TY - JOUR
T1 - An Exploratory Study Demonstrating the Health Information Management Profession as a STEM Discipline
AU - DeAlmeida, Dilhari R.
AU - Houser, Shannon H.
AU - Wangia-Anderson, Victoria
AU - Fenton, Susan H.
AU - Hazelwood, Anita
AU - Barefield, Amanda C.
AU - Freeman, Jeanne M.
AU - Jones, Lolita M.
AU - Bakuzonis, Karen
AU - Hamada, Debra L.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - It is time to make the case for health information management (HIM) to be included in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. A careful review of the HIM competencies approved by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) illustrates the role of HIM professionals in informatics, data analytics, and data use. More precisely, the competency subdomains clearly align with content in the STEM disciplines of science, math, and technology, and the individual competencies or tasks in each subdomain solidify the assertion that HIM should be considered part of the STEM disciplines. Evaluation of AHIMA membership data showed that, at the education and work setting levels, AHIMA members are employed in many areas that are common to both HIM and STEM.
AB - It is time to make the case for health information management (HIM) to be included in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. A careful review of the HIM competencies approved by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) illustrates the role of HIM professionals in informatics, data analytics, and data use. More precisely, the competency subdomains clearly align with content in the STEM disciplines of science, math, and technology, and the individual competencies or tasks in each subdomain solidify the assertion that HIM should be considered part of the STEM disciplines. Evaluation of AHIMA membership data showed that, at the education and work setting levels, AHIMA members are employed in many areas that are common to both HIM and STEM.
KW - HIM professionals
KW - STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
KW - curricular competency
KW - health information management (HIM)
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M3 - Article
C2 - 31423115
AN - SCOPUS:85072143526
SN - 1559-4122
VL - 16
SP - 1a
JO - Perspectives in health information management
JF - Perspectives in health information management
IS - Summer
ER -