 Article excerpts provided from the Jul/Aug CHIA Journal. Read the full articles and more in the online version here.
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Hard Skills and Soft Skills: Both are Needed for Career Advancement
By: Deborah Collier, RHIA; CHIA President
It is an advantage to have the unique technical or hard skills required for health information management (HIM). On the other hand, effective leadership and securing new HIM roles in the midst of change in the health care industry is not possible without soft skills. Both hard and soft skills complement each other and they are valuable for securing one of the many current and new roles evolving for HIM.
Focus on Education: CAHIIM Accredited Programs in California
Contributions by: City College of San Francisco, East Los Angeles College, Saddleback College, San Diego Mesa College, and Santa Barbara City College.
California-based Commission on Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM) accredited colleges and universities offering degree programs in health information management, health informatics, cancer registry, and other related fields share their updates annually in the CHIA Journal.
PPE: Shaping HIM Professionals of our Future
by Connie Renda, MA, RHIA, CHDA and Janet Daley-Janus, RHIA
The Professional Practice Experience (PPE) is a college-based course for credit that Health Information Management (HIM) students in accredited HIM programs take as part of their graduation requirement. The purpose of the PPE is for students to gain hands-on experience at a HIM site and blend theory with practice in a real world setting.
Educators worry about lack of PPE sites; HIM directors worry it will take too much time, and students worry they will not be able to acquire the hands-on experience required in most job postings. Fret no more! Everyone can be successful in this endeavor to lead the incoming HIM professionals confidently into the future.
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