How to become a health information manager

1. Complete an undergraduate degree in science or health science, majoring in health information management.
2. If you've studied an undergraduate degree in a similar field or have other recognised qualifications, you may be able to qualify as a health information manager by completing a relevant postgraduate degree.
3. Join recognised industry associations and keep on top of advancements and legalities in the industry.

Duties and tasks

• Advance new methods for digital record keeping and classification.
• Train and help users navigate systems.
• Apply security to protect classified information and control access.
• Design, implement and modify medical records and forms.
• Develop and manage health facilities' central records systems and databases, including cataloguing, coding and classification.
• Evaluate organisational needs of record keeping, and monitor and optimise systems.
• Implement procedures for archiving data and create classification systems, indexes and guides for inputting information.
• Interpret a variety of records and preserve or archive them in files and databases for administrative, legal and patient use.

Industry bodies

• Health Information Management Association of Australia(HIMAA)
• The Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIM)

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