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Health Information Management (HIM) Professionals
manage healthcare data and information resources.
The profession encompasses planning, collecting,
aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating
individual patient and aggregate clinical data.
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Where would I work?
HIM professionals work where health information
is created, collected, utilized or maintained any
place in the world!

• Examples
• Health Care Facilities
• Insurance Companies
• Computer Companies
• Research Facilities
• Federal, State and Local Governments

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Looking at Health Information Management as a
Profession

• Do you
• want to work in healthcare, but not have hands on
  patient care?
• like science, information technology, law and
  management?
• want to work with physicians, nurses, lawyers,
  and administrators?
• want to work on your own, with others, or both?
• want to be a manager?
• seek a field with an excellent outlook?

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If you answered yes to any of these questions
then A career in Health Information
Management is for you!
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What is HIM?
HIM is a combination of
HIM
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What would I do?

• Plan
• Develop
• Organize

• Manage
• Direct

Medical Information Systems for health facilities
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What is my title?

• HIM Director
• Patient Safety
• Specialist
• eHealth Project Manager
• Coding Professional
• HIM Manager
• Auditor
• Coding Analyst
• Health Data Analyst
• Reimbursement Specialist

• Privacy Officer
• HIM College Instructor
• Consultant
• Research Analyst
• Physician Practice
• Manager
• Insurance Claims Analyst
• Coding Compliance
• Analyst
• Billing Coordinator
• Cancer Registrar

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Job Forecast for HIM Professionals

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Employment of medical records and health
  information technicians is expected to increase
  by 20 percent, much faster than the average for
  all occupations through 2018.
• Demand exceeds number of qualified professionals
  today!

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What will I earn?
http//www.ahima.org/membership/salarystudy08.aspx

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How do I get started?
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Education

• Students should take courses in English, Math,
  Anatomy and Physiology, Information Technology
  and Management, if offered.
• Coursework can let to a Certificate, an
  Associates, Bachelors, and/or a Masters Degree
  from an accredited HIM program at the community
  college and/or university level.
• Flexible educational options such as in-class or
  online!

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Academic Curriculum

• Medical Terminology
• Coding
• Fundamentals of Disease Processes
• Information Technology/Systems
• Management/Human Resources
• Health Law
• Business Communications
• Reimbursement for Healthcare
• Healthcare Quality Management

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Professional Recognition

• American Health Information Management
  Association (AHIMA) awards the following
  credentials
• Registered Health Information Administrator
  (RHIA)
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
• Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
• Certified Coding Associate (CCS-P)
• Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA)
• Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS)

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Health Information Certificate Programs

• AHIMA Coding Basics Program
• Cancer Registry Management

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Health Information Technology (HIT) Programs

• Associates Degree
• Chattanooga State Community College
• Dyersburg State Community College
• Roane State Community College
• Volunteer State Community College
• Walters State Community College
• National College- Madison, TN
• National College- Memphis, TN

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Health Information Administration (HIA) Programs

• Baccalaureate Degree
• Tennessee State University
• Graduate Degree
• The University Of Tennessee Health Science
  Center

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Where can I find more information?

• American Health Information Management
  Association (AHIMA)
• www.ahima.org
• www.hicareers.com
• Tennessee Health Information Management
  Association (THIMA)
• www.thima.org

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AHIMA YouTube Videohttp//www.youtube.com/watch?v
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