Data for Decisions: HIM Workforce and Workplace

1. Data for Decisions: HIM Workforce and Workplace Celebrating AHIMA’s 75 Year’s of Service

2. Workforce Assessment Research 2002 data collection Graduating students Program directors Members Employers 2003 data analysis and use Q-1 2004 final report

3. Member and Student Demographics

6. Mean age of HIA students=27.9 Mean age of HIT students=33.8 15% of HIA students over the age of 35 41% of HIT students over the age of 35

7. 37% of HIA students are parents 51% of HIT students are parents 60% of HIA student parents are single 40% of HIT student parents are single 92% of HIA students are full-time 73% of HIT students are full-time

9. Figure X. Median Salaries of AHIMA Members in 2002, by Highest Credential and Region CCS/CCS-P RHIT RHIA $57,200 Northeast $40,000 $51,100 $54,400 East MidCentral $37,250 $37,700 $48,300 $37,800 South $38,700 $48,150 $35,600 North MidCentral $35,100 $50,100 Southwest $40,350 $37,750 $66,100 West $45,800 $49,100 $0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000

10. Job Market

18. e-HIM

20. Involvement of AHIMA Members in Implementation of Electronic Medical Record RHIT RHIA 75.9% On Planning Team 61.0% 56.7% On Implementation 44.5% Team 41.% 48.9% Managing Some Aspect 39.2% 8.5% No Direct Involvement 19.3% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

21. Impact of New Technologies on HIM Careers RHIA RHIT Changing technologies have made my job more 10.6% difficult. 10.2% I have had difficulty keeping up with changing 9.7% technologies. 10.5% I have taken formal courses to keep up with new 26.0% software and hardware. 30.6% I foresee the need for more technology education 65.7% in the future. 65.1% I have excellent technology skills that position me 25.4% well for advancement. 36.8% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

22. Program Demographics

24. 65% of HIA programs have 2-3 full-time faculty members 69% of HIT programs have 1-2 full-time faculty members Average number of full-time faculty HIA=2.4 HIT=1.9 Part-time faculty comprises more than half the staff for the majority of programs

25. Mean age of faculty respondents HIA=51.1 HIT=47.5 Average years of teaching HIA=18.8 HIT=9.7

26. Faculty Respondent Education HIA: 87% masters degree 13% PhD HIT: 43% bachelors degree 50% masters degree 7% PhD

29. Communicating Survey Findings AOE Symposium in June. March Team Talks 2003 CSA presentation Article for May Journal Article for April AHIMA Advantage Posting complete reports to CoP

30. Communicating Survey Findings Paper submitted to International Medical Informatics Conference on informatics education in April Press releases on key findings; press briefings at HIMSS; targeted articles for trade press Monographs Other suggestions?

31. Phase III Work plan Employers Additional Case Studies Targeted Surveys Final Employer Report Workforce Tracking System Repeat student exit (and educator?) survey Analytic reports Papers for publication Data bases for use by researchers

32. State level workforce projects • Washington State: www.wsha.org/publications/PS_Report.pdf • North Carolina: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/ • Other state projects?

33. How Can CSAs Use the Workforce Data?