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Appendix F

Career Self-Reflection II

Medical regulatory and legal compliance are important areas of health records management. Consider how deeply you might be interested in overseeing these aspects of patient information in your professional work.

From what you have learned about compliance issues so far, highlight the choices that best reflect your career interests and explain your reasons:

1. I would enjoy the authority for seeing that documents within patient files are complete, legible, and organized appropriately.

• True

• False

because: I am very detailed oriented and find myself rechecking things to seek out mistakes.

2. I would enjoy the authority for ensuring that patient files are filed accurately.

• True

• False

because: I enjoy puzzles, I feel that filing is just like puzzles, making sure all of the pieces fit appropriately.

3. I would enjoy the authority for developing procedures to track and circulate medical records effectively.

• True

• False

because: I enjoy implementing new procedures in office structures that prove effective.

4. I would enjoy the authority for training office employees to follow records management standards.

• True

• False

because: If I am trained correctly, I feel that I can break things down to fellow employees to ensure that the proper training is given and to make sure they understand.

5. I would enjoy the authority for keeping up with changes in filing policies and compliance standards.

• True

• False

because: Even though I like the filing process, once I find something that works, I really do not like to change but I know I would have to just to keep up with the policies.

6. I would enjoy the authority for investigating reports of suspected violations of policies and standards.

• True

• False

because: I like to help people and show them the correct way...