April 15, 2025- In a healthcare industry dominated by ever-increasing technology usage, the humans behind secure health data are more crucial than ever for utilizing and safeguarding patient’s personal health information. These individuals, known as Health Information Professionals (HIPs), work behind the scenes in healthcare every day to advance health information systems and transform the industry through technological solutions.
The expertise and skills of HIPs are essential to the healthcare industry for improving patient outcomes, making administrative and organizational processes easier and more streamlined, and looking after patient’s sensitive health information and data.
HIPs are responsible for certifying that patient health information is accurate, complete, and protected, according to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). HIPs also ensure that facilities adhere to HIPPA rules to protect patient information, provide clinicians with the most up-to-date information for healthcare decision-making, and work on the classification of diseases to verify that they are standardized for clinical, financial, and legal uses.
HIPs are experts on both workflow processes in healthcare provider organizations and electronic health records (EHRs), serving to link clinical staff and physicians to the health data that they work with each day.
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