Addressing Challenges to the Health Information Management Profession: An Australian Perspective
Many challenges are facing the health information management (HIM) profession across the world. This article describes the current situation in Australia in relation to the role of the health information manager and the HIM profession, competencies that have been developed for health information managers, the role of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA), challenges facing the HIM profession in Australia as evidenced by recent research activities, and HIMAA’s response to these challenges in the form of the 2014–2016 HIMAA strategic plan.
