Instructions
Assignment: Personnel Report
You have been hired as the HIM Director for a newly renovated mid-sized hospital with 150 beds. The HIM department will include functions of assembly, analysis, scanning, coding, cancer registry, transcription, release of information, and birth certificate registration. Using the data provided, you are required to create a personnel report to outline new staff needs and expectations. Then, use characteristics of your personal leadership style to implement the personnel changes.
Assignment Instructions
Go to the website and complete the leadership style assessment. Leadership style quiz
Document your leadership style and characteristics.
In a 3-page report:
Describe your leadership style.
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the leadership style.
Describe the importance of personnel management in HIM.
Summarize the HIM data.
Recommend HIM personnel and requirements based on the case data:
Recommend the number of employees needed for each HIM function.
Recommend proposed job titles.
Provide a summary of job role and description.
Propose expectations for each role.
Justify your reasoning of the personnel and expectations.
Determine how the characteristics of your leadership style will influence the implementation of personnel changes. Also determine the disadvantages and potential risks of successful implementation of personnel changes.
Data Description
Annual Estimate (number/year)
Admissions
21,000
Discharges
22,500
ER admissions
32,000
Outpatient admissions
54,000
Number of Births
625
Number of new cancer cases
125
Number of pages per discharge
100
Number of pages per ER visit
7
Number of pages per outpatient visit
5
Transcription lines
6,400,000
Number of information requests
4,200
HIM Function
Processing Time (per record)
Coding – inpatient
60 minutes
Coding – outpatient
15 minutes
Abstract (cancer registry)
50 minutes
Process birth certificate
30 minutes
Scanning – inpatient
10 minutes
Scanning – outpatient
5 minutes
Transcription
300 lines per hour
Analysis – inpatient
15 minutes
Analysis – outpatient & ER
3 minutes
Assembly – inpatient
15 minutes
Assembly – outpatient & ER
3 minutes
Process release request
30 minutes
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Grading Criteria
Points
Describe the importance of personnel management in HIM.
10 points
Summarize the HIM data.
10 points
Recommend HIM personnel and requirements based on the case data.
15 points
Recommend the number of employees needed for each HIM function.
20 points
Recommend proposed job titles. Provide a summary of job role and description.
10 points
Propose expectations for each role.
15 points
Justify your reasoning of the personnel and expectations.
20 points
Total
100 points
AHIMA 2018 Entry-Level Competency
Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership
Competency
VI.1. Facilitate fundamental leadership skills.