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Crossroads between Workforce and Education
Author: Jackson, Kathryn; Lower, Christi L; Rudman, William J.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2016
Abstract
Concern is growing among industry leaders that students may not be obtaining the necessary skills for entry into the labor market. To gain an understanding of the perceived disconnect in the skill set of graduates entering the health information workforce, a survey was de....
Critical Thinking Skills of Allied Health Science Students: A Structured Inquiry
Author: Sharp, Marcia; Reynolds, Rebecca; Brooks, Keisha N
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: July 2013
Abstract
This study examines the critical thinking skills of health informatics and allied health students. The Health Sciences Reasoning Test was utilized to investigate the critical thinking skills of 57 graduating seniors in the class of 2011 at a university in the southeastern....
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....
Create a Learning Environment for Information Governance
Author: Reeves, Mary G
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 28, 2016
To get information governance (IG) off the ground, there must be a leader who is willing to step up and make the case for IG by clearly identifying its benefits—the IG Value Proposition. As a first step in building the value proposition, leaders can create an IG learning environment w....
Continuing Education: Resources for Getting Started and Moving Forward
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2012
The health information management (HIM) field is growing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified medical records and health information technicians as one of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the country, with between 12,000 to 15,000 new HIM jobs expected in the market in the next f....
Competencies for Global Health Informatics Education: Leveraging the US Experience
Author: Cortelyou-Ward, Kendall; Kahlon, Summerpal; Noblin, Alice
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: December 2013
Abstract
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has encouraged unprecedented expansion of the health information technology (HIT) industry and offers strong employment opportunities for those that qualify. However, academic institutions have been slow to address the changing n....
Comparative Study of Curriculum in Master's Degree of Medical Records (Health Information Management) in Several Selected Countries: Modeling for Iran
Author: Kalankesh, Leila R.
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Background
Throughout the past decade, membership in the community of healthcare professionals has required nothing so much as an adaptable spirit. Every practitioner has been touched in some way by the revolutionary changes in the industry, which seem set to transform healthcare in the....
Community of Learners
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2005
I’ve had the pleasure of attending several state and local association meetings this spring and witnessed firsthand the HIM community’s commitment to learning. Sure, there’s the need to earn continuing education credits, but that’s not the only motivator for attendees w....
Commitment to Change Creates New Opportunities
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
If you want to be an agent of change, sometimes you must first change your own life. That's a lesson Debra Harris, MA, RRA, has learned.
Harris, director of health information services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA, began the process when she decided that continui....
Combating our Fear of Change and Creating a Holistic Approach to HIM Education [Sponsored article]
Author: Berkeley Research Group
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 13, 2016
Knowledge is at the core of everything we do. It is behind the mechanics and strategy of coding and the ease of understanding the final outcome(s), and it plays an integral part in the acceptance of change when faced with industry-wide transformation.
Last year, the health in....
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