Health Informatics Personal Statement

Preparations for tests should ideally begin much earlier than shortly before the actual test taking period. Indeed, many students perform dismally in their tests because of their failure to understand this and many other principles of test and exam preparation. In addition to discussing how students should prepare for tests, this text will also identify the various strategies which should be embraced by students during test taking in an attempt to enhance performance.

It has only been within the last five years that health information management (HIM) has experienced exponential changes, due to the healthcare reform. The electronic health record (EHR) is connected to health information exchanges and other systems of interoperability. The timely completion of charts, coding and release of information (ROI) has become much more efficient with the electronic record. Traditional HIM functions will just be transformed and will always be an integral part of successful patient care. Professionals must be flexible and willing to adapt and even generate change. As Health Information Technology continues to evolve, so will the roles

The advent of the Electronic Health Record is ushering in a new era in advanced healthcare. The next 20 years will be an exciting time to be involved in health care as a Health Information Manager. Analyzing the myriad of health information which could reveal astonishing medical breakthroughs excites my imagination. I see the perfect pathway for my future. I am on track to graduate with Honors from Portland Community College’s Health Information Management Program in June 2016.

Health informatics has successfully captured the attention of clinical and public health leaders around the nation as they realize its potential to solve problems, cut cost and enhance patient experience. As discussed in class, The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 initiated a program designed to equip hospitals and medical practices around the country with electronic health record systems. Known as the Meaningful Use program, it has provided financial encouragements to health care organizations to install these computerized systems. This act has resulted in a huge increase of electronic health records (EHR) companies and has generated countless jobs for healthcare data analysts and related IT positions.

My ultimate goal at the moment is to complete my Masters in Health Informatics Administration and sit for the RHIA exam in December prior to embarking on a new career in Informatics. Having worked in the healthcare industry for the past 12 years, I have some knowledge with electronic health records such as with Cerner Millenium and EPIC Portfolio and how they contribute to efficiency in clinical documentation in order to improve patients' care. As a current registered nurse, I use the EHR on a daily basis to document patients' health and physical assessment including medication administration. However, my ultimate plan eventually is to leave bedside nursing entirely once I am able to secure a job position in either health or nursing informatics.

Frighten by the information I received, I almost made the biggest mistake of my life by leaving. At the end of the session, a woman stood before us and changed my life from that point on. On that day, I was introduced to the Clinical Health Informatics

In a time of constant changes in regulations and continuous technology advancements, the Health Information Management professional must adapt to meet changing industry demands as it becomes more dependent on electronic Health Information Technology (HIT) to process and manage health information. The HIM professional’s job traditionally

Health information is the data associated to a person’s medical history. It includes all the symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, etc. The health information of a patient can be viewed individually to see how a patient’s health has changed or it can be viewed within a larger set of data to understand how the population’s health has changed. “Health information management is the practice of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. It is a combination of business, science, and information technology.” I chose this career path because I was stuck between computer science and healthcare professions. This career path also includes business, which I am also interested in.

“By 2015, use of a certified electronic health record (EHR) is mandated under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act” (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014, p. 129).Electronic health records comes from the electronic medical records data and where nurses document the patient’s care that has the ability to move from one provider to another. “The main purpose of documentation is facilitating information flow that supports safety, quality, and continuity of care” (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014, p. 131). Electronic health records also improves the quality of confidential health information as compared to the paper system. Informatics is defined as “the use of information technology as a communication and information-gathering tool

While being a Health Informatics and Information technology student at Community College of Baltimore County, not only I was able to start my career as a billing coordinator at Johns Hopkins University’s Pathology Department but also continued to fulfil my dream of completing my education. I have a very strong understanding of computer system while expressed keen interest in learning about various diseases and diagnosis. With immense gratitude, I give credit of my success to this wonderful program offered at CCBC campus that allowed me to expand my horizons by learning in depth about healthcare and healthcare delivery system. Starting a career in such big organization, without any prior experience within healthcare industry makes me feel

I became interested in the informatics field through my experience as an informatics epidemiologist at the Houston Health Department. I started this job in January 2015 without any prior experience in informatics; I had to teach myself about health terminologies such as HL7, LOINC, and SNOMED, and learn the health department’s electronic disease surveillance system with little training. Based on the job’s annual performance evaluation criteria, I was required to write at least two research abstracts, lead several informatics projects, and produce monthly analytical reports. Driven to succeed in my role and knowing that my master’s in public health (MPH) had limited informatics training, I decided to enroll in SBMI’s certificate program to expand my knowledge and skills in informatics.

The Intro to Health Informatics course has provided a broad range of health information that introduces the core concepts in the biomedical community. Throughout this course, my learning experience in health informatics has advance, for I was able to learn a list of materials including: the relationship of biomedical informatics and its related field; the roles of informatics in decision support systems and related health IT applications; and the importance of biomedicine and the use of biomedical information. In the Biomedical Informatics (4th edition) text book, it reflects the outstanding changes in both computing and health care that continues to occur. These changes have set a high rate of interest in the roles that health IT must play in the health care.

First off, who I am as a learner has changed over the past years. At times before, I wouldn’t take certain classes or assignments seriously and have learned my lessons when I failed. I believe having classmates at the time who weren’t as focused as I wanted to be, played a big role in my lack of understanding in classes. I understood later that if I felt learning was so important to me, I need to realize that it is my future and I needed to focus on my own. Having learner in my top 5 strengths defines me very well. Rath (2007) explains that, “The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting for you” (p.133). I believe this defines me as a learner because I enjoy having books in hand, opening up my notebook to write notes and learning new ways to understand the class. Regardless if the content is something I have to get in to or if I don’t do well on tests, I enjoy the process of studying and learning more even when I know I didn’t do so well; that is what motivates me. I believe as long as I keep this mindset and understand that this is my strength, I will continue to grow and further my education as much as possible. Even though I have failed a few of my last classes, I never let that stop me from continuing. Knowing that I have “failed” makes me realize I know I can do better and I try my hardest not to let it get me down. I will not get further if I don’t keep trying and as a learner I am a motivator to myself in my studies.

For students, it is impossible to pass the examination only by cramming, which urges the learning ability to a certain extent; meanwhile, the teachers are also required to strengthen contact with students in the ordinary teaching, fully understand the students' learning condition and make an equal record and evaluation.

The profession of health informatics is a relatively new one, blending the use of technologies with collecting, organizing, storing, using, and evaluating health information.