Careers in Health Information Technology

Preface Acknowledgements Part I Introduction to Careers in Health Information Technology (HIT) Chapter 1 What is health information technology (HIT)? Brian Malec, PhD Chapter 2 What is the Field of Health Informatics? Brian Malec, PhD Rika Fukamachi, Report Writer Analyst, Hoag Hospital Chapter 3 Educational Program in Health Information Technology David Wyant, PhD Chapter 4 Finding a Career in Health Information Technology Brian Malec PhD Chapter 5 The future of HIT careers Dave Garets FHIMSS and John Glaser, PhD Part II Introduction to Job Descriptions and Interviews in Health Information Technology: Introduction Brian Malec, PhD Chapter 6 HIT Careers in the Hospital Sector Job Descriptions: 1. Help Desk and Customer Support Job Descriptions - Three examples 2. Health Desk Staff/Support (Example #1) 3. Health Desk and Application Support Specialist (Example #2) 4. Customer Service Support Manager (Example #3) Daniel Nimoy, Clinical Office Supervisor, UCLA Health System 5. Data Analyst 6. Analytics Manager 7. General Description of an IT Business Analyst - Two Examples 8. IT Business Analyst (Example #1) 9. Lead Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst (Example #2) 10. General Description of an Information Security Analyst - three Examples 11. Information Security Analyst (Example #1) 12. Information Security Analyst (Example #2) 13. Data Security (Example #3) 14. Senior Position in Information Security and Privacy - Three examples 15. Chief Information Security Officer (Example #1) 16. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (Example #2) 17. Clinical Analyst 18. Clinical System Analyst Carrie Roberts, Executive Director, Clinical Information Systems (CIS) & Lean 19. Compliance Analyst 20. Health Information Data Compliance 21. General Description of Health Information Management (HIM) Management Level Job Descriptions - Four Examples 22. Director Health Information Management (Example #1) 23. Health Information Management Director (Example #2) 24. Healthcare Information Management, Director (Example #3) 25. Manager of Health Information Management (Example #4) Timothy Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer 26. Electronic Medical Records Related Job Descriptions - Two Examples 27. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Application Coordinator (Example #1) 28. Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Technician (Example #2) 29. HL7 Interface Analyst, Information Technology 30. Operations Analyst 31. General Description of a System Analyst - Three examples 32. Systems Analyst (Example #1) 33. System Analyst (Example #2) 34. Systems Engineer (Example #3) Waleed Bassyoni, Senior Manager, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence & Reporting 35. General description of a Healthcare Project Manager - Four Examples 36. Information Technology Project Manager (Example #1) 37. Project Coordinator/SR. Analyst (Example #2) 38. Health Services Information Technology Project Managers (Example #3) 39. Project Manager (Example #4) 40. Information Systems Auditor - Certified 41. Director of Clinical Applications 42. Director of Clinical Information Scott Joslyn, Senior Vice President & CIO Chapter 7 HIT Careers in the Vendor Sector 43. Healthcare IT Project Manager 44. Project Manager, Information Technology - Vendor Sector Arvind P. Kumar, Senior VP for Technology and Alliances, CRICO 45. Clinical Applications Project Manager 46. Programmer/Analyst 47. Health Information Exchange (HIE) Product Manager 48. Health Information Technology Specialist Scott Cebula, President Cebula IT Consulting, LLC 49. Network Engineer 50. Computer and Information Systems Managers 51. Healthcare Information Technology Consultant 52. Product Specialist 53. Business Analyst 54. Information Security/eDiscovery Specialist Mona Karaguozian, MSHA, Business Development Consultant and Executive Assistant to CEO, Aligned Telehealth, Inc. Chapter 8 HIT Careers in Physician Practice and Medical Group Sector 55. General Description of Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) [Medical Coders] - The following positions can be found in both medical groups and hospitals. Six (6) examples. 56. Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) (Example #1) 57. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) (Example #2) 58. Health Information Management (HIM) Coder (Example #3) 59. HIM Coding Review Manager/Coder Trainer Auditor (Example #4) 60. Director of Health Information Management for Coding Operations (Example #5) 61. Medical Coding Manager (Example #6) 62. RHIT and RHIA Medical coder positions that are primarily found in medical groups. - (Three examples) 63. Health Information Coder 2, HIM (Example #1) 64. Medical and Health Services Manager (Example #2) 65. Medical Coder or Technician (Example #3) 66. Information Systems Auditor - Certified 67. Meaningful Use Project Coordinator 68. Pharmacy Analyst for Clinical Manager 69. HIM Clinical Documentation Spec I 70. Director of Physician Practice Informatics (MSO) Chapter 9 HIT Careers in Managed Care and Insurance Sector 71. Help Desk Analyst 72. Field Support Analyst - Senior 73. Sales Internship (Example) 74. MBA Consultant Internship (MBA students) 75. Information Technology Internship (Computer Science or Information Systems students) Randall R. Barker, R.T., Manager, Imaging Solutions Implementation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group 76. Senior Analyst III (Senior) 77. IT Business Analyst 78. IT Business System Analyst 79. Systems Analyst Advisor 80. Senior IT Technical Writer 81. Project Manager 82. Portfolio Manager Robert Aboulache, Manager, Training Environments, Kaiser Permanente's Digital Network 83. Developer Advisor 84. IT Business Escalation Liaison 85. Database Administrator Chapter 10 HIT Careers in the Public Health Sector 86. General Description of Public Health Informatics 87. Public Health Informatics Specialist Stacy Cooreman, Health Systems Database Analyst, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center 88. Principal Information Systems Analyst (HER) 89. Project Management - Electronic Health Records (EHR) Chapter 11 HIT Careers in Education and Training Sector 90. Clinical Education/EMR Implementation and Training Specialist 91. Information Technology Trainer 92. Instructor, Health Information Technology Program Dr. Anthony Blash, PharmD, BCompSc, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Informatics & Analytics, Belmont University College of Pharmacy 93. Education and Training Director 94. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor