The Director of the HIM Department at Sunny Valley Hospital

Multiple Choice

The director of the HIM department at Sunny Valley Hospital needs to prepare a presentation for the finance committee to convince them to fund an automated MPI system. Which statement would best support her argument?

A) An automated MPI is less expensive than a manual master patient index.
B) An automated MPI allows for rapid retrieval of patient information.
C) Staff training time is decreased when an automated MPI is implemented.
D) The security of information is increased when an automated MPI is implemented.