Hire a Health Information Management Summer Student In Your Healthcare Practice

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Meghan in Blog

Hire a Health Information Management Student!

Summer is often a time to ‘catch up’ on outstanding projects. It can also be a time to prepare for programs for the fall.

Summer students can help you with jobs like archiving patient records, preparing data to move to a new EMR, setting up a new on-line appointment booking program, or implementing panel management for your practice.

Health Information Management Program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

The role of health information management goes beyond managing health records to managing the information contained in those records. Using computer skills and knowledge of healthcare fundamentals, critical medical information is translated from patient health records into data following national data standards. The health information management professional then interprets the data to provide comprehensive quality information for patient care, resource allocation, statistics, research, planning and education.

Find out more about the Health Information Management program at SAIT here: https://www.sait.ca/programs-and-courses/diplomas/health-information-management

SAIT is accepting applications now for practicum students in May and June of this year. They can help you start or update your panel management program in your healthcare practice!

This is an un-paid practical experience for students in the Health Information Management program.

Contact Lisa Proudfoot at SAIT for more information by clicking the button below.

Contact Lisa Proudfoot

Why You Should Hire a Health Information Management Summer Student

It is a cost-effective solution for short-term hiring needs; employers get quality skills at affordable prices.

It is an excellent way to evaluate potential employees.

Students bring fresh, innovative ideas to your business.

It is an investment that you make in attracting dedicated employees.

What’s In It For Me? (WIFM)

Often, we learn more about what we do when we teach someone else. When you hire a student, you mentor an enthusiastic student. You provide knowledge, experience and connections to further the career direction of a student.

You can provide a positive difference in a young person’s career by setting an example of professionalism. You encourage the student to strive for and provide a focus on future career direction and advancement.

Learn More About HIM Students and Panel Management

Listen to the podcast with Stephanie Clack, Program Specialist and an instructor in the Health Information Management program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), to learn more about panel management and how Health Information Management students can help you!

Listen to the podcast on www.PracticeManagementNuggets.live or click the button below!

Listen to the podcast here!

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CHIMA’s Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care series

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Meghan in Blog

Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care

I'm tickled pink to be the facilitator for CHIMA's new continuing education series.

The Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) recently launched a live, 5-part privacy series, Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care, beginning on August 6, 2020.

Telehealth and virtual care implementation has advanced 10 years in the last 3 months in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This series covers the critical aspects of implementing modern privacy management practices in your health care organization. This series is suitable for individuals with privacy-related roles (e.g., managers, vendors, or employees) across the continuum of health care (e.g., acute, primary, long-term or community care).

Each module will cover a privacy-related topic area including privacy awareness, release of information (ROI), access and disclosure, security/cybersecurity, and breach management. Environment overviews are shared throughout the series along with new opportunities for health information professionals in both traditional and emerging roles. By keeping current with these trends, health information professionals will be better prepared to assume new roles within privacy management.

Attend the live webinars to participate in a Q&A period with series facilitator and industry expert Jean L. Eaton.

Learn more at echima.ca/privacy-series

Speakers:

Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach and Practice Management Mentor with Information Managers Ltd.

Jean L. Eaton is a Certified Health Information Management (CHIM) professional, and privacy awareness training facilitator.

She has had the honour of sharing her passion for practical privacy and confidentiality advice with hundreds of medical clinics, health care practices, and organizations across Canada and the United States.

Jean has over 20 years of experience in health information management and health care administration and over 15 years in her independent privacy consulting practice. She makes practical recommendations for thousands of independent health care providers to help them comply with privacy legislation and create efficient practices.

Jean is also a keynote speaker on the topic of privacy breach management and serves as an on-demand ‘virtual privacy officer’.

The live webinars will occur on the first Thursday of each month from August to December.

Module	Date	Time
1. Privacy awareness	August 6, 2020	12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
2. Release of information	September 3, 2020	12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
3. Access and disclosure in patient portals, information sharing, and health information exchange environment	October 1, 2020	12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
4. Security/cybersecurity	November 5, 2020	12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
5. Privacy breach management	December 3, 2020	12:00 – 1:30 pm EST

Purchase Your Series Pass Here!

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Health Information Management Professionals for Your Healthcare Practice

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Jean Eaton in Blog

Celebrate Health Information Management Professional Week 2018!

Health Information Management (HIM)Professionals are the only certified experts in the science and technology of health information management. Their key role is to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of personal health information within the Domains of Practice:

Data Quality,
Privacy,
eHIM and
Health Information Management standards.

CHIMA certified HIM Professionals are

Subject matter experts (SMEs) in the entire lifecycle of the health record, including data collection and information access, use, disclosure, retention and destruction.
Skilled experts in data and information management regardless of the medium in which it was collected and used (paper, hybrid, electronic).

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HIMs Work in a Variety of Areas

Health Information Services
Admitting / Patient Registration
Quality Management
Research and Statistics
Information Systems / Technology
Utilization Management / Decision Support
Risk Management
Government Agencies
Cancer Care
Educational Institutions
Community Health Clinics
Law Offices
Insurance Companies
Pharmaceutical Companies
Primary Care
Nursing Homes
Long Term Care
Mental Health
Release of Information

In our Practice Management Nuggets Webinars for Your Healthcare Practice on February 15, 2015, we spoke with Lisa Proudfoot, Instructor, Health Information and Practice Assistants, School of Health and Public Safety, SAIT Polytechnic about the role of the HIM professional in your healthcare practice.

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Lisa #1 Tip to health care practice managers about the HIM profession?

“Health Information Management professionals are like your central nervous system – you might not think about us, but HIM professionals have an impact in every aspect of the health care system.”

No fluffy courses!

Practical, comprehensive skills that HIM students learn include:

Medical background – anatomy, physiology, terminology; records management and electronic medical records; privacy legislation; basic office productivity software, health data collection and abstracting including ICD-10-CA; database design and management, statistics, how to present a meaningful report, data standards, quality management, project management, andchange management.

Why hire a new HIM grad in your practice?

An independent primary care practice can benefit from HIM professionals in their team have a strong, comprehensive understanding of medical terminology and integrated health care services. Workflow design to support clinical standards of practice and accreditation. Statistics collection and reporting to support business decision making in your practice.

HIM students also receive instruction in management related skills including basic management principles and additional instruction in project management, business case, leadership and motivation, change management, and quality management, risk management and patient safety.

Many HIM students are entering the program from previous education and degrees and previous health care related careers. Don’t assume that new grads are new to work place. If you need some help to transition from paper to EMR, or other projects to improve workflow or prepare for a new project, consider accepting a HIM student as a practicum placement in your practice.

For more tips, tools, and resources that you can use right away to learn more about the skills that HIM professionals learn, see SAIT’s HIM program website, Health Information Management Program SAIT

CHIMA (The Canadian Health Information Management Association)

Practice Management Nugget webinar interview with Lisa Proudfoot recorded live on Thursday February 19, 2015. Listen to the replay now!

Bonus tip: There are so many things you need to know to start, maintain, and grow your practice. Join us each Thursday for nuggets of information that you can use right away for your healthcare practice.

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Twitter Chat Tips

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Jean Eaton in Blog

On Thursday December 7, 2017 I’m hosting a Twitter Chat with Stephanie Clack!

Health Information Management professionals are ideally suited to support panel management

Health Information Management professionals are ideally suited to support panel management in community clinics that improves preventative and chronic illness patient care, access to care, and efficient clinic patient flow.

During the twitter chat, we will be discussing:

Panel management
Implementation steps in panel management
Skills you need to lead the panel management initiative in your healthcare practice
SAIT health information management program prepares HIM students in the role of panel managers
HIM students practicum placements in your healthcare practice to help you with your panel management program

If you are

Community healthcare clinic and want to know more about panel management
HIM professional looking for new, non-traditional opportunities
Clinic practice who could benefit from highly skilled students with extensive knowledge of medical terminology, healthcare service delivery, data extraction, data analysis, and workflow and process improvement eager to help you

Join us in the discussion! Here's how

Step 1: Register for the webinar with Stephanie Clack – Click HERE to register now!

Step 2: Join the Twitter Chat!

If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can read the conversation displayed on the webinar. You will be able to follow the conversation including the tips, resources, and contributions from clinic managers, HIM professionals, HIM students, and healthcare providers.

If you have a Twitter account, login to your Twitter account so that you can actively participate in the conversation. I’d love to hear from you about your panel management implementation or your questions about panel management.

This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about panel management, the role of panel manager, and this new opportunity for you to expand your skills in health information management and that improves preventative and chronic illness patient care, access to care, and efficient clinic patient flow.

Join us for the Twitter Chat – a virtual business networking event!

If you are new to chatting, see the step by step how-to guide here

Login to Twitter (or create a free account at Twitter.com)

Search #HIMPanel

Use the hashtag #HIMPanel in each of your tweets. This groups all of the conversations so that you can follow the discussion.

The host will post questions starting on Thursday December 7 at 12:45 a.m. MST.

Each question will be marked with Q (for question) and the number of the question.(i.e. Q1, Q2, etc.)

When you submit your answer, mark it with A (for answer) and the number of the original question so other participants can link your response with the correct question.

Join the discussion with other people participating in the Twitter Chat. For example, if you want to respond to a comment from our guest expert, Stephanie Clack, enter her Twitter handle in your tweet “Thank you, Stephanie @SAIT, for your tips on how panel management is a good skill set for HIM professionals! #HIMPanel”.

Share with colleagues (those you know and who you haven’t met, yet!) what you know and relevant resources.

Learn.

Be polite and positive.

Have fun!

Follow up after the Tweet Chat

The live Twitter Chat will end at 1:15 p.m. You can review the conversation at any time by searching for the hashtag #HIMPanel.

You will probably meet new people – clinic managers, HIM professionals, HIM students, and healthcare providers – through the tweet chat. Follow the people behind those tweets and keep the conversation going. Introduce yourself and follow them back.

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Are You Prepared for Panel Management?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Jean Eaton in Archive

with Stephanie Clack, B. Ed., CHIM
Program Specialist and an instructor in the
Health Information Management program at SAIT

Live Thursday December 7th, 2017 12 Noon MST

The replay is ready! Available for a limited time.

The Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) is the vision for the future of primary health care in Alberta. To become medical homes, clinics must identify their physician panel.

Discover how panel management will impact your practice and the new technical skills for the clinic manager or health information management professional that you need to know.

In this Practice Management Nugget Webinar for Your Healthcare Practice, Stephanie Clack will:

update us on the changes in this primary health care strategy,
discuss career opportunities for HIM professionals, and
share strategies for primary care clinics to get the help that you need to implement physician panel management in your clinic.

The Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) is the vision for the future of primary health care in Alberta. To become medical homes, clinics must identify their physician panel. Discover how panel management will impact your practice and the new technical skills for the clinic manager or health information management professional that you need to know.

Discover How Panel Management Will Impact Your Practice!

Click on >> arrow to view the slides and listen if you have a speaker or headset. The webinar will appear in a new window. Keep this page open.

Or, you can listen to the audio through your telephone. Dial +1(425) 440-5010 (To dial a local number click here http://instantteleseminar.com/local/?pin=386568 Pin Code 386568#)

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HIM and Panel Management SAIT 2017

Chat – ask your questions here.

Questions? Send an email to Jean.

Featured Guest: Stephanie Clack, B.Ed., CHIM

Stephanie Clack is the Program Specialist and an instructor in the Health Information Management program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). Part of her mandate is to increase awareness of the emerging roles for HIM professionals through practicum placements and promoting the HIM professional skill set to industry. As a graduate of the program, Stephanie has been involved in practicum as a student herself, as a preceptor in industry, and through coordinating placements for SAIT learners. Stephanie also volunteers with the Canadian Health Information Management Association as a member of the Council on Education and Professional Practice.

New! Twitter Chat follows this webinar! #HIMPanel

Immediately after the interview with Stephanie Clack, I will be hosting a Twitter Chat.

Continue the discussion with Stephanie and other contributors who have implemented panel management, HIM professionals and students, and clinic managers.

This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about panel management, the role of panel manager, and this new opportunity for you to expand your skills in health information management that improves preventative and chronic illness patient care, access to care, and efficient clinic patient flow.

If you have a Twitter account, you can actively participate in the conversation. I’d love to hear from you about your panel management implementation or your questions about panel management. Login to your Twitter account and search for the hashtag: #HIMPanel.

If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can read the conversation displayed below. You will be able to follow the conversation including the tips, resources, and contributions from clinic managers, HIM professionals, HIM students, and healthcare providers.

Twitter Chat Activity: #HIMPanel

#HIMPanel Tweets

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Are You Prepared for Panel Management?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Jean Eaton in Blog, PMN Replay, Practice Management Nugget Interview

Do you have patients in your EMR that you never see?

Are your patients frustrated having to wait for annual physical exams?

Are your patients constantly calling at the last minute because they need a prescription renewal?

Would you like to have predictable billing cycles?

Are You Prepared for Panel Management?

The Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) is the vision for the future of primary health care in Alberta. To become medical homes, clinics must identify their physician panel.

With robust panel management, you can enjoy regularly scheduled patient visits, regular monitored patients, better patient care, better patient outcomes with more predictable billing cycles.

Discover how panel management will impact your practice and the new technical skills for the clinic manager or health information management professional that you need to know.

In this Practice Management Nugget Webinar for Your Healthcare Practice, Stephanie Clack will:

update us on the changes in this primary health care strategy,
discuss career opportunities for HIM professionals, and
share strategies for primary care clinics to get the help that you need to implement physician panel management in your clinic.

Discover How Panel Management Will Impact Your Practice!

[clickToTweet tweet=”Panel management in clinics supports optimal patient care and efficient clinic patient flow. Learn more #HIMPanel” quote=”Panel management in community clinics supports optimal patient care and efficient clinic patient flow. #HIMPanel”]

Join us for the FREE webinar:

Are You Prepared for Panel Management?

with Stephanie Clack, B. Ed., CHIM
Program Specialist and an instructor in the
Health Information Management program at SAIT

Recorded Live Thursday December 7th, 2017

Featured Guest: Stephanie Clack, B.Ed., CHIM

Stephanie Clack is the Program Specialist and an instructor in the Health Information Management program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). Part of her mandate is to increase awareness of the emerging roles for HIM professionals through practicum placements and promoting the HIM professional skill set to industry. As a graduate of the program, Stephanie has been involved in practicum as a student herself, as a preceptor in industry, and through coordinating placements for SAIT learners. Stephanie also volunteers with the Canadian Health Information Management Association as a member of the Council on Education and Professional Practice.

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