COD Library: Health Information Technology: Books

Introduction

This guide is a starting point for locating Health Information Technology, Physician Coding, and Medical Billing books, videos, journal articles, and credible websites.

Use the COD Library catalog to search the COD Library's collection of books, videos, e-books, and streaming media. Use your MyAccess/NetID user name and password to check these items out or access them online.

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Want to contact your Nursing & Health Sciences Librarian or set up a virtual or F2F appointment with her? Email Debra Smith: smithkak@cod.edu

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Use our catalog to find books, videos, and other resources in our collections.

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Enter the title of a book (if you know it) putting the title in quotes
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Subject Searching

Here are just a few of the many subjects assigned to HIT resources
health care reform united states	medical laws and legislation
HIPAA	medical jurisprudence
malpractice	medical policy
managed care	medical records
medical care law and legislation United States	medicine terminology
medical claims	medical transcription
medical ethics	nosology

Call Number Ranges

Use these call number ranges to browse the General collection and the Reference collection.

Also look for e-books and streaming media.

R118	Health Communications
R123	Medical Terminology
R728-730s	Health Information Processes (including Transcription)
R858-R864	Electronic Health Records
RA971-RA976.5	Health Office Management
RB115	Coding
RM100-300s	pharmacology & drug handbooks or guides

Reference Sources

Reference materials are well indexed, up-to-date, concise, and highly credible. They provide overviews, definitions, specific information (such as causes & symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, prognosis, etc) or addresses. Types of reference books include: directories, dictionaries and encyclopedias, basic health books (describing diseases and conditions), and drug resources.

Electronic Reference

Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks is a collection of online reference books on a variety of topics including business, history, literature, health & medicine, social science, technology, and more. The inclusion of key word definitions within its concise encyclopedia entries makes this database the perfect starting point for professional and personal research.
MedlinePlus Consumer Health
MedlinePlus is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) consumer health web portal. It contains reputable information on health topics, medical tests, drugs and supplements, genetics, the latest medical news, and more in a variety of reading levels and languages, including Spanish. Its medical encyclopedia contains images and videos. It can be linked to EHRs (Electronic Health Records) and should be the first stop when seeking health information on the internet.

Medscape Reference
An online clinical reference providing in-depth drug & disease information and tools to support clinical decision making. Content is designed for practicing medical professionals and includes diagnostic medical images. Free Registration to MedScape is required. To go straight to an entry in this resource, try Googling the word emedicine and your disease/condition (i.e. emedicine pneumonia)
MedTerms Medical Dictionary
Medical Term (medical dictionary) is the medical terminology for MedicineNet.com. Our doctors define difficult medical language in easy-to-understand explanations of over 19,000 medical terms
Merck Manuals Consumer Version
Merck Manuals Professional Version
Merriam-Webster Online Medical Dictionary
A medical dictionary that includes audio pronunciations

Micromedex
Micromedex is an evidence-based, multi-database drug search engine that provides summary and in-depth information for drugs (both prescription and over-the-counter products), diseases, toxicology, and alternative medicine. Its clinical tools include IV compatibility, drug identification, drug interactions, drug comparisons, and clinical calculators.
If you are looking for information on the MobileMicromedex app, please click here.