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Priority: Prepared Workforce Eager for Change to eHealth
Rita A. Scichilone
MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
AHIMA Global Services
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Action: Interest, Incentive, Infrastructure
Representing more than 61,000 specially educated Health Information Management professionals in the United States and around the world, the American Health Information Management Association is committed to promoting and advocating for high quality research, best practices and effective standards in health information and to actively contribute to the development and advancement of health information professionals worldwide
Three Priority Points
1. Igniting interest in healthcare technology roles
2. Incentive development for influencing change
3. Infrastructure building for education
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Action: Igniting Interest
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• Health informatics and information management is critical for transformation of healthcare delivery
• Vision: Health records are electronic, patient-centered, comprehensive, longitudinal, accessible, user-friendly and reliable
• Policy must include promotion of HIT and HIM roles as a long-term satisfying career choice
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Action: Incentives Important
• Policies must incent people to choose or make a career change - include– Essential: Professional role clarity and recognition– Expectation : Compensation parity with other industries– Enhancement: Job descriptions developed to support higher
salary allocation– Equity: Comparable and improved compensation programs for
health informatics and information management faculty and trainers
• Success depends on compelling incentives
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Action: Infrastructure Building
Recommended Policy Inclusion• Intensive short courses – train more workers
faster with targeted skill sets• Well designed and accredited distance education
programs – assessment with certification• Standardization of curriculum • External support from governments/ministries • Leverage professional associations
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Action: Infrastructure Building
Recommended Policy Inclusion• HIM and HIT are symbiotic – technology
requires information management to sustain successful implementation
• Principles of the HIM discipline include stewardship of data content
• Technology creates the building but a steward is needed to manage the information created there
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HIM Core Model (Draft)
Health InformationGovernance and Stewardship
Health Data Capture and Maintenance
Health Information Resource Management and Innovation
Health Information
Analysis & Output
EDUCATION
POLICY
R E SEA R C H
S T A N D A R DS
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HIMCore Model Component
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Health Data Capture and Maintenance
Health Information Analysis and
Output
Health Information
Resource Management and
Innovation
Information Governance and Stewardship
HIM CORE MODEL
Establish health data capture and maintenance practices and procedures
Capture and maintain health data
Establish data analysis and reporting practices and procedures
Analyze, transform and report health information
Manage the health information environment
Innovate & adopt advanced health information management processes
Protect and assure the ethical use of health information
Govern the health information environment including cohesive policies, processes, decision-rights & responsibilities
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Resources
• Building the Workforce for Health Information Transformation. (2006) Available from https://www.amia.org/files/shared/Workforce_web.pdf
• Statement on Health Information Management (HIM) as a Multi-National Profession (2008) Available from http://www.ahima.org/advocacy/positionstatements.aspx
• CAHIIM : Health Information Management and Health Informatics Accreditation . Available from http://www.ahima.org/downloads/pdfs/global/AHIMA%20Accreditation.pdf
• Joint Work Force: Health Information Management and InformaticsCore Competencies for Individuals Working With Electronic Health Records (2008) Available from https://www.amia.org/files/shared/Workforce_2008.pdf
• Public Health Training Opportunities http://www.cdc.gov/learning• US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://
www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/index.htm
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