Purpose: As a HIM professional, it is important to understand where and how to located specific information to meet your State’s reporting requirements.
Assignment Description:
Step One: Check the website for your State Department of Health. Determine whether your state has a statewide cancer, immunization, or public health (syndromic surveillance) registry. If not, select another state of your choosing that does have a statewide registry.
Step Two: Determine the source of the data included in the registry, i.e. where does the state get the information that is included in the registry.
Step Three: Next, find out which diseases are on the notifiable/reportable list for that state. You may need to call or email the State Department of Health to obtain this information if it is not readily available on their website. (Do not copy and paste the listing from the website.)
Step Four: Using the information from above and the information found in your textbook regarding registries, In a 2 page APA style word document report, discussing:
Step Five: As the manager of the HIM department, it is you responsibility to ensure that all of the information required for the state registry is collected and sent to the registry quarterly. Create a checklist of steps to follow. Be sure that you check list includes at least:
Step Six: Submit both the 2 page APA page and the checklist for grading
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