Health Information Management as a CareerWhere the Future
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What do you want to do in the future?
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Health Information Management Professional?Have you thought
about.
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What is a health information management professional and why
should you consider it as a career option?
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What is a health record?The patient health record is the primary
legal record documenting the health care services provided to a
person in any aspect of the health care system.
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Health Information Management (HIM)Maintenance and care of
health records by traditional and electronic means in hospitals,
physicians office, clinics, health departments, and other
facilities that provide healthcare
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Health Information Management ProfessionalsMaintain, collect,
and analyze the data that healthcare providers rely on to deliver
quality healthcare.
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Health Information Management ProfessionalsAdministering
computer information systemsCoding diagnoses and procedures Experts
in Managing patient information and health records
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Health Information Management ProfessionalsCollecting and
storing information Experts in Using and transmitting
informationMaintaining patient confidentiality
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One of the fastest growing occupations Source: Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
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Employment Opportunities
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Employment Opportunities
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Education Levels & Potential Earnings
Bachelors Degree (4-year program) StartingAfter 5
yearsRegistered Health Information Administration (RHIA)
Certification$30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $75,000Associates Degree
(2-year program) Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
Certification$25,000 - $35,000$35,000 - $50,000
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Getting StartedWhere do you begin?
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Step One
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Step Two
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CAHIIMThe Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and
Information Management Education (CAHIIM) defines standards which
higher education health information management and technology
programs must meet to qualify for accreditation.
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Why choose a CAHIIM Accredited program? Students who graduate
from an accreditedassociates, bachelors, or certificate program are
qualified to sit for their respective exams for certification as a
Registered Health Information Technician(RHIT), Registered Health
Information Administrator (RHIA), or Certified Coding Specialist
(CCS).
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Step Three
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Step FourDoctorate
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This presentation has been adapted by the Illinois Health
Information Management Association using materials from the
American Health Information Management Association.
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For More InfoIllinois Health Information Management Association
www.ILHIMA.org
Health Information Careerswww.hicareers.com
American Health Information Management
Associationwww.AHIMA.org
CAHIIM Accredited HIM programswww.CAHIIM.org
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***HIM is a very broad and successful field for health care
professionals. There are several career opportunities in Health
Information Management upon completion of an accredited program.
There are traditional and non-traditional settings for an HIM
professional to work within.Traditional settings include: Managing
an HIM medical records department, cancer registry, coding, trauma
registry, transcription, quality improvement, risk management,
release of information, patient admissions, compliance auditor,
physician accreditation, utilization review, physician
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Non-traditional settings include: consulting firms, government
agencies, law firms, insurance companies, correctional facilities,
extended care facilities, pharmaceutical research, information
technology and medical software companies***
