Christina Discussion: Hi everyone, My name is Christina Bharath. I currently live in Long Island, New York. I am an administrative coordinator for the Cardiology department at New York Presbyterian Hospital. I enrolled in this course because I am very passionate about healthcare and would like to further my studies in healthcare management. My goal is to be able to manage a department from an administrative aspect. I hope to gain knowledge from this course and apply it to my career. Aside from work, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, and eating new foods. Healthcare information has transformed tremendously throughout history, from paper charts to electronic medical records. It became clear that providers could better treat patients with complete and accurate medical history by documenting charts. Medical records became critical to the patient experience's safety and quality. According to NCBI, Health Information Management originated in 1928 and developed as a standardized course of study for medical record librarians. It started with a focus on standardizing and managing paper-based records within hospitals today. In 1961 The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS was adopted (NCBI). This improved hospital management systems through organized research, education, and professional practice programs. The changing landscape set the path to strengthen the contributions of HIM professionals and educators, which has transformed health care. The change within health care systems has identified specific trends in shaping their roles and functions for the future. Recent revisions suggest a need for skills and knowledge beyond EHR development, procurement, implementation, and maintenance.  The introduction of technology created new job roles and functions for HI and HIM professions. New technology included Broad-scale semantic and functional interoperability supporting direct data capture, digital ecosystem, and learning health system approaches with implications for the growth and next generation of e-records, Meaningful use, accountable care, activity-based funding models, interpreting data, mobile, and other personal health or home devices and applications with increasingly diverse implications for data quality, safety, and standardization. (NCBI)  Reference Gibson, C. J., Dixon, B. E., & Abrams, K. (2015, March 18). Convergent evolution of Health Information Management and Health Informatics: A perspective on the future of Information Professionals in Health Care. Applied clinical informatics. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377568/ D. (2022, August 15). Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. HIMSS. https://www.himss.org/ Athalee Discussion: Hello Class, My name is Athalee Mason, I am from Brooklyn, New York, and a mother of three. I have completed a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. I most recently volunteered for agencies such as New York City ...

1. Christina Discussion:
Hi everyone,
My name is Christina Bharath. I currently live in Long Island,
New York. I am an administrative coordinator for the
Cardiology department at New York Presbyterian Hospital. I
enrolled in this course because I am very passionate about
healthcare and would like to further my studies in healthcare
management. My goal is to be able to manage a department
from an administrative aspect. I hope to gain knowledge from
this course and apply it to my career. Aside from work, I enjoy
spending time with my family, traveling, and eating new foods.
Healthcare information has transformed tremendously
throughout history, from paper charts to electronic medical
records. It became clear that providers could better treat
patients with complete and accurate medical history by
documenting charts. Medical records became critical to the
patient experience's safety and quality. According to NCBI,
Health Information Management originated in 1928 and
developed as a standardized course of study for medical record
librarians. It started with a focus on standardizing and managing
paper-based records within hospitals today. In 1961 The
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HIMSS was adopted (NCBI). This improved hospital
management systems through organized research, education, and
professional practice programs.
The changing landscape set the path to strengthen the
contributions of HIM professionals and educators, which has
transformed health care. The change within health care systems
has identified specific trends in shaping their roles and
functions for the future. Recent revisions suggest a need for
skills and knowledge beyond EHR development, procurement,
implementation, and maintenance.
The introduction of technology created new job roles and
functions for HI and HIM professions. New technology included

2. Broad-scale semantic and functional interoperability supporting
direct data capture, digital ecosystem, and learning health
system approaches with implications for the growth and next
generation of e-records, Meaningful use, accountable care,
activity-based funding models, interpreting data, mobile, and
other personal health or home devices and applications with
increasingly diverse implications for data quality, safety, and
standardization. (NCBI)
Reference
Gibson, C. J., Dixon, B. E., & Abrams, K. (2015, March
18). Convergent evolution of Health Information Management
and Health Informatics: A perspective on the future of
Information Professionals in Health Care. Applied clinical
informatics. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377568/
D. (2022, August 15). Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society. HIMSS. https://www.himss.org/
Athalee Discussion:
Hello Class,
My name is Athalee Mason, I am from Brooklyn, New York,
and a mother of three. I have completed a Bachelor's degree in
Criminal Justice. I most recently volunteered for agencies such
as New York City Department of Sanitation, the Metropolitan
Transit Authority (MTA) and the Jewish Senior Center League.
What I enjoy doing in my free time includes listening to music,
watching tv, poetry, art, and I even like to cook. My future
goals in this career in Public Health include to begin working as
a Pharmacist Technician while completing my Masters graduate
degree in Public Health, to eventually work for the NYS
Department of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, or the
United States Environmental Protection Agency. What I hope to
gain in Health Informatics is more insight on medical billing;
healthcare and economics; and on the delivery of healthcare.
Where has healthcare information management been
historically?

3. Healthcare management dates back to ancient times where the
first known medical records were from ancient Mesopotamia.
(Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021) There are over
30,000 cuneiform tablets from the ancient Sumerians about
medicine and medical practices. (Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi, and
Srinivasan, 2021) Egyptian scribes were the front runners for
modern day transcription in 4000, B.C. (Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi,
and Srinivasan, 2021) HIM or Health Information Management
includes protecting and managing a patient’s health information
since Grace Whiting Myer’s work focused on the integrity and
centrality of the patient record. (Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi, and
Srinivasan, 2021) In 1928, the Association of Records Librarian
of North America (ARLNA) was established, then in 1938 with
a name change to the American Association of Medical Records
Librarians (AAMRL), then in 1970 established as the American
Medical Record Association (AMRA) and then in 1991 the
American Health Information Management Association
(AHIMA). (Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021)
How has the introduction of technology dramatically changed
the landscape?
AHIMA or the American Health Information Management
Association includes acquiring, analyzing, and protecting
digital and traditional medical information. (Hunt, Ndanga,
Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021) Health information management
is business, science, and information technology. (Hunt,
Ndanga, Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021) Health information data
now includes department administration; cancer registry; coding
and abstracting; image processing; incomplete record
processing; medical transcription; record circulation; and
release of information processing. (Bowie, 2019)
How has the introduction of technology increased the need for
and importance of proper management?
The introduction of technology has increased the great need for
quality healthcare data for continuity of care where patient
care includes the importance of proper management where
healthcare professionals are responsible for the integrity and

4. protection of patient’s health information. (Hunt, Ndanga,
Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021) The introduction of technology
has also increased the need for enhancing the need for
healthcare professionals to be highly trained to understand the
workflow within healthcare organizations. (Hunt, Ndanga,
Sherifi, and Srinivasan, 2021) The Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act, or the electronic health record (EHR)
adoption has placed health information professionals in charge
of the daily operations of understanding the need for accurate
and complete patient records. (Hunt, Ndanga, Sherifi, and
Srinivasan, 2021)
References
Bowie, Mary Jo (2019) Essentials of Health Information
Management: Principles & Practices 4th Edition (online book)
Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, Inc. Retrieved
from: https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deplo
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3711&id=1536563668&nbId=3026090&snapshotId=3026090&d
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Hunt, Thomas (TJ) PhD, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, Ndanga,
Memory, PhD, RHIA, Sherifi, Dasantila, PhD, MBA, RHIA, and
Srinivasan, Shankar, PhD (2021 October 1) The Symbiotic
Relationship Between Health Information Management And
Health Informatics: Opportunities For Growth And
Collaboration Online Research Journal Perspectives In Health
Information Management vol. 18(4) Retrieved
from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649705/