Student Academy Career Paths Perry Ellie, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA. Are you making a living... Designing a life? Anthony Robbins

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1 Student Academy Career Paths Perry Ellie, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA Are you making a living... or Designing a life? Anthony Robbins 1

2 Career Paths You can manage your Career By Choice 40% By Chance 20% or by Crisis - 40% Re-Searching HIM Google s # 1 is the Finnish Rock Group HIM Yahoo s # 1 is the Finnish Rock Group HIM Career Builder identifies 32 jobs Monster identifies more than 1,000 jobs AHIMA Job Board 136 jobs 2

3 Re-Searching Health Information Management Google s # 1 is AHIMA Yahoo s # 1 is AHIMA Career Builder identifies 18,417 jobs Monster identifies more than 1,000 jobs AHIMA Job Board 93 jobs Re-Searching Health Information Management Google s # 1 is AHIMA Yahoo s # 1 is AHIMA Career Builder identifies 308 jobs Monster identifies 278 jobs AHIMA Job Board 0 jobs, but 491 overall So What s Point? You need to know what your looking for Your choices are numerous Narrow the field 3

4 Career Paths "PRESSURE IS HAVING TO DO SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT TOTALLY PREPARED TO DO." Harvey B. Mackay 2005 AHIMA Membership Data 4

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6 Career Planning Four Steps 1. Self Analysis Ongoing 2. Options You selected HIM 3. Match Many options 4. Action How to get there So why are we all here? Top HIM Professionals in the world Learn Unlearn Relearn We all keep on paying our dues Career Paths HIM is like most things in life Seems the more you learn about HIM, the more you realize how much you don t know. 6

7 Workplace Settings Hundreds of them Hospitals Acute and many others Clinics Vendors Etc What skills do employers want? Seems to be just about everything Education Credentials Experience Personality/energy/enthusiasm My thoughts Is each decision moving you toward or away from your goals? Wishes are itches Follow your inner compass 7

8 Mondays Tracks 1. Terminology Management (3) 2. Emerging Issues (3) 3. Career (3) 4. HIM Management (3) 5. Electronic Health Records (EHR) (3) 6. EHR Leadership (3) 7. Speech Recognition (3) 8. Quality (3) Tuesdays Tracks 1. Quality 2. Regulatory 3. HIM Exchange 4. Coding 5. Clinical Data Management 6. Long-Term Care 7. Privacy and Security 8. Legal EHR Wednesdays Tracks 1. EHR/Enterprise 2. HIM 3. Disaster 4. Research 5. Physician Practice 6. Personal Health Record (PHR) 7. Compliance 8. Behavioral Health 8

9 Overall Opportunities 1. Exhibits 2. Career Center 3. General Sessions 4. Workshops 5. Tours 6. Networking Sessions 7. HOD 8. Observing Volunteer Opportunities (Local, State, National) Communities of Practice Component State Association Committee and Task Force Appointments Elected Positions Practice Council First Impressions Count Are you making the best impression you can? 4 seconds: 1 impression is made 10 seconds: 11 impressions are made 9

10 Climbing the Career Ladder Weekend Admission/Discharge Clerk Vascular Surgery Registry Abstractor Trauma Registry Designer Medical Record Supervisor Acute Care Medical Record Director Acute Care Multiple Department Head Acute Care Quality Consultant HIT Program Director HIM Recruiter Recruiters Are they all the same? Perry s Opinions Use someone with HIM credentials No cost to you for a search Control where your resume goes Career Paths How do I begin? Develop a Plan A & a Plan B 10

11 Career Paths Create Plan A - Primary plan - Ideal career - First choice - Likely higher risk Career Paths Create Plan B - Fallback plan - Safety net - Minimal risk The Journey "Will your journey be easy? It may be. It may be easier than you ever imagined. 11

12 Will it be difficult? It may be. It may be more difficult than you ever imagined. But if you have chosen your path well, it will be filled with such magic that whatever effort is required will be worth it, because you will know you are on the road to your dreams. If you must stop for a while, that s okay. Do so. 12

13 If you must take a detour, that s okay. Do so. But never forget where you are going. And never give up the journey. Along the road that s filled with the magic of your dreams, as long as you continue walking forward in the direction you want to go, anything is possible, anything can happen. 13

14 Edwards, Paul and Sarah. Finding Your Perfect Work - The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life. New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons, The Finish 14