Background

IN 2012 CHIMA published the report, “Transforming Health Information Management: The Evolution of the HIM Profession”. Within the Transforming HIM document was an initial roadmap for HIM professionals to consider the many competency areas within the HIM profession. In 2014, CHIMA started the development of a Career Matrix to assist HIM students and HIM Professionals in mapping their careers.

The HIM career matrix was created to:

• support a common language to describe the seven core competency areas in which HIM professionals can work;
• describe new and evolving roles in HIM;
• provide information on advanced career options available within the profession; and
• reach consensus on the common functions performed by HIM professionals.

How to Use this

We are proud to announce that we are ready to launch Phase I of the Career Matrix product. Phase I includes the matrix foundation and framework, albeit limited interaction. Noting that future phases of development is intended to be a much more interactive experience for the end user. The decision to launch the product is intentional, in that we wanted to learn and gauge from the responses to the product throughout its development to strive to achieve a final product that best suits your needs and ultimately your expectations. The matrix below has the HIM Core Competencies across the top and the levels of education and work experience (Entry to Master levels) along the left axis. Several of the roles listed in the matrix also have a hyperlink component to allow you to view the job description for that role. Keeping in mind that the product is still under development and will continue to evolve over time.