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Show Feature Nov. SOirniF.UN ITTAII NEWS WEDNESDAY NOVEMHER 9. 1991 15 National Health Information Management Week 7-1- 1: By Barbara Pyles program. This is done through Carolyn Banks, Director ofthe department policy (continually Health Information Manage- updated), addressing quality ment Department and her staff assessment, utilization review at Kane County Hospital, are (beginning on admission), and celebrating National Health risk management. The primary' Information Management Week, resource for all elements of this (Nov Yet, many people program (hospital-wide- ) is the have no idea what services they medical record. Another duty performed by the perform. Its a lot more than and Banks. Health Information Managefiling typing, says Although Banks loves her ment Department is to complete work, the task of managing this all birth certificates for babies branch of the hospital is no easy born in the hospital. And acjob. The department must be cording to Utah law, her signaproficient in human anatomy ture needs to be on the certifiand physiology, basic disease cate for it to be legal. Banks said everything the processes, medical terminology, and word processing. Also in department does is on an urgent maintenance and acquisition of and an important deadline. And health data, medicolegal as- we &re on top of our duties at all pects, quality assurance, com- times, she says. Banks explained two more of puter systems, health care delivery systems, personnel super- the departments responsibilivision, record management, re- ties: We perform a medical transearch methods and statistics, scription service for ten physiutilization, and evaluation of cians and one P.A.C that rehealth care services. quires a current knowledge of if And as that wasnt enough, medical terminology, drugs and the department must keep cur- disease processes. And we maintain all physirent with changes in the health care field by continuous reading cian files and do credentialing and attending seminars. In al- on all present potential physimost ten years, Banks has taken cians associated with the hospimore than twenty Continued tal The office also executes many Medical Education courses. According to Banks the pri- other functions. They do a wonmary function of the department derful job and are dedicated to is to maintain health records providingcompetent, timely seraccording to specified standards. vice to the public. They deserved And, one of the many services the recognition. the department does is filing, Banks says she has a few storage, and retrieval of medical people she would like to recogrecords. The office performs nize: Thanks to the Hospital many processing functions on Auxiliary for all they do for this the content of every record, line department, she says. They by line. purchased the new dictation sysThere are policies pertaining tem for us as well as other office to who may retrieve the infor- equipment. Theyre the best. And Banks wanted to add, We mation from the record, and these policies are reviewed and stress good patient care. That is updated frequently. Its a very our main goal. It is number one confidential department, says above everything else in every Banks. We dont talk to anyone outside these doors about patients, treatments or illness. According to Banks, licensing agencies (Utah State) requires the department to maintain a formalized quality assurance Retirement represen- tative to be in Kanab The field representative for the Utah Retirement Systems, Bonnie Sweat, will be in Kanab, at the Kane County office on Thursday, November 17, from 10:30 until 3:30. You may stop by at your convenience. The rep-resentati- can essentially handle all functions of the main office. For more information con- tact Bonnie at 801-673-630- 0. Greenland (center) of Honey's IGA presented the Kanab Elementary School kindergarten class with over 3, 000 coupons to kick off their Campbell Soup label campaignyCampbell's donates free school and playground equipment in exchange for their soup labels. Kindergarten teachers LaHue Moore (I) and Johanna McFadden (r) accepted the coupons from Greenland. Photo by Barbara Pyles. Tim Save your Campbell Soup labels By Barbara Pyles Kanab Elementary School is saving Campbell Soup labels, and they need your help. The school has joined a program, sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company called, Labels for Education Program. In exchange for the labels, the school will receive free school and playground equipment. Mrs. Larae Moore and Mrs. Jo McFaddens 8,000 coupons to kick off the campaign. We want to help support the school, he said. We would like everyone to help the plenty of cans of Campbell Soup and fill the hole in your tummy. Save the labels. Send the labels to school with your children or kids out. drop them off at Honeys IGAs So if you want to help Kanab or Glaziers Food Town. The Elementary School get school stores will have large barrels set and playground equipment free up inside the stores for that of charge heres how. Buy kindergarten classes have taken on the project. As for their goal, McFadden says the sky is the limit. According to Moore, the children will help count the labels in groups of tens. Tim Greenland, of Honeys IGA in Kanab, presented the students and teachers with over General Contractor 35 Years Experience Residential & Commercial Vour Plans or Ours! |