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HIM Breaking Into Informatics

HIM Breaking Into Informatics. Mari Pirie-St. Pierre, MS, RHIA. Agenda. Define Informatics Types of Informatics Specialties Areas Within Informatics Informatics Jobs Informatics Credentials Journey Into Informatics. Definitions. Informatics Internet Textbooks Keeping it simple

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HIM Breaking Into Informatics

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  1. HIM Breaking IntoInformatics Mari Pirie-St. Pierre, MS, RHIA

  2. Agenda • Define Informatics • Types of Informatics Specialties • Areas Within Informatics • Informatics Jobs • Informatics Credentials • Journey Into Informatics

  3. Definitions • Informatics • Internet • Textbooks • Keeping it simple • Health Informatics • AHIMA • Health Information 101 (intranet) • Introduction to Health Informatics (Text)

  4. Health InformaticsAreas • Information System Analysis, Design and Implementation; • Management and Leadership in Informatics; • Computer Networking and System Architecture; • Data, Information and System Security; • Statistics and Data Analytics; • Database and Systems Administration; and more….

  5. Disciplines • Clinical (Health) Informatics • Sharing of Information • Nursing Informatics • Integration the Science of Nursing & Technology • Pharmacy Informatics • Patient safety & best practices • TeleHealth & TeleMedicine • Electronic telecommunication • Behavioral Health • Integration of mental and physical health care

  6. Roles and Responsibilities • Health Informatics Director: • Training teams on new technology • Meeting with stakeholders and constituents such as physicians, nurses, and pharmacy staff to roll out technological protocol changes • Recording, analyzing and mitigating technology issues and challenges

  7. Roles and Responsibilities • Nursing Informatics: • Training other nurses on changing record-keeping protocol • Working toward reducing redundancy and inaccuracy in patient care plans • Analyzing and addressing logistics of technology in direct patient care

  8. Roles and Responsibilities • Clinical Informatics Specialist: • Training and orientation of staff • Workflow design and development • Project implementation, documentation, end user training support • Collaboration with staff in solution development resulting in efficient and functional workflow for end users of software applications

  9. Roles and Responsibilities • Chief Medical Informatics Officer: • Overseeing data analytics to improve IT infrastructure • Participating on a variety of IT governance boards • Sponsoring/business owner of software applications • Contract and deliverable acquisition

  10. HI Jobs

  11. Credentials • What’s Out There • PMP • CPHIMS • ANCC • What Does HIM Offer??

  12. AHIMA AlignmentDriving the Power Of Knowledge • AHIMA Pillars (2/5) • Informatics • Leadership • CCHIIM Mega Issue (1/3) • New Credential • In the driver’s seat of the informatics gold standard car

  13. Breaking into InformaticsHICAREERS.COM Informatics/Data Analytics • Levels • MID • ADVANCED • MASTER • Opportunities • Transitional • Promotional

  14. Dream Big…Believe…Lead • Future depends on our ability to experiment, innovate, adapt, collaborate, and clearly define updated and new HIM roles • Indispensable role health information management professionals like you will play in our technologically-driven 21st century healthcare system • As always – Dream Big, Believe, and Lead

  15. Behavioral Health Informatics • Behavioral Health Informatics • Addresses how Health Information Technology can add value and assist in the integration of behavioral health and primary health service delivery models • Patient Centric Care • Health Information Sharing

  16. Thank You!

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