Sunday, October 21, 2012

Outside the Box: Health Information Administrators






ROLE ALTERNATIVES OF HEALTH  INFORMATION      ADMINISTRATORS



(please excuse spelling and/or grammar errors - author is visually compromized)
Role possibilities of a Health Information Administrator (HIA) presents a lengthy list requiring active hands-on experience and observations. A Health Information Administrator, with a particular interest in teaching methods of quality control or of other subjects, can reach out to the educational programs that promote skills of a chosen parameter.  The scope and range of topics are significant.  Additionally, the Health Information Administrator can provide learning experiences in the course of a private business (i.e. consultant) or that of an individual employed in a cooperate setting, example:   
A  Health Information Administrator can work in a Partnership with:

- an Altruist. The presentation of essential information from a Health Information Administrator (HIA) is a required tool for estimating life experiences, longevity and predictions,

- an Epidemiologist.  Example: an Epidemiologist may be required to set out to identify the causative factors and location of a population of children who were increasingly experiencing gastrointestinal  symptoms....an HIA, on the team, was able to track down an anomaly in her statical base (a disease indices) and through that foundation, locations were identified to be that of a small and specific community of young children from 2 to 4 years of age.  From commonalities in a disease indices it came to the attention of health officials that the very location was a specific daycare center. Further investigation lead the team to a contaminant in a locate water supply. 

- the Department of Veteran Affairs Canada, in keeping with Veteran's Affairs Canada's with their commitment to identify and support independent living among their population,

- the private sector.  A Health Information Administrators, working as a private consultants, have many hats and are worthy of the inclusion of a fee schedule for services (as described below),

- a community health service.  A HIA team player in a private medical clinic is one of many examples...i.e. a medical clinic's policies and procedures would require frequent review, auditing and recommendations for appropriate change,

- a proposal writer to support the necessity of new and/or sophisticated medical-related equipment,

-  a program of wellness-retreat weekends - incl yoga, dance, music, nutrition, recreation and art but just a few venues
 
- a consultant service in terms of electronic filing systems and information retention
 
- a service provider for the purpose of the creation of a life plan for an individual who seeks supported independent living...a lifestyle that is effective, achievable and valued. 

- the service of providing assistance to an individual who wishes to create an Advance Health Care Directive in combination with a Living Will,

- a consultant presenting the numbers that are required to forecast our health needs for the future

- your community and province for the purpose of creating, managing, directing a business of "navigators for care".

- others who are speaking to youth on career option,

- those supporting an individual who wishes to be an altruistic kidney (or other organ) A thorough and specific profile is essential and the ability of a Health Information Administrator to locate data through scanning charts and utilizing disease indices.  This can be achieved through a history, disease indices etc.,

- others supporting an individual seeking a donor organ,

- transplant teams who are required to maintain up-to-date records of individuals on a donor wait-list

- Emergency Department Administrators by providing assistance in an exercise to provide a flag system that has identified the need to quickly identify populations of patients who are living within the community and are at risk, example those who are deaf, with a bleeding disorder, a history of seizure activity etc.

- a team of medical professionals who are working together, in a community of a struggling 3rd world country.  Their purpose is often to gather information with respect to a particular disease and recommend an empowering, appropriate community self- healing/supportive program

- the administration of a Federal and/or Provincial correction institutions. The purpose would be to maintain an accessible medical record secure filing and accessible system.

- sport organizations by managing medical reports and statistics of coded injuries (including ICD-10 coding) and individual medical specifics of athletes.  A system of progress notes would be a component to this work responsibility


Nightingale

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