Workforce

The list of healthcare jobs the AHIMA Foundation program can help fill and upskill is long and varied, including clinical documentation improvement specialists, data analysts, medical and clinical lab techs, privacy and security officers and more.

To foster a culture where patient experience is valued and prioritized, hospitals and health systems must first improve the experience for caregivers, says Sue Murphy, chief experience officer at UChicago Medicine.

Almost every informatics manager you speak to will tell you about problems attracting, recruiting and retaining high quality informatics staff. We also know the problem is likely to get worse rather than better, as greater numbers and more highly skilled and specialist staff are needed in the future.

Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand is piloting the Resident Guide app for onboarding junior doctors.

Commonwealth Corporation, a workforce development agency that works to boost the skills of Massachusetts young adults with investments and partnerships, has released new funding to create new pilots to expand training for entry-level healthcare workers.

Intermountain is looking at data, prescribing habits and EHR defaults to help curtail the issue, says Dr. James Hellewell, medical director of Care Transformation Information Systems at the healthcare provider.

A survey Vocera® conducted at HIMSS19 with HIMSS Analytics, whose market research offering is now a part of Definitive Healthcare, points to the prevalence of cognitive overload. A vast majority of clinical and IT leaders have recognized signs including clinicians appearing stressed or overwhelmed. More than half of survey respondents said clinicians ignore or fail to notice actionable alerts, which are alerts related to a patient’s condition or care.

The program is a labor of love for the health system’s chief information and administrative officer. And it’s helping entry level employees in IT move up to principal engineer/senior analyst.

The 10-year initiative will focus on workforce development, education and training for next-generation care delivery.