Master the terminology you need to communicate clearly and confidently in the healthcare setting! Using small learning segments or "chunks," Mastering Healthcare Terminology, 7th Edition makes it easy to learn medical terms and definitions. Concepts and terms are immediately followed by exercises to reinforce and assess your understanding. Organizing terminology by body system, the book covers prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, and realistic case studies help you apply your knowledge to practice. Special boxes help you avoid terminology pitfalls. Written by respected educator Betsy Shiland, this book includes an Evolve website with medical animations, flash cards, quizzes, word games, and more. Frequent word part and word building exercises reinforce your understanding with immediate opportunities for practice and review. Pathology and diagnostic terminology tables summarize the phonetic pronunciation of terms, word origin, and definitions. Case studies provide an opportunity to see terminology in use. Be Careful boxes remind you of potentially confusing look-alike or sound-alike word parts and terms. Age Matters boxes highlight important concepts and terminology for both pediatric and geriatric patients. Labeling exercises and hundreds of illustrations help you learn anatomy and the accompanying combining forms. Focus On boxes put it all together by highlighting a disorder or procedure that uses the medical terminology presented throughout the chapter. Coverage of electronic medical records prepares you for using EHR in the healthcare setting. Evolve website includes medical animations, electronic flash cards, quizzes, and word games such as Tournament of Terminology, Medical Millionaire, and Match the Word Part. NEW! Point of Interest boxes offer a complete picture of selected diseases and procedures. NEW gradable activities are added to the Evolve website for this edition. NEW terms and photos keep you up to date with advances in healthcare.

Introducing Statistics & Data Analytics for Health Data Management by Nadinia Davis and Betsy Shiland, an engaging new text that emphasizes the easy-to-learn, practical use of statistics and manipulation of data in the health care setting. With its unique hands-on approach and friendly writing style, this vivid text uses real-world examples to show you how to identify the problem, find the right data, generate the statistics, and present the information to other users. Brief Case scenarios ask you to apply information to situations Health Information Management professionals encounter every day, and review questions are tied to learning objectives and Bloom's taxonomy to reinforce core content. From planning budgets to explaining accounting methodologies, Statistics & Data Analytics addresses the key HIM Associate Degree-Entry Level competencies required by CAHIIM and covered in the RHIT exam. Meets key HIM Associate Degree-Entry Level competencies, as required by CAHIIM and covered on the RHIT registry exam, so you get the most accurate and timely content, plus in-depth knowledge of statistics as used on the job. Friendly, engaging writing style offers a student-centered approach to the often daunting subject of statistics. Four-color design with ample visuals makes this the only textbook of its kind to approach bland statistical concepts and unfamiliar health care settings with vivid illustrations and photos. Math review chapter brings you up-to-speed on the math skills you need to complete the text. Brief Case scenarios strengthen the text's hands-on, practical approach by taking the information presented and asking you to apply it to situations HIM professionals encounter every day. Takeaway boxes highlight key points and important concepts. Math Review boxes remind you of basic arithmetic, often while providing additional practice. Stat Tip boxes explain trickier calculations, often with Excel formulas, and warn of pitfalls in tabulation. Review questions are tied to learning objectives and Bloom's taxonomy to reinforce core content and let you check your understanding of all aspects of a topic. Integrated exercises give you time to pause, reflect, and retain what you have learned. Answers to integrated exercises, Brief Case scenarios, and review questions in the back of the book offer an opportunity for self-study. Appendix of commonly used formulas provides easy reference to every formula used in the textbook. A comprehensive glossary gives you one central location to look up the meaning of new terminology. Instructor resources include TEACH lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, classroom handouts, and a 500-question Test Bank in ExamView that help prepare instructors for classroom lectures.