Transcript STEMFuse-HIM Unit 4

STEMFuse-HIM
Unit 4
Education and Career Information
Careers & Education
The medical field is ever expanding and many new careers are emerging as a
result of technology and community need.
Careers & Education
Unit 4 will cover:
• Career options in the Health Information Management (HIM) area.
• Educational requirements for HIM professionals.
• A Web Quest or Shadow Experience (or both) will allow students to gain
greater understating of the career filed and be better prepared for future
educational and employment opportunities.
New Career Roles
• The health information manager for integrated systems is responsible for
organization wide direction of health information functions.
• The clinical data specialist is responsible for data management functions,
including clinical coding, outcomes management, and maintenance of
specialty registries and research.
• The patient information coordinator assists patients in managing personal
health information, including personal histories, and release of
information functions.
New Career Roles
• The data quality manager is responsible for data management functions
that involve formalized quality improvement activities for data integrity
throughout the organization, such as data dictionary and policy
development and data quality monitoring and audits.
• The information security manager is responsible for managing the security
of electronically maintained information, including the promotion of
security requirements, policies, and privilege systems and performance
auditing.
• The data resource administrator manages the data recourses of the
organization, such as data repositories and data warehouses
New Career Roles
• The resource and decision support specialist provides senior managers
with information for decision making strategy development.
HIM professionals are working in all of these types of roles and in a variety of
organizations. The profession has truly evolved to e-HIM.
Health Information Management
(HIM)
• Combines a profession in health care with information technology.
• Employment opportunities are available in different types of health care
settings.
Depending on the academic program in which you enroll and your future
health care professional aspirations, one or more of the career opportunities
may appeal to you.
HIM Careers
• Terminology modeler: Creates digital links among various terminology and
classification systems.
• Personal health record liaison or consultant: Assists patients in
compilation of their health records.
• Physician group consultant: Aids in the HER system implementation,
auditing documentation practices, or assisting with revenue cycle
management.
• Privacy officer: Expands beyond a single organization or enterprise as
health information exchange organizations and health banks become
more widespread.
HIM Careers
• Health records reviewer: Responsible for monitoring quality of
health information and reconciling information within health record
banks and monitoring records for quality.
• HIM director: Works with the design, development, and
implementation of the electronic health record, monitoring, and
reconciling interfaces, running electronic data integrity audits, and
supervising a staff of employees in both virtual and on site medical
information departments.
• Enterprise content and information manager: Manages an
organization’s non clinical paper and electronic documents
including developing systems to index and track the location of
content and information within the organization.
HIM Careers
• Revenue cycle manager: Oversees all of the processes that make up
the revenue cycle from documentation, coding, through billing to
improve efficiency in the cycle.
• Health data analyst: Retrieves, analyzes, and reports health data
using software and statistical techniques.
• Chief information officer: Responsible for evaluation and acquisition
of clinical and nonclinical technological systems that best meets the
needs of the organization.
HIM Careers
• Cancer Registrar: Works in collecting cancer data from a variety of
sources and reports cancer statistics to government and health care
agencies.
• Coding and Reimbursement Specialist: Works in assigning Current
Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of
Diseases (ICD) numbers from patient charts to accurately reflect
patient services and correct reimbursement.
• Health Insurance Specialist: A health insurance specialist or claims
examiner reviews health related claims to determine whether or
not the costs are reasonable and medically necessary, based on the
patients diagnosis.
HIM Careers
• Health Services Manager: These individuals plan, direct, coordinate, and
supervise the delivery of health care. They include specialists who direct
clinical departments or services and generalists who manager entire
facilities.
• Medical Transcriptionist: Medical transcriptionist transcribe prerecorded
dictation, creating medical reports, correspondence, and other
administrative materials (e.g., committee minutes).
• Medical office manager: This person coordinates the communication,
contract, data, financial, human resources, health information, insurance,
marketing, and risk management operations of a provider’s office.
HIM Careers
• Medical Staff Coordinators: These individuals report directly to the health
care facilities administrator, and are responsible for managing the medical
staff office.
• Utilization manager (or case manager): Responsible for coordinating
patient care to ensure the appropriate utilization of resources, delivery of
health care services, and timely discharge or transfers.
HIM Careers
In 2010, health information management (HIM) professionals were working in
40 different settings under 125 different job titles, often serving in bridge
roles, connecting clinical, operational, and administrative functions.
HIM Careers
It is important to remember that the healthcare environment is continually
changing. Therefore, the roles of the HIM professional will continue to evolve
to meet the needs of the healthcare delivery systems.
The future of the HIM field is bright. Individual members of the profession to
be successful, will to commit to a lifelong learning process.
Health information professionals must continually update their skills so they
can be ready to step in new job opportunities.
HIM Education
• The educational requirements for these roles vary from certificate
programs to four year bachelor’s degrees.
• College- based health care management programs typically include
coursework in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, health
information management, computer systems, health data collection,
epidemiology, pathophysiology, abstracting, pharmacology, transcription,
and coding.
HIM Education
It is important to research your prospective college to see if they have the
appropriate accreditations for health care management programs.
• Health information technicians (HIT) earn an associate degree.
• A health information manager earns a bachelors degree from colleges or
universities that are accredited through the American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA).
After graduating from an accredited program the individual can sit for the
credentialing exam given by AHIMA. Today the AHIMA certification and
credentialing program encompasses several different types of credentials,
including:
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Registered health information technician (RHIT)
Registered health information administrator (RHIA)
Certified coding associate (CCA)
Certified coding specialist-physician based (CCS-P)
Certified healthcare privacy and security (CHPS)
Certified health data analyst (CHDA)
HIM Education
Each of these credentials has specific eligibility requirements and a
certification examination. To achieve certification from AHIMA, individuals
must meet the eligibility requirements for certification and successfully
complete the examination.
HIM Education
Because the HIM profession is continually changing, certified individuals must
demonstrate that they are continuing to maintain their knowledge and skill
base. To maintain their credentials, individuals who hold any AHIMA
certification must complete continuing education requirements.
HIM Education
Activities include: attending workshops and seminars, taking college classes,
participating in independent study activities, and engaging in selfassessments.
Careers & Education
Summary
The field of Health Information Management (HIM) offers many varied career
opportunities and several educational paths to enter the profession, from
certificate programs to bachelor degrees.
Let’s start exploring!
Is HIM right for you?