Weegy: root-cause analysis User: Health Information Management's Code of ethics includes: (Points : 5) Obligation to the patient and the healthcare team Obligations to the employer Obligations to the public Obligations to self, peers, and professional association All of the above Weegy: All of the above User: Discuss the responsibilities of health information management professionals in the development and maintenance of health record systems. What are some of the emerging roles for HIM professionals Weegy: Health information management professionals plan information systems, develop health policy, and identify current and future information needs. [ In addition, they may apply the science of informatics to the collection, storage, use, and transmission of information to meet the legal, professional, ethical and administrative records-keeping requirements of health care delivery.[1] They work with clinical, epidemiological, demographic, financial, reference, and coded healthcare data. It has been suggested the proper collection, management and use of information within healthcare systems “will determine the system’s effectiveness in detecting health problems, defining priorities, identifying innovative solutions and allocating resources to improve health outcomes.”[2] For example, health information administrators have been described to "play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare in the United States through their focus on the collection, maintenance and use of quality data to support the information-intensive and information-reliant healthcare system"The committee on professional development of AHIMA states that health information management (HIM) professionals are responsible for improving “the quality of healthcare by insuring that the best information is available for making any healthcare decision” by managing healthcare data and information resources.12 The professionals can be in charge of the services in ... (More)