Recipe for Success
I’ve spent hours upon hours chewing on this question. At first blush, it’s appears to be a relatively simple question but frankly, for each of us, it’s a pretty complicated one.
There are the recipes handed down from generation to generation that have proven themselves through the test of time. But we cannot rely on those alone. Our environment is changing too quickly to be firmly stuck in the past. Some recipes may no longer be relevant based on our busy lives. So we continuously develop and test new recipes. You probably know these well through your own culinary experiences. Some quickly become a new family staple, making it to the dinner table on a weekly basis. Then there are the “special occasion” recipes. They’re more complex and require special preparation techniques and ingredients. The anticipation is exciting and they are worth the wait. We need recipes for various courses: appetizers, main dishes, side items, and dessert (maybe the most important?). All of these should complement each other in taste and nutrition when serving such a meal.
What about AHDI’s recipe for success? Our association exists to promote the integrity of healthcare documentation through development of an educated, prepared workforce in clinical documentation, and our recipe box needs to be diverse to meet the needs of our membership. As YOUR professional association, we constantly look for the common threads by talking to members and others within the sector, listening to the challenges being faced from the rapid changes occurring in healthcare documentation workflow and technology, scanning the landscape to identify trends and opportunities, and ultimately developing solutions.
There are already a lot of recipes in our box, e.g., the Book of Style, RMT and CMT credentials, education approval program, and Benchmark KB. There are more recipes being developed by our members and staff particularly focused on workforce development, continuing education, credentialing exam preparation, and advocacy and alliance building.
From your perspective, what other recipes can AHDI prepare for our members and are there critical ingredients we’re currently missing?
Linda G. Brady, CAE
Interim CEO
AHDI
Something that helps us rather than costs us more--we are struggling to make ends meet and what we do NOT need is another course that costs. We need help in figuring out how to use the knowledge we already possess.
Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for your comments and feedback. Are you suggesting a tool of some sort that would help our members identify and then position their current knowledge and skills that would be transferable to new (emerging) roles working in the EHR or other areas?
-Linda Brady, Interim CEO/AHDI
I like the idea of a skills assessment tool that could offer what you describe, Linda.
I agree with Karen because it will encourage people to at least get credentialed because now a days, many people think by developing in technology like EHR, the transcription field is going to be end sooner or rather later and I feel the transcription is just add on cost to health care industry with more critical mistakes in document like med dosage....as technology grows, this will really reduce the cost and mistake and I would suggest by renewing the credential after 3 years is demoralized..so we should rather think to just prepare a skill assessment tool.......(that's my reason)...(Mohit Gupta)
I have to ask... do you really think that any of these outsourcing transcription companies will pay you more than 4 cpl edited lines (the going rate) if you are credentialed? These companies want something for as close to nothing as they can get.