Marci, a health information professional, is speaking to a high school class of potential future HIMS professionals about documentation in a health record. The students are surprised to learn from Marci that changes to health record entries .

Are acceptable in certain circumstances.

Explanation:

Health information management professionals (HIM™) provide services in all aspects of records management – including data collection and data quality management, integrity, standards, disclosure, coding, disposition, and privacy of health information. They perform detailed analysis of the information in the health record to facilitate health care delivery, patient safety and decision support. They play a role in ensuring the confidentiality of health information within the patient record and are advocates of the patient’s right to private, secure and confidential information.

In this instance, Marci is teaching the potential future HIMS to be flexible in their careers when it comes to documentation in a health records.