Organisational factors affecting the quality of hospital clinical coding

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Santos, Suong ^a   Murphy, Gregory ^b   Baxter, Kathryn ^c   Robinson, Kerin M ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Health information managers; Hospital records; Information management; International classification of diseases; Medical records department, hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; VICTORIA;

EID: 39549112308     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830803700103     Document Type: Review

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