Gil contacted the HIMSS professional organization and a local hospital to research career opportunities in healthcare informatics. He found that student membership in HIMSS is affordable at $30 per year. The cost to attend the HIMSS annual conference is also very reasonable for students at $120. While unable to obtain contact information for specific HIMSS officers, Gil gathered useful information about the organization and conference. When contacting the local hospital, Gil's initial broad request for all job descriptions was declined, but he was then able to obtain descriptions from three clinical departments. He also learned about IT career opportunities through an informative meeting with a hospital IT systems analyst.

1. Problem Statement:
Gil, French MBA grad student needs
a way to learn about jobs in
healthcare informatics because he
has questions about jobs & skills
required.

2. Assignment with two
prototypes 01 & 02
 01 Research professional organization
to gather information
◦ Review Health Information
Management Systems Society
(HIMSS) membership
◦ Find info on annual meeting of
HIMSS
 02 Contact local hospital for job
descriptions
◦ Compare business analysis and

3. Focus of Prototype 01
 Find professionals in healthcare
informatics who can give real
information about jobs and skills
needed
 Search for wide and specific
information about where the jobs are
in this profession
 Network both in person and over the
Internet

4. Prototype 01
www.himss.org
Health Information
Management Systems Society
 Give Gil URL for HIMSS professional
organization
 Have him identify cost for student
membership
 Have him identify cost for student
admission to annual conference
◦ Identify 2 speakers and do background
check
◦ Identify 2 conference sessions of interest?

5. Prototype 01: Membership:
What are the steps?
 Open www.himss.org website
 Identify membership information
 Find student rate for membership, and
 Document the benefits available
 Select names of 2 officers and find
their contact information
 E-mail 2 officers with 3 questions
about student participation.

6. Prototype 01
Results: Student membership
 Individual Membership Options
 Regular ($160) - full access and best value! -
Participate on a national community, committee, work
group or task force - Special pricing on
conferences, webinars, bookstore and eLearning
Academy - Access to members-only content on
HIMSS.org and mHIMSS.org Plus! Invite a
colleague to join HIMSS free for one year (HIMSS+1)
 Student ($30) - resources for emerging
professionals - Experience all the benefits of regular
membership - Explore our wealth of career knowledge
sharing and guidance

7. Prototype 01
HIMSS Conference:
What are the steps?
 Look up www.himssconference.org
 Identify Registration information
 Identify student rate
 Find 2 speakers for background
research
 Select 2 topics from presentations of
interest.

8. Prototype 01
HIMSS 14- Orlando Feb 23-27
 ARE YOU READY FOR HIMSS14?
 HIMSS14 may be months away, but the excitement
is here...right now. It's not too early to start making
plans for next February. Whether you're new to
health IT or a seasoned professional, make sure
HIMSS14 is on your radar.
 Orlando is looking forward to welcoming the
HIMSS Annual Conference. In 2011, it was the site
of one of our best and largest annual conferences
in the US. We look forward to seeing you there!
 Call for Proposals The HIMSS14 Pre-
Conference Call for Proposals is now open through
July 22nd.

9. Prototype 01
HIMSS Annual Conference
 Registration for HIMSS14 will open in August.
 Sign up to get email updates on HIMSS14
registration, education sessions, exhibit hall
events, discounts
 Early Bird
 Before Dec 10 Advanced
 Dec 10 - Jan 27 Standard
 After Jan 27
 Non Member $950 $1,050 $1,150
 HIMSS Member $695 $795 $1,095
 Endorser $695 $795 $1,095
 Government $695 $695 $695
 Student $120 $120 $120
 Single Day $450 $475 $575
 Wednesday Exhibit Hall $325 $350 $425

10. Prototype 01: Results
HIMSS Membership
 Gil got information about membership
in less than one hour.
 HIMSS.org website was easy to
find/use
 Cost of student membership is very
reasonable. ($30)
 Was able to identify officer names but
no contact information available for
them
 Will find membership support link on

11. Prototype 01
HIMSS Annual Conference
 Gil got good information about annual
conference in about one hour.
 Cost of admission to annual
conference is very affordable. ($120)
 Request for proposals for 2014 still
open
◦ Will spend more time later reviewing
topics
◦ Will select speakers for research later

12. Prototype 01
Lessons Learned
 Plus:
◦ Information easy to find on both web sites
◦ Info on cost of student rates very positive
◦ Membership benefits include networking and
specific job skill info
 Minus:
◦ Not able to identify contact information about
membership
◦ Not able to review speakers & topics for
annual conference due to schedule not
finished

13. Focus of Prototype 02
 Contact local hospital for information
about job descriptions
◦ Study job descriptions for skills that use
Gil’s skills as business analyst and
technology
 Start with Information Technology Department
 Then review jobs in each clinical area
◦ Ask about jobs where French translation
would be seen as plus

14. Prototype 02
Assignment
 02 Contact local hospital for job
descriptions
◦ Compare Gil’s business analysis and
technology skills to job descriptions
◦ Review for French language skills needed

15. Prototype 02
What are the steps?
 Gil will contact local hospital.
◦ Contact Human Resources Department
and request copies of job descriptions for
each clinical department with technology
skills
◦ Contact Information Technology
department and ask to speak to Manager
for an information interview.

16. Prototype 02
Results?
 Gil contacted local hospital.
◦ Human Resources Department said the
request was too large. Did he have 3
departments he would focus on?
◦ Information Technology department said
the IT Manager was away for 2 weeks. Gil
asked was there anyone else who could
do information interview? Systems Analyst
met for an hour with Gil and reviewed IT
jobs in IT department and also in other
clinical areas

17. Prototype 02
Lessons Learned
 Plus:
◦ Gil was able to work with HR department and
selected three departments:
Imaging, Pharmacy, and Lab. Received job
descriptions and will begin review next week
◦ IT systems analyst gave Gil great information
about jobs and technology skills needed.
◦ Should have started at IT Department
◦ Easy to talk to people in HR and IT
 Minus:
◦ HR request too large at first
◦ IT Manager was not available for information
interview, but systems analyst was available.
◦ Got no information about use of French language