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Mastering HIM: An Expanding Field Sparks Interest in Graduate Degrees
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2008
Changes in technology and management are increasingly requiring—and rewarding—advanced degrees for HIM professionals.
Cheryl Hammen, RHIA, has been in the HIM profession since 1979. She has gained a lot of expertise in those years, but recently she decided to pursue a mas....
Master of Arts in HIM and Graduate Level Informatics Certificates in the US: Experiences from The College of St. Scholastica (MN)
Author: LaTour, Kathleen M.
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Historical Context of the HIM Profession in the US
The first baccalaureate program in health information management (originally called medical record science) in the US was established at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN in 1934. The College has continuously offered a bachelor....
Master of Health Information Management Students’ First-Year Experiences: A Case Study
Author: Dolezel, Diane; Clisbee, Mary; McLeod, Alexander
Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management
Publication Date: October 2016
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine first-year students’ experiences in a new Master of Health Information Management (MHIM) program. The first year in a college program is challenging for students. Specifically, first-year students’ attrition from MHIM programs is a....
Master Plan: Why Professional Development Plans Make a Difference
Author: Clarke, Zada; Hill, Angela M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2006
Professional development plans help you chart your professional course, then help you steer there. Keep them simple and revisit them regularly.
We remember being told a long time ago that for a sailboat that has no port in mind, there is no such thing as a fair wind.
If you don....
Master's Degree Roundtable: HIM Professionals Discuss Higher Education
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: December 2008
Medical Record and Health Information Three-Year Program in Indonesia
Author: Hatta, Gemala
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
Introduction
Indonesia is located between Asia and Australia, with 17,000 islands and 210 million people. The country declared its independence in 1945 after being colonized for three and a half centuries by the Dutch (including 10 years by England) and three and a half years by Japan. Th....
Meeting the Challenge: Integrating Pharmacology Into Clinical Track Courses - a Natural Fit
Author: Prince, Lori H.
Source: Educational Perspectives (AOE)
Publication Date: May 02, 2003
Abstract: Current trends in health information management require the health information administration (HIA) student to have a strong knowledge base in the biomedical sciences. AHIMA's Council on Accreditation requires that course content in pharmacology be included in the knowledge cluster c....
Multimedia: A New Look at HIM Classroom Instruction
Author: Thomas, Shirlyn; Tyson, Carla
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
It is obvious that the HIM field will be affected by the implementation of the computerized patient record, but what can HIM professionals do to prepare? To effectively impact healthcare delivery of the near future, HIM practitioners must be computer literate and feel at ease with co....
Name Game: Updating Our Credential Titles
Author: Dixon-Lee, Claire
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1999
In October, the 1999 AHIMA House of Delegates will consider a proposal to officially change the name of two AHIMA credentials. The proposal is the result of several years of analysis, member input, and review of more than 1000 potential certification titles, as well as the work of cons....
National Job Analysis of the Hospital-based Certified Coding Specialist
Author: Schraffenberger, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 1998
This article describes a job analysis performed to serve as the basis for documenting the content validity of the hospital-based certified coding specialist (CCS) examination for AHIMA. The purpose of this study was to determine and comprehensively describe the job of the hospital-ba....
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