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Getting the Next Generation to Work for You
Author: Willner, Jordana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 1999
Your entry-level job applicants resemble the teenyboppers on MTV. Your youngest employees look like your children. The media's hype about an apathetic, short-attention-spanned new generation causes you to doubt the abilities of your "twenty-something" workers.
We....
What Is Diversity?
Author: Shepard-Jackson, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 1999
Many organizations around the world are struggling to figure out how to reinvent themselves to gain and maintain their competitive advantage. Businesses and healthcare organizations are putting long- and short-term strategies into place to ensure that their research and development o....
Creating a Diverse HIM Work Force
Author: Moczygemba, Jackie; Welborn, Ruth B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2001
Increasing information technology, external billing audits, and federal legislation continue to heighten the demand for HIM professionals. At the same time, there's a critical need for improved cultural diversity in the allied health professions. To tackle both these issues, the HIM p....
Diversity Challenge: Understanding Cultural Differences and Communication
Author: Smothers, Gerri; Stelter, Alexandra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
Managing a diverse work group offers many challenges-especially when it comes to communication. As the HIM work force becomes more diverse, managers need to address this issue. The authors offer some strategies for better communication.
As many HIM managers already know, facilit....
AHIMA and Diversity Management
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: 2001
The American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) members are increasingly diverse, not only in their professional roles, but also in their ethnic, racial, and social backgrounds. Thus, AHIMA's members reflect the changing profile of the health service workforce. Today, more than....
Bibliography of Diversity Resources
Author: AHIMA Diversity Task Force
Source: AHIMA bibliography
Publication Date: 2001
Diversity Organizations
American Association of Medical Colleges—The Healthcare Professionals for Diversity coalition is coordinated by the Association of American Medical Colleges, and dedicated to educating both health professionals and the general public about the importance of di....
Different Histories, Different Habits: Managing a Multi-generational Staff
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Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: April 2002
Next time you walk into a staff meeting, take a look at all the faces sitting at the table. If your healthcare facility is like most businesses and organizations today, chances are you will see at least three generations represented in the room: the stalwart Silent Generation (employees over 60....
Think Salad, Not Stew: Managing Cultural Differences in Your HIM Department
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: February 2003
The Opportunity and Challenge of Diversity
You're representing coders at a hospital-wide task force charged with recommending improvements to the hospital's information systems. You arrive promptly at the first meeting, ready to jump in and tackle your assignment. The team members, many o....
Resolution on Diversity
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: September 24, 2007
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HIM Manager, non-HIM Staff: Managing Staff with Expertise Beyond HIM
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2007
Industry trends are putting HIM professionals in charge of staffs with diverse expertise. Managing staff in non-HIM roles takes some special skills, but the advantages abound.
Information is a thread that weaves together healthcare staff with a wide range of expertis....