Chapter 7

The HIM director at University Health System has been reviewing the job titles within the department and throughout the organization. She is trying to evaluate if she should change some of the titles. The tips listed bellowed are all guidance for deciding when to change job titles except:

An HIM employee does not like having the same title as others within her area

Mary, a coding manager, has been asked to evaluate her coders' job descriptions and match the level of learning to the verbs that are utilized to describe the job tasks. Mary would utilize which of the following to perform this analysis?

Blooms taxonomy job task verbs and levels learning

An important part of Beth's job as the senior director of health information is that she is responsible for ensuring that all job descriptions meet the needs of the department as well as the individual employees. The management function that Beth is performing when she is aligning job descriptions and HIM tasks is called ________________.

Controlling

Mary has been taken some classes at the local university on data analysis. She likes her job as a data quality specialist for inpatient coding but she feels like she needs to expand her skills. Mary is looking for ________________.

Job Enrichment

The HIM director realizes that there are many job tasks being performed by the electronic record management clerks that are not directly documented within the job description. This is creating some dissatisfaction among the clerks so the HIM director is going to perform a realignment of the job tasks. The HIM director is going to perform a ________________ in order to enhance the quality of work life for the employees and increase on-the-job productivity.

Job redesign

The HIM coding manager needs to post a new job opening within her area: data integrity analyst. A ______________describes the key tasks and responsibilities of a job and what is utilized for posting job openings.

Job summary

The following items are considered tips for writing ____________: 1) Remove unnecessary words in order to make the item as clear and concise as possible., 2) Do not combine two items with the word "a" and break apart multiple parts into two or more separate items 3) Do not use vague terms outlining these items.

Job tasks

The HIM director at University Hospital is acquiring several other areas within the healthcare organization including clinical documentation improvement, physician coding, and clinic coding. The director knows that she will need additional staff to integrate these tasks into the HIM department. She should first _____________to explain the performance gaps that will be experienced within the HIM department.

Perform a needs assessment

____________________are important components of job descriptions because they define the working hierarchy or who manages whom.

Reporting relationships

University Hospital has been undergoing many changes which in turn required the HIM department to perform different jobs and tasks. The HIM director is going to ask for approval for a full job analysis for the job tasks performed within the chart management area. The following items are considered triggers for requesting a job analysis to be performed:

Sector changes, organizational changes, and employees perceptions of the jobs being performed