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 Health Informatics – AHIMA Health Information 101 (intranet) Introduction to Health Informatics (Text)

Health Informatics Areas 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….

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

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

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

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

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

HI Jobs Project Manager, HI Systems Security Officer Clinical Decision Support System Health Care Business Analyst Project Applications Coordinator Application Integration Specialist Project Manager, IT/IS Chief Informatics Officer Clinical Informatics Analyst Director, Data Analysis Health Informatics Analyst Health Informatics Professor Data Scientist Clinical Informaticist Clinical Decision Support Specialist Business Intelligence Solution Architect Data Analyst Systems Analyst Chief Technologist HI Pharmacy Informatics Specialist Meaningful Use Specialist Clinical Systems Analyst Chief Health Informatics Officer

Credentials What’s Out There – PMP – CPHIMS – ANCC What Does HIM Offer??

AHIMA Alignment Driving 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

Breaking into Informatics HICAREERS.COM Informatics/Data Analytics Levels – MID – ADVANCED – MASTER Opportunities – Transitional – Promotional

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

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

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