIT). Complete with a combination review book/workbook, and a companion website, this thoroughly updated Second Edition is an invaluable resource that reflects all the major advances in the curriculum and the industry of health information, including: - New electronic health record and reimbursement methodologies - The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) legislation - ICD-10-CM/PCS The Second Edition also offers: • New practice tests questions in each chapter • Interactive, gradable exercises including matching and sequencing exercises, available through a companion website • References with links to online sources of material for further study

Carla Tyson-Howard earned an undergraduate degree in health information management from Incarnate Word University in San Antonio, a master’s of science in health care administration from Texas Woman’s University and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Dr. Tyson-Howard’s extensive health information career spans from tumor registry, acute, long term, psychiatric and prison care to academia. She currently serves as the department chair of the health information technology program of Houston Community College in Houston, Texas. Because of her many years in academia, she has served as a consultant to other HIM associate degree programs. Dr. Tyson-Howard has been active in professional associations at the local, state and national levels. She served as Vice President of the local Houston Area Health Information Management Association. On the state and national level, she has served as a speaker for the Texas RHIA/RHIT exam review and the AHIMA Assembly on Education. She has authored numerous articles for professional journals. She is also the co-creator of the multimedia CD-ROM entitled “Health Information Numbering and Filing Systems”.