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Department of Health Information

Dedicated to providing support services to patients, physicians, health care providers and clients of the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics.

Our services include:

    -Assisting physicians and health care providers in timely completion of medical records

    -Providing for the confidentiality, permanent storage, availability, retrieval, and authorized access of medical records

    -Insuring that the medical record meets Hospital, State, JCAHO, and other regulatory compliance standards for timely completion, accuracy, confidentiality, and availability

    -Providing accurate and timely filing of all documents (loose sheets) into the medical record

    -Providing timely, accurate coding/abstracting of medical records for reimbursement and research

Services span the following continuum of care:

  • acute
  • critical
  • ambulatory care
  • home care
  • psychiatric
  • rehabilitation