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include a health informatics worker.
Was this person a competent
health informatics worker, or not?
Use evidence from your reading
to support your conclusion.
Matching. Match each essential term from this chapter with the correct definition below by writing the letter
of the definition next to the number of the essential term on a separate sheet of paper.
3. technical skills
4. internship
5. confidentiality
6. personal traits
7. career portfolio
8. interdisciplinary
healthcare team
9. medical coding
10. professional look
11. employability skills
12. health informatics
services
13. HOSA
a. the act of assigning numbers to descriptions of a patient’s diseases,
injuries, and treatments according to established codes
b. an individual’s unique combination of qualities and characteristics
c. a written record of career planning and preparation
d. the standards of appearance normally expected of a qualified person in
a work environment
e. a career and technical student organization for future healthcare
workers
f. the legally protected right of patients to have their personal and medical
information kept private
g. practical work or training experience that allows students to apply what
they have learned in class
h. a group of professionals from different health science training
backgrounds working in coordination toward a common goal for the
patient
i. career pathway that involves methods, devices, and resources used
to acquire, store, retrieve, and work with healthcare and biomedical
information
j. skills related to choosing a career, acquiring and keeping a job,
changing jobs, and advancing in a career
k. the ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare discipline or
department
REFLECT ON YOUR READING
14. Review the bubble diagram you created in
the Connect with Your Reading activity. Pick
one health informatics worker from the bubble
diagram you created at the beginning of this
chapter. Revise your diagram, if needed, to
Me
My Healthcare Experience
BUILD CORE SKILLS
15. Writing. Suppose that you are the administrator
of a hospital, clinic, or other healthcare facility.
Write a paragraph describing your ideal health
informatics worker. What are the personal traits,
characteristics, and interests that would lead
someone to succeed in a health informatics
services career?
16. Critical Thinking. Review the health informatics
services careers that were discussed in this
chapter. Which health informatics services career
area—health information management, health
information technology, or health informatics—
has the best opportunities for employment?
Would you consider a career in this area? Be
prepared to explain the reasons for your choice.
17. Problem Solving. Suppose that you have a
summer internship organizing the filing system
for your professor’s research project. Describe
the type of filing system you will use and
explain the reasons for your choice.
18. Speaking and Listening. Suppose that
you are a college student studying health
information management. You are speaking at
your former high school and want to encourage
the high school students to join HOSA.
What will you say to explain the benefits of
membership in HOSA?
19. Reading. Suppose that you have recently
graduated from a medical coding training
program. You know that employers like to hire