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Intro to Health Information Management

Understanding Filing Systems

Discuss serial numbering system, unit numbering system, social security numbering system, family numbering system and serial unit numbering.

Which system do you prefer and why? You may create a simple chart for each and identify advantages and disadvantages of each.

Then respond to two fellow students’ posts. Do you agree with their reasoning, why or why not?

Please respond to the initial question by day 5 and be sure to post two additional times to peers and/or instructor by day 7. The initial post by day 5 should be 75 to 150 words, but may go longer depending on the topic. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts,you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.

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Diabetes Mellitus

According to the American Diabetes Association, “In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes.”

Diabetes Mellitus can be a very debilitating disease as it can affect many organs in our body.

Research Diabetes Mellitus and describe how obesity plays a major role.

How can a patient prevent Diabetes Mellitus, especially if they are at risk?