Please answer each of the following essay questions. The answers should be written in complete sentences and full paragraphs.
1) Why is it imperative that the HIM department provides accurate information to outside requestors? Pick a situation that will require the HIM department to give information to an outside agency. Discuss the agency, and the type of information that the HIM department would be required to provide, and how it will be used for healthcare for patients, or public health information, or insurance or regulatory purposes.?
2) Interoperability of systems is a crucial methodology which allows for various EHR systems to communicate with each other to perform needed tasks. Explain how interoperability can help make patient care better or how interoperability can make administrative functions easier. Make sure to explain how standards, particularly SNOWMED CT,HL7, and others such as LOINC enable interoperability to function.?
3) Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are here and a fact of life for most large medical systems. Explain how an HIE might be used to track a contagious disease like Corona virus, or how an HIE might be useful to improve patient care and safety, or improve research. You need to only pick one of these items to fully respond to the question.?