Ellen Shakespeare, AHIMA Member, discusses medical ID theft.
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We have created this page for students and recent graduates pursuing a career in the health information field. Stay tuned for important networking events and other information to prepare you to launch your exciting career in health information! Also, be sure to visit hicareers.com for more information about careers in health information including: various academic pathways in HIM, a list of accredited schools, and the new "Ask an Expert" section, where you can pose your questions to a number of highly qualified and experienced HIM professionals. Please remember to use your discretion when posting comments, photos, etc. to the AHIMA Facebook page. This is a professional page created to help you learn and network with your peers. Comments and photos that are deemed inappropriate for professional networking will be removed.
Internship Experience
La Tanya Cross is a student studying Health Information Technology at Tidewater Community College and is expected to graduate in May 2010. Cross interned in the HIM department at Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, a long-term facility located in Norfolk Virginia. At Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, Cross learned many things that will help her throughout her career. She learned about coding for long term care settings, conducting concurrent reviews on patients, and alpha numeric filing systems. Cross also enjoyed the process of chart maintenance and qualitative and quantitative review of the medical records along with credentialing for physicians.
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What is Health Information Management?
Health Information Management (HIM) is a field that combines healthcare, information technology and business into one comprehensive career. It allows you to make a difference in people's lives without working directly with patients. HIM professionals understand the business of healthcare as well as the technology that is needed to treat patients and keep people healthy. HIM professionals can work in a number of different settings, including (but not limited to):
- Hospitals
- Physician Offices
- Healthcare Consultants
- Healthcare Vendors
- Managed Care Organizations
- Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems
- Long-Term Care Facilities
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Sub-Acute Care Facilities
- Educational Institutions
- Behavioral/Mental Health Facilities
- HIM Speciality Practice
- Home Health Agencies
- Not-For-Profit Agencies
- Insurance Companies
- Government Entities
Academic Advisor
Practitioner to Professor Do you ever think about a job teaching at the community college or university level? Maybe moving to a college town or working from home and teaching online? Helping students discover their future in HIM?
Find out what HIM faculty are doing; and what their issues are, read the HIM faculty electronic newsletter: the Academic Advisor. This newsletter comes out quarterly and is posted under Schools/Jobs on the AHIMA website. Reading the Academic Advisor can provide you with interesting tidbits about teaching, and it lists current job openings for those seeking a teaching job.
What do HIM students and recent grads have to say?
Jamie Coptsias is a student studying Health Information Management at Brunswick Community College in Southport, North Carolina and planning to graduate this December. Even though Coptsias deals with her hearing loss daily, it doesn’t stop her from following her dream in this field. She said, “I’m glad I found this career since my hearing loss shouldn’t be an issue and it’s full of opportunities and interesting positions I would love to work in.” Coptsias says that she overcomes any obstacles related to her hearing loss by paying more attention to detail. For example, she watches every word that is said and the body language and gestures from people. HIM offers numerous career opportunities and unique daily routines which provide the environment for Coptsias to excel in a career in this field. The advice she gives to other students is to pursue all career options and to explore all opportunities that are provided within that field and to do some research before making a final decision.
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Are you looking for a job?
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Latest Career Tip
“'Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail,' Ralph Waldo Emerson; There is so much opportunity to contribute of ourselves and make positive changes in the business of healthcare. We are inherent leaders who have a passion to do good by paying attentions to the details and always keeping an eye on the bigger picture."
- Cathy Egan, CCS
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PHR Corner
Today it would be almost impossible to study HIM without hearing about personal health records (PHRs). A PHR is a complete record of your health-related information that you create and maintain to help you play a more active role in your healthcare. Visit myPHR.com for any and all information about PHRs, such as the benefits and risks of keeping one and how to create your own.