Question

Discussion what the future might hold as far as healthcare technology, new applications in maintaining health records, and new information that might become available with changes and how it can be used. Include in your discussion, what the job skills and experience are needed for a HIM professional.

Answer 1

The future of health care technology that combines data on patient's all information in real time.

It includes medical history, real time health, insurance coverage, financial information all to support provider decision making improve patient health and reduce costs.

Day by day information technology replace the previous raw method of collection of data. Information technology has made patient care safer and more reliable.

Institutions are adopting latest electronic health software's that helps to keep electronic health records. Patients also access to their own information so they can understand what has been done by the medical professionals day by day.

Few reports claim that at the end of 2024 entire US health informatics focuses on data technology science.

The technology gives the patient access and increase the provider capability. Also enhances the quality of patients life and increase the saving lives of others.

The future in health care adds lot more new technology to enhance its quality towards delivery and record keeping. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, voice search, chat bots virtual reality etc are the most promising technologies in 2020.

There are few job skills and experience that needs for HIM professionals are

Strong leadership profile, problem solving and critical thinking skills. Experts who have bachelor degree in health information management can expand the ultimate knowledge.

They need to have a skill on improving health care quality, reducing medical errors, reducing health disparities.