Condon Jim, Barefield Amanda
Department of Health Informatics at Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, GA, USA.
Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2012;9(Fall):1-12. Epub 2012 Oct 1.
The demand for registered health information administrators continues to outpace the available supply of credentialed graduates. One solution to address this shortfall has been the availability of postbaccalaureate certificate programs. A health information administration department at an academic health sciences center, which has historically offered a traditional bachelor of science degree in health information administration, has offered a postbaccalaureate certificate program in health information administration since 2001. As part of the program's ongoing quality review/performance improvement process, program faculty conducted an analysis to determine whether success on the registered health information administrator (RHIA) certification examination was the same, regardless of the program type or method of course delivery. Results of this analysis demonstrated that the postbaccalaureate certificate program is a viable alternative for producing successful health information administration graduates, increasing program enrollment, and increasing the number of RHIAs in the workforce. Health information administration programs may consider a postbaccalaureate certificate program as a way to increase the number of graduates and in turn increase the health information administration workforce.
对注册健康信息管理人员的需求持续超过有资质的毕业生的供应数量。解决这一短缺问题的一个办法是提供学士后证书课程。一所学术健康科学中心的健康信息管理部门，一直以来提供传统的健康信息管理理学学士学位，自2001年起开始提供健康信息管理学士后证书课程。作为该课程持续质量审查/绩效改进过程的一部分，课程教员进行了一项分析，以确定无论课程类型或授课方式如何，在注册健康信息管理人员（RHIA）认证考试中的成功率是否相同。该分析结果表明，学士后证书课程是培养成功的健康信息管理专业毕业生、增加课程招生人数以及增加劳动力中RHIA数量的可行选择。健康信息管理课程可考虑将学士后证书课程作为增加毕业生数量进而增加健康信息管理劳动力的一种方式。
