The Handbook of Continuing Professional Development for the Health Informatics Professional, 2nd Edition

Engaging in ongoing, continuing professional development (CPD) is a strategic imperative for the health informatics professional. In our global economy, healthcare is fast-paced, dynamic, and ever-changing. While this rapid change is both exciting and exhausting, digital health transformation is positively impacting lives, today and every day, in ways not previously imagined. Faced with a COVID-19 pandemic that has forever changed the landscape of health and care delivery, global health and care stakeholders must ensure that our ecosystem continues to rapidly evolve through innovation, government and ministry incentives, and technological advancements to reach citizens everywhere. For these reasons, health informaticists must embrace lifelong learning to ensure they have the professional competencies to advance initiatives that positively impact patient care.

The Handbook of Continuing Professional Development for the Health Informatics Professional, Second Edition has adapted to the evolving needs of health and care professionals everywhere. The Handbook provides the rationale and the resources to do so and serves as a reference to enhance one’s career. No other comprehensive resource exists to assist health informaticists in developing and maintaining their professional competencies. Written as a contributed compilation of topics by leading practitioners, the book discusses the most critical competencies needed to ensure understanding of the vast health and care ecosystem while also highlighting industry influences that shape the very evolution of health information and technology.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editor
Advocating for Change : How You Can Become Involved (New)
Contributors
Introduction
A Personal Testimony
Preface

Section I : Positioning the Health IT Professional for Lifelong CPD
Chapter 1 : Identifying Your Professional Potential
Chapter 2 : Creating a Personal Brand
Chapter 3 : Diversifying Your Skillset
Chapter 4 : Developing a Career Roadmap
Chapter 5 : Work-Life Balance : Does It Exist? Can You Achieve It?

Section II : Establishing and Nurturing Your Career
Chapter 6 : The Role of the Professional Association
Chapter 7 : The Importance of Volunteering
Chapter 8 : Earning a Certificate to Demonstrate Competency
Chapter 9 : Differentiating Yourself with a Professional Certification
Chapter 10 : Seeking an Advanced Professional Designation

Section III : Learning from Others
Chapter 11 : The Mentoring Process
Chapter 12 : Managing by Walking Around
Chapter 13 : Experiencing a Job Exchange
Chapter 14 : The 360-Degree Assessment
Chapter 15 : Professional Coaching

Section IV : The Aspiring Leader
Chapter 16 : Developing as a Leader
Chapter 17 : Nurturing Inter-Personal Skills Development
Chapter 18 : Understanding the Multi-Generational Workplace
Chapter 19 : Minding Your Manners in the Workplace and Beyond
Chapter 20 : Encouraging Diversity in the Workplace
Chapter 21 : The Aspiring Female Health IT Executive
Chapter 22 : Joining the C-Suite

Section V : The Importance of Lifelong Learning
Chapter 23 : Earning an Advanced Degree
Chapter 24 : The Many Facets of Continuing Education
Chapter 25 : Engaging Socially to Expand Professional Competency
Chapter 26 : Viewing the Workplace for On-the-Job Training
Chapter 27 : Talent Management for the Health IT Professional

Section VI : Industry Influences Critical to Your Career
Chapter 28 : Digital Health Transformation : Placing the Consumer at the Center of Health and Healthcare
Chapter 29 : Accelerating Health Innovation : Improving health for All
Chapter 30 : The Healthcare Workforce of the Future : Preparing Today for the Opportunities Ahead
Chapter 31 : TIGER : A Global Interprofessional Community of Development and Growth
Chapter 32 : Disruptive Technology : It’s About People, Culture, and Technology
Chapter 33 : Caring for the Underserved : Both a Professional and a Personal Responsibility
Chapter 34 : Applied Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning : The Impact on the Health Informatics Workforce
Chapter 35 : Establishing and Practicing Ethical Standards : Both a Professional and Personal Responsibility
Chapter 36 : Global Workforce Trends of Today : A Health Informatics Perspective
Chapter 37 : The Clinically Integrated Supply Chain : A Critical Component of Healthcare Delivery
Chapter 38 : Protecting the Privacy and Security of Health Information : A Shared Responsibility
Chapter 39 : Health Interoperability and Standards : An Overview

Appendix A : Prioritize Your Career Development Plan
Index