Population Health: Identifying Skill Sets and Education Alignment for HIM Professionals.

Autor:	Houser SH; (shouser@uab.edu) is professor, Department of Health Services Administration, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL., Flite CA; (cflite@temple.edu) is assistant professor, Department of Health Services Administration & Policy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA., Foster SL; (sfoster@stephens.edu) is assistant professor and program director, Health Information Management, School of Health Sciences, Stephens College, Columbia MO., Hunt TJ; (thomas.j.hunt@rutgers.edu) is assistant professor, Health Informatics Department, School of Health Professions, Rutgers University., Kinnerson L; (lkinners@samford.edu) is assistant professor and HIM coordinator, Department of Healthcare Administration and Informatics, Samford University School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL., Palmer MN; (milandpalmer@weber.edu) is assistant professor and public health program director, Health Administrative Services, Weber State University, Ogden, UT., Peterson J; (jlpete2@ilstu.edu) is associate professor, program director health information management program, Department of Health Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL., Pope RD; (darnez.pope@wku.edu) is instructor, health information management program, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY., Sorensen L; (linda.sorensen@davenport.edu) is department chair/interim associate dean, Health Information Management & Allied Health Departments, College of Health Professions, Davenport University.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Perspectives in health information management [Perspect Health Inf Manag] 2020 Dec 07; Vol. 18 (Winter), pp. 1m. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 07 (Print Publication: 2021).
Abstrakt:	The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the emphasis on population health, therefore potentially amplifying demand for healthcare workforce professionals in this area. There is an urgent need to explore and define the roles of health information management (HIM) professionals in the population health workforce. This study sought to identify the skill sets and qualifications needed, and HIM education alignment with skills necessary for HIM professionals entering the population health workforce. An intentionally broad internet search of job postings was conducted to determine skills in population health. Population health-related job descriptions and qualification requirements were abstracted and analyzed using ATLAS.ti. Three common job categories were identified: management, analytics, and coding. Skill set requirements included soft skills, problem solving, project management, research, and data analysis. The study results identified HIM educational alignment and found that HIM professionals are generally a good fit to meet the increased need in the population health workforce. (Copyright © 2021 by the American Health Information Management Association.)
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