HIM Leadership in Activity Based Funding – The past, the present and futureWednesday 4 May 2022, 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Dr Sheree Lloyd
Overview
HIMS have been leaders in the adoption of activity-based funding and their contributions include appropriate classification systems, coding quality and timeliness, design of new classifications, research on case-mix classifications, data collection, clinical costing systems, data management and standards. Operationally, coding and other health record data drives diagnosis-related groups and we have forged significant advances here.
Dr Sheree Lloyd will describe her involvement, share stories from history and reflect on how we might best be able to contribute to leadership in this domain now and into the future.
About the speaker
Dr Sheree Lloyd is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University and Cumberland College of Health Sciences and a health information manager, teacher and project manager with over 20 years of experience in academic and health service management roles. She has graduate membership of the Health Information Management Association of Australia, is a Certified Health Information Manager, Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Managers and member of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health.
Dr Sheree Lloyd is a passionate educator and researcher with research interests in innovation and high performance in rural health settings. She is the Chief Investigator for a National Study of EMR Usability. She is a proud mother of 5 adult children and loves to ski and swim.
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Dr Sheree Lloyd
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Management is easy – Leadership not so muchWednesday 13 April 2022, 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Cameron A. Barnes
Overview
Google “quotes on leadership” and you can be sucked down a rabbit hole of memes citing such luminaries as Anonymous, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates and JFK. Everyone loves a good quote and an even better meme but Leadership is such a complex, important and many-headed beast that to summarise it in a sentence or two let alone a one hour webinar is a little short of a fantasy.
However, in this Webinar, Cameron will summarise some of the techniques, tips and tricks he has used during his 32-year career to build and optimise the Teams he has led and give the viewer a grab bag of practical examples to use in their workplace and maybe even have some fun along the road.
About the speaker
Cameron Barnes is the National Manager of Health Information Services for St Vincent’s Health Australia. His career so far has spanned 32 years in a variety of leadership and management roles in both the Public and Private sector as well as consultancy roles nationally and internationally. Cameron has a Bachelor of Applied Science in MRA, a Master of Health Administration and has completed Leadership courses at ACU, La Trobe University and Melbourne Business School.
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How To Use Table-Top Privacy Breach Fire Drills to Protect Your PracticeWednesday 9th March 2022, 12 pm – 1:15 pm ADST
Speaker: Jean L. Eaton
HIMAA is partnering with Jean Eaton of Information Managers to bring you and/or your clinic staff a custom, online workshop.
We know the most common types of privacy breaches. Do you have a written playbook with step-by-step instructions on how to respond to a privacy breach? Have you rehearsed this with your team?
In this 75-minute interactive workshop, you will participate in a Table-Top Privacy Breach Fire Drill to better prepared to respond to a privacy breach in your practice. Come prepared to take an active role in the following scenarios.
- Physical paper patient reports found in the parking lot
- Snooping employee spotted by clinic staff
- Privacy complaint to the IPC
Jean will discuss real-life scenarios and privacy breach offences that demonstrate what can go wrong – and what you should do instead. There will be time for live Q&A.
Jean helps independent healthcare practices with practice administration, privacy awareness, privacy breach management, and legislated regulation compliance in Canada that are transferable to the Australian Setting
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The Governance of Health Information Management and the Future of Mental HealthFriday 25th February 2022, 12 pm – 1 pm ADST
Speaker: Nicole Ah Yick, Janine McDonald & San Le
Health information is pivotal at the point-of-care for clinical management and service provision for our consumers, as well as for service monitoring, planning and management.
This Health Information Governance Framework has been developed to articulate the management of health information across NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH)*. This framework acts as a footprint for the governance of health information across the organisational structures, partnerships, service settings and differing levels of health service digitisation.
With advancements in digital health across Victoria and Australia, appropriate governance of the collection, use and access of patient and consumer health information is more pertinent than ever to meet the growing demands for service delivery and service monitoring in a complex environment.
This is especially important for NWMH as services move to implement significant changes introduced for the mental health space in the very near future.
*NWMH is a public mental health service for people living in northern and western metropolitan Melbourne. Services are delivered through six programs spanning 32 sites across the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne in partnership with Melbourne Health, Northern Health, and Western Health
Nicole Ah Yick
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Speaker Bios
NorthWestern Mental Health The Royal Melbourne Hospital
NorthWestern Mental Health
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Janine commenced her working life with large teaching hospitals before moving into the world of mental health service delivery. Her current role with NorthWestern Mental Health involves the translation of strategic direction into operational practice in the area of health information management and service delivery. She has a particular interest in quality improvement and governance, leadership and change management.
Passionate about working in mental health, Janine is keen to apply further learnings from the Masters of Public Health and Master of Health Administration she is currently studying to the world of health information management within mental health. Working in a dynamic and multi-disciplinary mental health environment, she excited about the transformation of mental health services currently underway.
Australia’s National Health Information SystemWednesday 9th February 2022, 12 pm – 1 pm ADST
Speaker: Vicki Bennett
Join us on 9 February 2022 when Vicki Bennett shares her insights into Australia’s National Health Information System and the work of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Vicki will look at:
- the importance of data analysis to inform health care planning
- the role of data in chronic disease management
- why we need to capture robust data across time and care setting
and the role of health information managers and clinical coder at a health service to ensure data integrity for sustainable healthcare funding and planning.
Vicki is the Head of the Metadata and Classifications Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, where she has held a number of different roles over the past 14 years. She has also lectured at a range of Australian universities and is passionate about ensuring that good health information is used to improve health outcomes for all.
Vicki has a degree in Health Information Management, and a Masters in Health Informatics and has had a diverse career both domestically and internationally. She has worked extensively across the Pacific over the past 20 years and has been appointed as an Advisor to the Pacific Health Information Network Board. She is on the Board of the Health Information Management Association of Australia and is the President Elect for the International Federation of Health Information Management Associations.
Vicki Bennett
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CDI Programs & Projects - Supporting Engagement and Quality Documentation through Standards AlignmentWednesday 13th October 2021, 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Dreda Heard
Driving Clinical Documentation and Data Integrity (CDI) continues to be a key function of Health Information Managers, Clinical Coders and Clinical Documentation Specialists alike.
As health information professionals we are aware that documentation practices may vary according to:
- the nature and use of the document
- who is interacting with the record and unit or specialty the type of record, and
- who has responsibility for documenting care and episode information.
Overarching documentation requirements are detailed in Actions 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and Action 6.11 and of the National Safety & Quality Healthcare Standards (NSQHS). In this webinar, we will consider the clinical documentation practices and requirements outlined in NSQHS as well as the Good Medical Practice Guideline and Professional Practice Guidelines for Nurses and Allied Health Staff.
In addition to considering these guidelines, the webinar focuses on supporting engagement and quality documentation across the record and within units through specific standards alignment and appreciation of professional practice guidelines that underpin clinician documentation practices. This information will be discussed in the context of specific documents or forms, and illustrate how we can use awareness of standards and guidelines to support ongoing engagement with CDI programs and embed improvement in clinical practice.
Do not miss out on this webinar on 13 October 2021 that covers the core competence in data, records management, standards and governance as they relate to information management.
Dreda Heard
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Future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Health Data DesignWednesday 15 Sep 2021 | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Heather Grain
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the key digital health technology in the increasingly diversifying modes of health care delivery. Accurate, accessible, consistent and contemporaneous health record information is central to the success of telehealth, Zoom consults in primary and tertiary health care. Furthermore, consistent modes of data collection in EHRs has the potential to inform the interoperability with new technologies such as wearables and post discharge care applications.
Health Information professionals have a strong and enduring interaction with health care records and large body of knowledge that can be brought to bear on the ongoing transformation of EHRs and evolving technologies.
Heather Grain notes that EHRs, like their paper based and digitally based forebears need structure. She shares that the discoveries from the UK and Europe show that where that structure is built upon a consistent understanding of the data in the record the record itself gains power.
Heather brings her expert knowledge to this important area of Health Information Management and provides insights into the tool “openEHR” which is used internationally to:
- define the content of health records
- reduce software development time
- information exchange errors and expenses.
This webinar will also consider the Clinical Knowledge Manager which is an open source tool used by many countries (including Australia) as the underpinning approach innovations such as MyHealthRecord. Heather will reflect on how this approach has resulted in data that is consistent and comparable but still flexible and displayed in ways which fit the needs of each individual use case; ultimately this enables EHRs which can use data like lego to build what is needed.
Join Heather Grain and HIMAA on 15 September 2021 and learn the future of EHR and health data design, and how to access and use these standards and tools.
Heather Grain – Introduction
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Policy SkillsFriday 27 Aug 2021 | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Dr Kai Jensen
Policy work is part of the role of many health information managers. This free webinar will discuss good practices in developing and reviewing policies, procedures, and guidelines. How can we consult stakeholders efficiently to understand the best balance between standards, compliance, and operational practicalities? How can we draft texts so they’re concise, unambiguous, and easy to read? What’s the best mechanism to monitor the implementation of new requirements and monitor the effectiveness of policy texts? The webinar will help HIMAA understand its members’ policy skills needs, to inform the planning of a professional development workshop later this year.
The webinar will be led by Dr. Kai Jensen of PolicyTrain, a consultant, editor and trainer, and editor who specialises in policy improvement. Kai has worked extensively with higher education institutions and other organisations, such as health profession peak bodies, to make organisational policies more effective.
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Operational CDIFriday 23 Jul 2021 | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Dreda Heard
Health Information Managers and Clinical Coders have unique skill sets that are fundamental to accurate funding of health care. Documentation improvement is a core skill we apply to identify data and documentation improvement opportunities. We achieve enhanced documentation integrity through audit, education, coding queries, and clinician engagement.
Our expertise in data management, data quality, and clinical information abstraction contributes to the future of sustainable, efficient health care funding and the viability of the Activity Based Funding (ABF) model. The importance of clinical documentation to funding and safe care has resulted in the emergence of the Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) as a key HIS team member.
To enhance our understanding of how to leverage our expertise in documentation improvement programs the HIMAA CDI Webinar Series will run over the next 12 months. We will consider how we can adapt our existing clinician relationships, apply our knowledge of the health care system, data collections, and funding models to respond to the need for sustainable CDI programs.
The first in its CDI Series, Operational CDI will look at the HIM/Coder value proposition, the CDI points of intersection with the wider health system, and aspects of HIS oversight in CDI programs. It will explore how and where CDI is placed and can be leveraged across your workplace.
We hope to see you on 23 July 2021 and find out what else you would like to see in this Series!
Dreda Heard
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Simple and Powerful Data VisualisationFriday 28 May 2021 | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Stephanie Naidoo, MBB, MBA, Expert in Operational Excellence
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what better way to convey the message contained in your data than by translating it into images? In this quick-delivery focused workshop, learn basic guidelines for transforming data into stories via charts, diagrams, and infographics. Each Soft Skills Professional Development Workshop focuses on a new skill, tool or framework that you can start to apply immediately after the session. Using real examples and providing a template or guideline that you can take away from the session, this is an hour worth investing!
Speaker: Stephanie Naidoo, MBB, MBA, Expert in Operational Excellence
- Australia’s 1st Master Black Belt certification
- Over 25 years program management and process improvement
- Delivery of over $100 billion in transformation programs across Asia, United States, Europe, Africa and Australia
Blue Crane Consulting Group is about maximising value at every step in the process.
Blue Crane is an operational excellence management consulting company that exists to help Australian organisations deliver better outcomes for customers, employees and shareholders.
It is a team of multi-skilled experts in process improvement, program management, change and communications, and operational planning. They believe in bringing the right tools to the job and delivering exceptional experience for their clients. Blue Crane brings the best expertise from across the globe and right next door to their clients in healthcare, education, government, and financial and technical services.
Cost (incl. GST): Member/Student $20
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Stephanie Naidoo
How to write a resume that sells ‘you’ to help you advance your Health Information Management careerThursday 13 May | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Speaker: Emma Maslen
Nobody likes updating their resume. It’s time consuming and stressful, and it’s hard to know what’s expected – particularly if it’s been a while since you had to apply for a new role. Emma Maslen from Rescue my Resume will teach you what you need to do to bring your resume up to a modern, professional standard, to ensure you win your next job interview!
This interactive one-hour session will cover:
- The biggest mistakes applicants make when applying for jobs that stop them making it to the ‘yes’ pile.
- Why searching online for job application tips and downloading a free resume template isn’t the best way to secure a job – and what is.
- A step-by-step system to simplify the preparation of your resume so that you are selected for interview.
Rescue my Resume offers a range of 1:1 job application packages (where Emma does all the work and writes your job application for you), do-it-yourself options (including our resume and cover letter templates which can be purchased separately or as part of the Win That Job online program) and coaching (career exploration and job interview coaching is available).
Emma has a professional background in administration, policy and projects in the higher education, government and not-for-profit sectors. She started Rescue my Resume in 2018 and specialises in public sector administration and executive resumes. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Education.
Cost: Free and exclusive to HIMAA Members only
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How not to document – learnings for CDS, HIM/Coders & CliniciansFriday 30 April | 12 pm – 1 pm AEST
Chair: Dreda Heard, CDI SIG Convenor
Speakers: Glenn Krauss & Robin Sewell
Speakers: Glenn Krauss & Robin Sewell
Glenn and Robin bring their extensive knowledge of clinical documentation, quality care and clinician engagement to look at clinical documentation practices that reflect both complexity of care and health care funding. Using real case studies, in this webinar they consider clinical documentation practices that may be denied by insurance providers in the private setting or in public health be picked up in the internal/external audit cycles as not supporting clinical code assignment; which in both cases can result in payment denial, and missed or inaccurate funding outcomes.
CDS, HIMs and Clinical Coders in both the private and public settings can apply the findings from the case studies to understand how to support documentation improvement on the ward and within the record to optimise documentation practices for funding and care.
This information will also be invaluable when designing and delivering CDI education that supports improved documentation across the continuum of care. This will facilitate safe, coordinated care, reduce the burden of coding queries and ensure clinical documentation practices effectively, clearly and concisely communicate the patient care provided.
Read MoreGlen Krauss – BBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, CCDS, C-CDI, C-DAM
CDI Commentator & Author, Founder & Creator of Core-CDI
Glenn Krauss is the rounder and creator of Core-CDI. He is a well regarded and respected CDI Commentator, Author and Practitioner with over 25 years experience in revenue cycle with a specialised emphasis and focus upon collaborating and working closely with physicians in promoting, advocating for, educating and achieving sustainable improvement in clinical documentation that accurately reflects and reports the communication of fully informed coordinated patient care.
Robin Sewell CDIP CCS CPC CIC
HIM Analytic Solutions LLC
Robin Sewell is a 25-year Healthcare Consultant and Subject Matter Expert with a background that includes outpatient and inpatient revenue cycle as well as RAC and Clinical Validation audits on the Payer side of healthcare. Robin is the founder and Creator of Cleopatra “Queen of Denial” revenue cycle denial management application on behalf of hospitals.
Cost: Member $20
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Glenn Krauss & Robin Sewell
Introducing the HIMAA Soft Skills Professional Development SeriesFriday 26 March | 12 pm – 1 pm AEDT
Speaker: Stephanie Naidoo, MBB, MBA, Expert in Operational Excellence
• Australia’s 1st Master Black Belt certification
• Over 25 years program management and process improvement
• Delivery of over $100 billion in transformation programs across Asia, United States, Europe, Africa and Australia
• Australia’s 1st Master Black Belt certification
• Over 25 years program management and process improvement
• Delivery of over $100 billion in transformation programs across Asia, United States, Europe, Africa and Australia
The industry in which we operate is constantly changing. Building the skills to adapt to this change is necessary for health information management professionals.
HIMAA has engaged the Blue Crane Consulting Group to introduce a series of sessions developed specifically for HIMAA members.
Read MoreJoin us for this first webinar to discuss the series and provide your feedback on proposed lunchtime topics including:
- Simple and Powerful Data Visualisation
- Change Management On-A-Page
- Preparing for Crucial Conversations
- Policy Writing DOs and DON’Ts
- Time Management for Busy Times
- How to Make Standard Operating Procedures Work for You
This consultative webinar is exclusive to HIMAA members and students and will help us to shape the series for 2021. Free of charge for members and students, but registration is essential.
Unable to attend but want to share your ideas? Please provide your input to our planning at events@himaa.org.au.
Blue Crane Consulting Group is about maximising value at every step in the process. Blue Crane is an operational excellence management consulting company that exists to help Australian organisations deliver better outcomes for customers, employees and shareholders. It is a team of multi-skilled experts in process improvement, program management, change and communications, and operational planning. They believe in bringing the right tools to the job and delivering exceptional experience for their clients. Blue Crane brings the best expertise from across the globe and right next door to their clients in healthcare, education, government, and financial and technical services.
Cost: Free and exclusive to HIMAA members.
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Blue Crane Consulting Group
rpavirtual: A new way of caringFriday 26 February | 12 pm – 1 pm AEDT
Speaker: Eleni Efthymiou
Health Information Manager
Integrated Clinical Systems | Community Health Services
RPA Virtual Hospital | Sydney Local Health District
Health Information Manager
Integrated Clinical Systems | Community Health Services
RPA Virtual Hospital | Sydney Local Health District
An overview of RPA Virtual Hospital and involvement by Health Information Managers in the enablement of data capture and supporting clinical workflows.
Speaker: Eleni Efthymiou
Eleni Efthymiou is a Health Information Manager at Sydney Local Health District working in Community Health Services and RPA Virtual Hospital. As an HIM in a Virtual Care service that was redesigned for unprecedented emergency response, Eleni was involved in staff training in eMR workflow and the eMR build, data quality and capture, and new documentation processes. Eleni also has a keen interest and a strong background in Release of Information and Privacy.
Cost: Member: $15.00
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