Identify specific job functions of a health information professional.
• Explain the skills and training needed that align with the points under Preparation in this assessment (EHR or HIM systems).
• Review current job descriiptions from organizations similar to Independence Medical Center.
• Evaluate the role of the HIM or other health IT professional.
Developing an understanding and vision of these points about the new hire and their position will be critical in effectively creating a job descriiption that will yield the types of candidates that you and the Vila Health organization want for the position.
Instructions
For this assessment, you will create two deliverables. First, create a 2–3-page executive summary that summarizes the need for the position; this will be presented to leadership prior to posting the job descriiption and advertising it to potential candidates. Second, create a 1–2-page job descriiption detailing the position of health information professional that you want to hire.
The executive summary’s purpose is to present a clear case for the need of the health information professional’s position to be hired. You should support this need with evidence from your analysis that you completed in this course’s first assessment. The executive summary will be assessed with the following scoring guide criteria:
• Explain an organization’s need for a health information professional to ensure long-term meaningful use and current incentive program compliance.
• Analyze the potential financial impacts of hiring a new health information professional.
• In other words, what will it cost to hire and employ the new health information professional versus the potential costs incurred by failing meaningful use compliance, or failing to achieve incentives from current programs?
• Support hiring need and recommendations with specific evidence to encourage buy-in from leadership.
The job-descriiption will allow you to layout the desired skills and responsibilities for the health information professional. It should include a minimum and a preferred education, experience, and training requirement. The job descriiption will be assessed with the following scoring guide criteria:
• Describe specific job functions of a new health information professional.
• Explain the skills and training needed by a new health information professional to be successful in a position.
In addition to the points mentioned so far in this assessment, the following scoring guide criteria will be assessed throughout your assessment:
• Communicate the need for and job requirements of a health information professional in a manner that is clear and concise.
• Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Additional Requirements
Your executive summary should meet the following requirements:
• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Professional format: The executive summary format is consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to the current APA style and formatting standards.
• Number of resources: 3–5 peer-reviewed resources from scholarly journal articles. Must be within the last 5 years
• Length:
• Executive Summary: This should be 2–3 pages typed, following APA alignment, double-spaced. Page count excludes the title page and reference page. You do not need to write an abstract for this assessment.
• Job Descriiption: This should be 1–2 pages. Job descriiption format should be followed a typical job descriiption based on your research.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 2: Analyze administrative, clinical, management, and decision-support information technology tools. (L12.1, 12.2, 14.3)
• Explain an organization’s need for a health information professional to ensure long-term meaningful use and current incentive program compliance.
• Describe specific job functions of a new health information professional.
• Explain the skills and training needed by a new health information professional to be successful in a position.
• Competency 3: Apply best practices relative to the financial assessments and decisions required for the implementation of health information systems. (L 8.1, 8.2, 8.4)
• Analyze the potential financial impacts of hiring a new health information professional.
• Competency 4: Apply evidence to influence buy-in from all stakeholders. (L10.5)
• Support hiring need and recommendations with specific evidence to encourage buy-in from leadership.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration. (L6.1, L6.2, L6.3, and L6.4)
• Communicate the need for and job requirements of a health information professional in a manner that is clear and concise.
• Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
