Leadership and Health Information Management in Canada
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description: Health Information Management (HIM) professionals play a critical role in Canadian health settings. HIM professionals maintain the health information vital to providing quality patient care and they often serve in bridge roles that connect clinical, operational, administrative, and financial functions (AHIMA, 2015). Despite the importance of HIM to health care, HIM professionals are not represented at higher levels of management where their knowledge and expertise should be welcomed. Research on the reasons HIM professionals do not achieve and perform leadership roles in Canadian health settings is considerably limited. This study explored the factors that influence leadership development of HIM professionals in Canada. The focus on leadership in this research concerns the identification and selection of leaders into formal and hierarchical roles within healthcare environments. Four bodies of literature were reviewed for the study. They related to the HIM organizational environment, gender issues, societal factors, and the individual characteristics of certified HIM professionals. A conceptual framework, which was derived from a review and analysis of literature, guided the presentation and discussion of the findings of the study. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was employed. Respondents for the quantitative phase of the investigation were certified HIM professionals (n = 381, 93.7% women) and HIM students (n = 50; 80% women) who completed survey questions to assess their opinions related to career advancement and leadership development as well as standardized measures of leadership attributes (i.e., Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire-5x; Avolio & Bass, 2004) and personality characteristics (HEXACO-60; Ashton & Lee, 2009). Participants for the qualitative interview phase of the research were HIM professionals (n = 14; 85.7% women) and health leaders (n = 7; 42.9% women). The interviews were conducted to obtain more detailed specific information that …
abstract: Health Information Management (HIM) professionals play a critical role in Canadian health settings. HIM professionals maintain the health information vital to providing quality patient care and they often serve in bridge roles that connect clinical, operational, administrative, and financial functions (AHIMA, 2015). Despite the importance of HIM to health care, HIM professionals are not represented at higher levels of management where their knowledge and expertise should be welcomed. Research on the reasons HIM professionals do not achieve and perform leadership roles in Canadian health settings is considerably limited. This study explored the factors that influence leadership development of HIM professionals in Canada. The focus on leadership in this research concerns the identification and selection of leaders into formal and hierarchical roles within healthcare environments. Four bodies of literature were reviewed for the study. They related to the HIM organizational environment, gender issues, societal factors, and the individual characteristics of certified HIM professionals. A conceptual framework, which was derived from a review and analysis of literature, guided the presentation and discussion of the findings of the study. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was employed. Respondents for the quantitative phase of the investigation were certified HIM professionals (n = 381, 93.7% women) and HIM students (n = 50; 80% women) who completed survey questions to assess their opinions related to career advancement and leadership development as well as standardized measures of leadership attributes (i.e., Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire-5x; Avolio & Bass, 2004) and personality characteristics (HEXACO-60; Ashton & Lee, 2009). Participants for the qualitative interview phase of the research were HIM professionals (n = 14; 85.7% women) and health leaders (n = 7; 42.9% women). The interviews were conducted to obtain more detailed specific information that …
author: Abrams, Kelly Jean
language: en
date published: 2016-04
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:03:25Z
provider: University of Regina
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina

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value: https://hdl.handle.net/10294/7644

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value: 10.82465/3763