NontraditionalRoles for

HIM

Agenda

❖ HIM Reimagined

– 10 year anniversary of HITECH

– Natural language processing

❖ New Opportunities

– Data analytics

– Project Management

– Informatics

– Security

– Information Governance

– Clinical Documentation Improvement

– Big Data

– Value-based purchasing

❖ Recent Research in this Area

HIMReimagined

❖ Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical

Health(HITECH)

– Signed by Obama on Feb 17, 2009

– Adoption of EHR systems

❖ Natural language processing

– CAC

– Transcription

HIM Reimagined

❖ Increase those with graduate degrees to 20 percent of total

membership within 10 years

– HIM, Health Informatics, MBA, MD, MEd, MPH

– Up from 8% (2012) to 14% (Jan 2019)

❖ Build mechanisms to ensure availability of research that supports

health informatics and information management

❖ Specializations through new curriculum competencies

❖ RHIT specializations

HIM Reimagined

AHIMA’s Goal

Clinical Documentation Improvement

Informatics BigData Data Analytics

Project Management

Information Governance

Value-Based

Purchasing

Data Analytics

Data Analyst

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Data Analyst 24,896

Healthcare Data Analytics 19,599

Healthcare Data Analyst 16,545

Medical Data Analyst 17,634

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field

Health informatics, health

information management,

computer science,

Experience 2-5 years of related experience

Licensure and

Certification

Certification is available through

AHIMA but is optional

Median Salary

Average pay for a Health Data

Analyst is $24.72 per hour.

Median Health Data Analyst has a

base pay of $61,331

Entry level from $45k to $78k.

Data Analyst Career

Data Analyst Skill Set

• Analytics

• Numeracy

• Technical

• Attention to Detail

• Business

• Communication skills

Data Analyst Skill Set

• Technical

• computer software and tools including; scripting

language (Matlab, Python)

• Querying Language (SQL, Hive, Pig)

• Spreadsheet (Excel)

• Statistical Language (SAS, R, SPSS)

• Other computer skills include; programming

(Javascript, XML), big data tools (Spark, Hive HQL)

Data Analyst Skill Set

• Business

• Decision-making

• Problem-solving

• Communication Skills

• Ability to acquire new knowledge

• Time management

Project Management

Project Management

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Project Manager 176,011

Health Project Coordinator 25,796

Healthcare Project Manager 4,727

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field

Business, Computer Science,

Engineering, HIM, or certificates

(PMP)

Experience 2-5 years of related experience

Licensure and

Certification

Certification is PMP or CAPM from

pmi.org

Key SkillsHighly organized, analytical, ability

to motivate and manage others

Salary (Payscale)

Average pay is $44.80 per hour.

Median base pay: $97,436

Entry level from $45k to $128k.

Health Project Manager Career

Health Project Manager Skill Set

Communication -- 90 percent of a project

manager's time is spent communicating

Leadership. If you can lead, you can deliver. ...

Team management

Negotiation

Personal organization

Risk management

Health Project Manager Skill Set

• Time and task management

• Ability to interact with others comfortably

• Conflict management

• Ability to perform all roles associated with the

project in order to take over if needed to ensure

project continuity

• Able to work under pressure

• Able to manage at least several individuals

participating in a project

Health Informatics

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Informatics 4,684

Healthcare Informatics 3,463

Public Health Informatics 1,210

Health Information

Technology

120,021

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree FieldBusiness, Masters, or certificates

(PMP)

Experience 2-5 years of related experience

Licensure and

CertificationCertification is pmi.org

Key SkillsHighly organized, analytical, ability

to motivate and manage others

Median Salary

Average pay is $44.80 per hour.

Median base pay of $74,013

Salaries range from $49.9k to

$104k.

Health Informatics Career

Health Informatics Skill Set

• Interpersonal

• Problem-solving

• Programming knowledge

• Communication

• Ability to work with health data systems

• Organizational

• Leadership

• Only 1 listed analytics

Healthcare Information Security

Healthcare Information Security

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Information Security

Officer

92,441

Healthcare Information

Security Officer

3,515

Healthcare information

security jobs

35,117

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field

Computer Science, Computer

information systems, Information

Security, HIM

Experience 2-5 years of related experience

Licensure and

CertificationCISSP, CISM

Median Salary

Average pay is $29.80 per hour.

Median base pay of $90,459

Salaries range from $55,850 -

$133,830

Healthcare Information Security Career

CISO Skill Set

• Communication and presentation skills

• Policy development and administration

• Political skills

• Knowledge about the state government

• Collaboration and conflict management skills

• Planning and strategic management skills

• Supervisory skills

• Incident management

• Knowledge of regulation and standards compliance

• Risk assessment and management

Security Professional Certifications

• CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker

• CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

• CompTIA Security+

• CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional

• GSEC: SANS GIAC Security Essentials

SANS Training Available

https://www.sans.org/cybertalent/womens-academy

• Deadline to apply: June 8, 2019

• Training begins: Late July/August—TBD

• Graduation: Jan/Feb 2020

• Senior in college; preferably pursuing a degree in a Computer/IT-related field or

technical STEM discipline.

• College graduate and career changers currently not working in the information

security field or with prior work experience from the information security field.

• Must be a U.S. citizens or a permanent legal resident (Green card holder) currently

residing in the U.S.

• Graduates currently pursuing or having achieved a Master's or PhD in information

security are not eligible to apply.

• If you are currently working in the information security field, or with prior work

experience from the information security field, including risk & compliance, auditing,

security governance, security awareness, information security program/ project

management and similar, you are not eligible to apply.

Information Security

Top Security Certificates

❖ HCISPP – Healthcare Information Security and Privacy

Practitioner

– International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc(ISC)2

organization .

❖ The HCISPP certification covers expertise in these six areas:

– Healthcare Industry Structure

– Regulatory Environment

– Privacy and Security in Healthcare

– Information Governance and Risk Management

– Information Risk Assessment

– Third Party Risk Management

❖ two years of paid full-time work experience in one domain of these

areas

❖ 125 multiple choice questions, and requires a 70% passing grade.

❖ $599

Top Security Certificates

❖ CISSP – Certified Information

Systems Security Professional

❖ (ISC)2 organization

❖ Higher technical focus

❖ Commands a higher pay scale

❖ Covers these eight areas:

– Security and Risk Management

– Asset Security

– Security Engineering

– Communications and Network

Security

– Identity and Access Management

– Security Assessment and Testing

– Security Operations

– Software Development Security

❖ five years of work experience in

two or more of the eight areas of

expertise

❖ 250 question exam has a passing

score of 70%

❖ re-certification requirements

❖ $699

Big Data

IT appears your Big Data is getting lost in your

ginormous data

Big Data

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Big Data Healthcare

Developer

1,279

Big Data Scientist

Healthcare

1,287

Big Data Jobs (includes

healthcare

64,124

Salaries

Job title Salary

Data Analyst $77,500 - 116,500

Database Administrator $98,500 - 148,500

Database Developer $108,000 - 161,500

Data Modeler $111,000 – 161,500

Data Scientist $116,000- 163,500

Business Intelligence

Analyst

$118,000- 171,500

Database Manager $122,250 – 177,000

Data Warehouse Manager $129,000 – 179,000

Data Architect $131,250 – 184,000

Big Data Engineer $135,000 – 196,000

Degree Level Common graduate studies

Degree FieldDevelop analytical skills, such as

computer science or statistics

Experience 2-5 years of related experience

Licensure and

CertificationSee slide

Median Salary See other charts

Big Data

Shortage of 190K Big Data professionals in 2018

Big Data Analyst Skill Set

• Programming

• BigSQL, Hive, Pig

• Quantitative skills

• Multiple technologies

• Understanding of business & outcomes

• Interpretation of outcomes

Big Data Analyst Skill Set

• Understanding of business

& outcomes

• Interpretation of outcomes

• Data mining and Machine

learning

• Apache Spark

• No SQL

• Data visualization

• R, SAS, Matlab,etc

• Programming

• BigSQL, Hive, Pig

• Hadoop skills:

HDFS, MapReduce,

Flume, Oozie, Hive,

Pig, HBase, and

YARN

• Quantitative skills

• Multiple technologies

Big Data Certifications

•Hortonworks Certified Associate (HCA)

•IBM Certified Data Architect – Big Data

•IBM Certified Data Engineer – Big Data

•MapR Certified Data Analyst 1.9

•MapR Certified Hadoop Developer 1.0

•MapR Certified Spark Developer 2.1

•Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

(MCSE): Data Management and Analytics

•Mining Massive Data Sets Graduate Certificate

•MongoDB Certified DBA Associate

•MongoDB Certified Developer Associate

•Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite

11 Certified Implementation Specialist

•Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Big Data

Analytics

•SAS Certified Big Data Professional

•SAS Certified Data Scientist Using SAS 9

•Stanford Data Mining and Applications

Graduate Certificate

•Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified

Big Data - Specialty

•Analytics: Optimizing Big Data Certificate

•Certification of Professional Achievement

in Data Sciences

•Certified Analytics Professional

•Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA)

Administrator

•Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data

Analyst

•Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA)

Spark and Hadoop Developer

•Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP):

Data Engineer

•EMC Proven Professional Data Scientist

Associate (EMCDSA)

•HDP Apache Spark Developer

•HDP Certified Developer Big Data Hadoop

Health Big Data

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Information

Governance

6,611

Privacy Information

Governance

2,371

Information Governance 10,865

Health Information Governance

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

Health Information

Governance

6,611

Privacy Information

Governance

2,371

Information Governance 10,865

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field HIM

Experience

Licensure and

Certification

Median SalaryHIG Analyst range from $59k to

$82k.

Health Information Governance Career

Health Information Governance Skill

Set

• Interpersonal

• Problem-solving

• Programming knowledge

• Communication

• Ability to work with health data systems

• Organizational

• Leadership

• Only 1 listed analytics

Clinical Documentation Improvement

Clinical Documentation Improvement

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

CDI Specialists 12,636

CDI Jobs 32,443

Remote 352

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field HIM, Nursing

Experience

Licensure and

Certification

Certified Clinical Documentation

and Certification | ACDIS

Median Salary$70,803

Range $49K to 95K

Clinical Documentation Improvement

Clinical Documentation

Improvement Skill Set

• Microsoft Office Suite and other computing skills

• Inpatient coding skills

• High level of interpersonal and communication

skills

• Chart review experience

• Electronic Medical Record and CDI Software

• Regulatory background

• DRG reimbursement knowledge

Value-based Purchasing

Value-Based Purchasing

Indeed.Com

Job Title # of Jobs

VBP Program Manager 3,718

VBP Healthcare Analysts 3,481

VBP 11,881

Degree Level Bachelor's degree preferred

Degree Field HIM, Nursing

Experience

Licensure and

Certification

Certified Clinical Documentation

and Certification | ACDIS

Median Salary$70,803

Range $49K to 95K

Value-Based Purchasing

Top Certificates

1. Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

2. Certified Professional Coder (CPC®)

3. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA®)

4. Certified Outpatient Coder (COC®)

5. Epic Certification

6. Project Management Certification (PMP®)

Or certified associate of project management (CAPM®)

7. Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR)

The CPEHR is awarded by Health IT Certification

8. Certified Associate in Healthcare Information & Management

Systems (CAHIMS)

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT REIMAGINED:

ASSESSING CURRENT PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND

INDUSTRY DEMAND (Beesley, 2019)

Percentage of Job Postings by Skill Level and Education *(Beesley

2019)

Job Category

Entry-level/

High School

Degree

Mid-level/

Associate

Degree

Advanced/

Bachelor

Degree

Master/

Master

Degree

Category

Total

Operations Medical Records

Administration7.19% 51.80% 8.15% 8.15% 75.29%

Revenue Cycle Management

Coding and Billing0.00% 8.39% 0.48% 0.00% 8.87%

IT/Infrastructure 0.00% 6.00% 0.24% 0.00% 6.24%

Informatics/Data Analytics 0.00% 1.92% 4.08% 0.00% 6.00%

Education/Communication 0.00% 0.00% 1.92% 0.48% 2.40%

Compliance/Risk

Management0.24% 0.24% 0.72% 0.00% 1.20%

Skill Level Total 7.43% 68.35% 15.59% 8.63% 100%

EXAMINING INDIVIDUAL TRANSITION FROM

HEALTHCARE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ROLES USING THE THEORY OF PLANNED

BEHAVIOR (Johnston 2019)

Research Questions Female Male

ATTITUDE

There are greater opportunities to transition from the

healthcare field to the IT field24% 32%

NORMATIVE BELIEFS

Influenced by referent others to work in the IT field 7% 32%

SELF-EFFICACY

I have the aptitude required to work in IT 44% 63%

IT EDUCATION EFFICACY

IT courses are challenging 50% 42%

INTENT

I plan to transition to an IT role 6% 21%

Conclusion

• New roles

• New opportunities

• What to do?

• Stay where you are

• Is there a gap between your skills and these new roles?

• What do you need to do to transition?

• Education

• Skills

• Experience

Questions?