HIM directors are in airports in all corners of the country today, ready to converge on Orlando and the 82nd AHIMA Convention and Exhibit. Marketers, sales reps and executives from hundreds of health care B2B companies will be doing the same over the next few days. Perhaps you’re among them. Since you’ll be rubbing shoulders [...]
Consumer behavior
In yesterday’s post, Diann Brown shared her thoughts on the biggest challenges facing Health Information Management. In today’s post, I’ll share a few impressions that this HIM director and AHIMA board member has about vendor sales and marketing. HIM directors seem to look favorably on companies that view her problems as their own. Diann told [...]
In part two of my interview with Diann Brown, we discussed the priorities of an HIM director. In Diann’s case, she focused first and foremost on her employees and on her revenue cycle numbers. In today’s installment, Diann talks about some of HIM’s greatest challenges. When I asked Diann about the challenges facing HIM, I [...]
Health Information Management is a complex field. To excel in HIM, you need the understanding of a lawyer, the knowledge of a medical researcher and the problem solving skills of a physician. If you’re an HIM director, you also need the motivation skills of a professional coach and the ability of an executive to see [...]
