Celebrating HIP Week — Health Information Professionals
Updated: Dec 12, 2022
Healthcare celebrates all Health Information Professionals the week of April 19 – 22.
Who are Health Information Professionals?
❖ Health Information Professionals are an essential component to a complete medical document.
❖ Health Information Professionals are Leaders for coordination of care and information throughout the healthcare continuum.
❖ Health Information Professionals have skills in: medical coding, compliance, privacy, clinical documentation.
❖ Health Information Professionals are sought as a 'key' person in the total healthcare delivery system.
❖ Health Information Professionals see the individual person connected to the data.
The Health Information Professional is critical to the:
◾ Electric Medical Record
◾ Records management
◾ Accurate and Timely documentation
◾ Reimbursement system
◾ Completeness of Health Information -- clinical, technical, humanness
Health Information Professionals work all domains ...
Health Information Professionals are leveraging their knowledge and expertise of health information in all domains -- hospitals, acute care facilities, long-term care facilities, rehab, physician offices, ambulatory care, surgery centers, registries, government agencies and … Yes, even payers and plans.
Credentials ...
Health Information Professionals often hold the RHIA or RHIT credential as well as, other Medical Coding certifications: CCS, CCS-P and CHDA along with Trainer the Trainer certificates.
Health Information speaks to an individual's health story
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