You are a new Director of Health Information Management. As a new member of the

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You are a new Director of Health Information Management. As a new member of the leadership team of Coppin State University Hospital, what would you do during your first 90 days to assess the organization in order to be a successful leader in service of others? What would you assess? What political frameworks would you look for? How would you go about figuring out the land minds within the organization? Who in the organization will have information and knowledge to assist you functionally, operationally and managerially? What about your staff? What is the first thing you would do in the department relative to your staff? How would you go about determining how to be visible and demonstrate accountability within the current framework of the organization? Who would you directly report to you how would you go about developing relationships with other senior leaders to have an "informal" reporting structure to support your efforts? What functional and administrative materials, people, departments, systems and/or vendors would you assess as part of your initial assessment of Coppin State University Hospital in order for you to be the most successful leader in the organization?

Prepare an APA format paper (2-3 pages) outlining your assessment PLAN to include all steps and activities you would engage in to properly and adequately assess your organization as the new HIM Director. Please do not forget about your staff and the contributions your department makes to the organization and how that may or may not be currently aligned with the strategic goals of the organization. Please also do not forget about materials you might want to review and have on hand as the newest member of the leadership team; both internal and external materials as references.

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The HIM Director has many responsibilities. He has to watch and manage the whole health department. He manages the in-and-outs of supplies and medicines in hospital. He maintains all the sub-departments such as nurses, pharmacy, patient, emergency, safety , etc. He ensures if rules and basic guidelines are getting implemented. He handles system and monitor,evaluate and improve management. He reports and educates HIPAA Privacy rules with the hospital employees. He is the representative as Privacy Officer and responds to HIPAA reports. He implements HIM rule implementation and various enhancement programs. He evaluates and monitors routine performance either be weekly or monthly as requested by admininistrative heads. He reports to HIM compliance officer. He ensures the policies, guidelines and if any changes or modifications is affecting the system adversely. He is in charge of development of plans to improve performance of hospital. He serves as subject expert and give advices to staff. He coaches and counsel employees to identify and meet the learning needs for staff. He directs and organizes HIM department activities as per the policies and guidelines , medical laws and regulations. He submits the budgets monthly and annual of operations and various activities of the departments and maintains the accountablility. He handles staff management in various fields and decision making. He monitors improvement in process of whole departments.

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