Question: I'd be interested in knowing where, in addition to OHIMA and AHIMA, HIM
professionals typically go to gather new information about their role in the
healthcare industry?Answer from Lauren Manson, RHIA: I could share with you the resources that I personally use. But I am just one person! So I took your question to the OHIMA Board of Directors and other HIM Leaders nationwide on AHIMA’s Engage Communities. We received SO MANY great responses. Here is an all-encompassing list of the responses (in alphabetical order):
- Advance for Health Information Professionals
- Annual Healthcare Reports
- Some consulting firms like Deloitte and Huron have annual healthcare reports that they publish that are also very informative.
- Becker’s Hospital Review
- Clinisync
- The Commonwealth Fund
- FierceHealthcare
- For the Record Magazine
- Google (I’d like to repeat what one of our board members stated: “One hiccup with just googling is making sure that you find information from a reputable source!”)
- Government Agencies
- Federal
- US Department of Health & Human Services
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- CMS Updates are provided via the MLN Matters articles
- Office of the Inspector General
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) via HealthIT.gov Newsletters
- HealthIT.gov
- State of Ohio
- Harvard Business Review
- Health Data Management
- HCPro
- Health Affairs
- Health Policy Institute of Ohio
- Healthcare Finance News
- Healthcare Informatics
- Healthcare IT News
- Healthcare Scene
- Hospitals and Health Networks
- Healthcare IT News
- Joint Commission
- The Journal of AHIMA
- Just Coding
- Medscape
- Modern Healthcare
- Other Professional Associations’ Websites, Publications & Newsletters
- American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
- America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
- American Hospital Association (AHA)
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS)
- Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)
- Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Central & Southern Ohio HIMSS (CSOHIMSS)
- Northern Ohio HIMSS (NOHIMSS)
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
- National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
- Smart Brief - Health IT News
- Social Media
- The Health IT has a thriving social media community.
- Follow #HITsm.
- @HCLDR is a moderated, weekly educational tweetchat. Forums are based on healthcare topics and questions posted in advance of the tweetchat.
- @BradJustus for the latest news on all things HIM.
- Follow #HIMsocial and #HIMsm for health information management postings.
- Both @leonardkl (senior healthcare writer for USNews) and @erictopol (healthcare Futurist) are very helpful.
- Follow a variety of healthcare leaders and discussion groups. The Story of Digital Health, managed my Paul Sonnier is a fantastic resource.
- YouTube
- TED Talks
- Xtelligent Media Publications which includes:
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Great resources! I like to use the google scholar alert function. You can even tailor it to your exact areas of interest. Information Governance, Information Technology...
ReplyDeleteI also find podcasts to be helpful since I can consume them on the go! Some I enjoy are The Hospital Finance Podcast, Steps to Value Podcast, AAMI podcast, The Healthcare Policy Podcast, and Healthcare Triage.