The next HIM frontier. Population health information management presents a new opportunity for HIM.

摘要

THE UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH of health costs, the growing lack of access to healthcare, and increasing disparities in provided care have forced the US to change how healthcare is delivered. With multiple national initiatives facing the healthcare industry, it is a challenge for healthcare professionals to stay focused and strive for success each day. In the midst of all of the change in the health information management (HIM) profession and overall healthcare industry, population health management (PHM) programs are being discussed in board rooms as a strategic initiative for the future state of healthcare organizations. As data stewards, HIM professionals are critical to the success of information governance and data analytics in the emerging PHM programs. New population health information management (PHIM) roles and functions that will emerge out of PHM should be explored by HIM professionals as a new professional opportunity.