Module 3 Preparation

Preparing for Your Management PPE

As you read, think about coding as a career and what steps you would need to take to achieve the goal of successful manager. You may find it an advantage to secure any position in an HIM department and successfully sit for your RHIT exam before venturing into management. However more and more entry-level RHIT professionals are finding themselves in supervisor or management positions early in their careers. This module will expose you to management and how you can best prepare.

Instructor Tips For Success: Background and What to Expect

What can you expect as a new manager on the job? What kinds of questions will you possibly be asked on the RHIT exam? How can you find just the right job that may lead to advancement. Many new graduates are promoted to a management position from line worker. This can be a difficult transition, more than being hired as an outside recruit. You are now managing the very staff that you once called colleagues or co-workers.

What has made management of employees and team even more challenging is the public health concerns that can force a department into remote status.

Watch this following video on managing remote staff during COVID-19

Reading/Review Assignments

Consider the following resources to assist you in your review of organization and management.

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Consider the following Sayles crosswalk with your AS degree competencies. This sheet will point you to the appropriate chapters in Sayles to review before you complete the assignments in this module and sit for your RHIT exam.

The Future of Management

With the EHR, we are seeing more and more staff sent home to work remotely. Each institution has a policy for how remote staff will interact with the remainder of the department. Some facilities allow a greater degree of flexability while others adhere to circumscribed hours due to collective bargaining agreements. Training staff is often an issue with some facilities flying staff back periodically for an in-service.

Check out the following articles and video. What do you think?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Director vs Manager

Medical Records Salary in California

How to be a Great Remote Manager

Reminder

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