A new era of healthcare is upon us, brought on by the use of electronic personal medical data and advanced web applications. We are witnessing a transformation among the industry’s workforce, an outcome of new technology replacing outdated decades-old processes. To keep pace with these digital transformation projects, companies must consider the strategic use of talent management.
In most cases, the innovative practices used by health and wellness technology companies are linked to enhanced data collection. As you may well know, increased data collection — especially personal data — must be handled with strict management techniques to meet privacy guidelines.
Talent Management Prevents a Talent Gap
The role of health information management is becoming increasingly important to service providers that are measured by how well they manage patient data. Whether your organization has undergone a transformation or is in the process of doing so, it’s important to ask one very important question: Do you have the talent necessary to effectively use and manage health information systems?
Why the sudden rise of ‘new era’ of healthcare information systems:*
- Lackluster safety practices
- Below average overall quality
- High cost
- Questionable value
- Maldistribution of care
*National Association of Medicine
As observed in the past, abrupt advances in technology often lead to a talent and skills gap. In this country, the healthcare industry is an economic driver, which is why we are seeing more health information management (HIM) graduate programs in universities across the country. Similar to cybersecurity, the HIM profession requires new skills that must be taught at the same pace of emerging technologies; what better way to deploy these skills than a degree program.
One region in particular that’s affected by the talent gap is San Diego, California. With a concentration of innovative life sciences companies, San Diego is at the center of the sea of change in care systems. As you might expect, the systems are only one component of the equation; professionals are required to adapt and acquire new skills to remain qualified. Beyond functional skills, successful leaders in HIM must also prepare to manage the behavioral and organizational changes that follow close behind information technology.
Talent Management Opens New Doors in HIM
- Vast computational power within the complexity of information technology is available with less barriers
- Real-time and virtual connectivity between professionals and patients is realistic and sustainable
- Well defined human and organizational capabilities improves care and technical deployment
- Increased empowerment of patients to participate in the treatment process
Within the San Diego area, you would be hard pressed to locate a healthcare sciences firm that doesn’t support the need for continued and strategic education of incoming professionals, yet alone current talent. In response to this need, schools such as California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), partner with industry experts and faculty to develop a graduate program focused on cultivating a new generation of innovators for healthcare I.T. This highly specific program is undoubtedly a change agent for the industry and will soon show a trickle-down effect of skills and talent for local business.
Managing a new wave of talent, especially in a highly technical arena such as HIM, is an art within itself. Just as the San Diego healthcare sector relies on institutions such as CSUSM to bridge the skills gap, they can also tap into highly effective talent management firms to seamlessly match these skills with IT professional roles.
Understanding the importance that these firms have in curating top-level talent, CSUSM has integrated local industry experts and thought leaders into program development. Upon the release of the school’s MS-HIM curriculum announcement, CSUSM published a quoted summary from Barbara Munro on the value that this program brings to the San Diego Healthcare Sector. As the Co-founder, Executive Director of SIM San Diego, and Co-founder, Partner of The Carrera Agency, Barbara Munro had this to say on the MS-HIM graduate program:
We are living in a time of unprecedented change for workforce needs within healthcare information management. The mass adoption of technological advancements in client care is transforming the patient/specialist relationship, creating a workforce skills gap.
In regions with a higher concentration of healthcare companies, local education institutions are answering the call through modernizing graduate programs and core curriculum with the assistance of local industry experts. Firms such as The Carrera Agency are on the front-lines of IT talent management while serving as a core component of performance growth for the local industry.
About The Carrera Agency
The Carrera Agency is a Talent Management Agency specializing in information technology and digital strategy and design. In addition to representing freelance technology and design consultants, Carrera also has two project practices; The Carrera Project Solutions Group and Designing North Studios, a division of Carrera.
Founded in 2002 by three partners who collectively have over 75 years experience in technology, Carrera recognizes the importance of having the right talent in key project and management positions to ensure project success. Carrera’s tenure in this industry has allowed it to create an extensive network of technology professionals, so that it can provide clients with the best talent for their project needs, both locally and nationally.
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