HIM functions in healthcare quality and patient safety.

Alexandria Berretoni; Felisha Bochantin; Teresa Brown; Rebecca Busch; Jaime Chapman; Tina Cobia; Marie Colin; Vicki Delgado; Terri Hall; Mary Lou Hilbert; Kelly Hugo; Linda Hyde; Sheila Johnson; Crystal Kallem; James Lantis; David Mozie; Sandra Nunn; Mark Palen; Catherine Porto; Deborah Reed; Lisa Roat; Matthew Schuller; Deborah Slanicky; Patrice Spath; Alison Stangeby; Stacy Vaughn; Alison Viola; Valerie Watzlaf; Traci Waugh; Margaret Williams; Pam Winegardner; Sue Woodham; Ying Zhen

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HIM functions in healthcare quality and patient safety.

August 10, 2011

Berretoni A, Bochantin F, Brown T, et al. J AHIMA. 2011;82(8):42-5.

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