What the Data Say About HIM Professional Trends

摘要

IN 2015 A workforce study was conducted using a survey instrument to define how health information management (HIM) is shifting to meet future needs and what knowledge, skills, education, and credentials will be necessary to perform successfully as an HIM practitioner.1 This study discovered that HIM professionals anticipate they will spend a lower percentage of their time on diagnosis and procedural coding in the future while leadership, teaching, and informatics were identified as tasks that will increase the most significantly. Since this study, AHIMA has aligned their strategic objectives around supporting informatics/analytics, information governance, creating pathways for HIM professionals in emerging roles, and consumer engagement.2 Many in the industry have anticipated that the HIM workforce will make a shift towards more technical careers with greater emphasis on advanced education.