Explain regulations or laws that prescribe how health information professionals are to handle archived or inactive medical records.

Question 1. 
Explain regulations or laws that prescribe how health information professionals are to handle archived or inactive medical records. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question 2.
Discuss the various ways that patient records are authenticated. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question3
As part of the health information management committee at Sunny Valley Hospital, you have been asked by the chief information officer to review abbreviations used in medical documents filed in the patient record. Prepare a summary of your findings, discussing the importance of establishing a facility policy and procedure on the appropriate use of abbreviations. Describe issues that can arise if health information management professionals are not properly trained in the documentation of medical records. Why is knowing the proper documentation techniques important? 

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Q2

When dealing with ethical situations, healthcare professionals can refer to:
1. Ethics Review Board
2. Laws and Policies
3. The Patient Care Partnership
An active discussion is the key to an interesting and engaging online course. Discussion in this course is designed to simulate a classroom discussion. As others join in the discussion, you should read what has already been posted and continue on with the discussion from there. We will go through the questions one at a time, moving on to the next question once we have fully explored the current question. I will guide you through the discussions.
1. Select to review The Patient Care Partnership (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [PDF, 238.59 KB] document.
2. Choose one aspect of the document and base your initial post on how the healthcare professional is involved in upholding the rights of the patient.
3. Describe one example of upholding the rights of a patient and how these rights might be violated in your place of employment and what measures you would take to resolve it.