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Belmont University College of Pharmacy students Josh Burton, Katie Hubbard and Sarah Ratzloff recently became certified by examination in the area of health care informatics. The Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) is the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) health IT certification designed for emerging professionals within the industry.
This certification demonstrates knowledge of health IT and management systems, facilitating entry-level careers in health IT and is designed to be a career pathway to the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) credential.
Belmont’s sponsor of the CAHIMS certification initiative is Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Informatics and Analytics in the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences Anthony Blash, Pharm.D., BCompSc, CPHIMS. Blash has created a four-course sequence of classes to prepare Belmont student pharmacists for healthcare informatics and to sit for the CAHIMS certification. The college saw its first student certify at the CAHIMS level last year and expects 20-30 students to certify each year moving forward.
“Nashville is considered by many to be home to the U.S. healthcare industry, with nearly 300 companies providing healthcare synergies found in few other places.” said Blash. “If your interests lie in pharmacy and informatics, our program stands apart. With experiential rotation sites at the headquarters of the largest healthcare organizations in the world, faculty with experiences in the corporate boardrooms of many American healthcare companies and a Pharmacy / Healthcare Informatics experience facilitated by the current national chairman of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Educational Steering Committee on Informatics and Technology, our faculty represents the pinnacle of teaching experience. As an HIMSS Approved Education Partner, Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy becomes the only pharmacy school in the world with a healthcare informatics concentration leading to an internationally recognized certification in healthcare informatics which may be obtained before experiential rotations, residency inquiries and job searches begin.
Josh, Katie and Sarah will also each receive a 2016 HIMSS Conference backpack donated by JoAnn W. Klinedinst, M.Ed., CPHIMS, PMP, DES, FHIMSS, Vice President of Professional Development for HIMSS North America for Belmont University College of Pharmacy students in the Healthcare Informatics concentration. The donated bags are awarded to the top grade earners in:
· Intro to Drug Information and Informatics (1st year students, required course)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics I (2nd year students, elective)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics II (2nd year students, elective)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics III (3rd year students, elective)
and the rest are presented to students like Josh, Katie and Sarah who obtain their CAHIMS certification before graduation from the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
“We would like to congratulate our students for earning this HIT certification and thank Vice President Klinedinst for her generous donation“ said Blash. “The students now enter their 4th year experiential classes with the CAHIMS certification under their belts, and now thanks to the society, with HIMSS backpacks as well.”
This certification demonstrates knowledge of health IT and management systems, facilitating entry-level careers in health IT and is designed to be a career pathway to the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) credential.
Belmont’s sponsor of the CAHIMS certification initiative is Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Informatics and Analytics in the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences Anthony Blash, Pharm.D., BCompSc, CPHIMS. Blash has created a four-course sequence of classes to prepare Belmont student pharmacists for healthcare informatics and to sit for the CAHIMS certification. The college saw its first student certify at the CAHIMS level last year and expects 20-30 students to certify each year moving forward.
“Nashville is considered by many to be home to the U.S. healthcare industry, with nearly 300 companies providing healthcare synergies found in few other places.” said Blash. “If your interests lie in pharmacy and informatics, our program stands apart. With experiential rotation sites at the headquarters of the largest healthcare organizations in the world, faculty with experiences in the corporate boardrooms of many American healthcare companies and a Pharmacy / Healthcare Informatics experience facilitated by the current national chairman of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Educational Steering Committee on Informatics and Technology, our faculty represents the pinnacle of teaching experience. As an HIMSS Approved Education Partner, Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy becomes the only pharmacy school in the world with a healthcare informatics concentration leading to an internationally recognized certification in healthcare informatics which may be obtained before experiential rotations, residency inquiries and job searches begin.
Josh, Katie and Sarah will also each receive a 2016 HIMSS Conference backpack donated by JoAnn W. Klinedinst, M.Ed., CPHIMS, PMP, DES, FHIMSS, Vice President of Professional Development for HIMSS North America for Belmont University College of Pharmacy students in the Healthcare Informatics concentration. The donated bags are awarded to the top grade earners in:
· Intro to Drug Information and Informatics (1st year students, required course)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics I (2nd year students, elective)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics II (2nd year students, elective)
· Intro to Healthcare Informatics III (3rd year students, elective)
and the rest are presented to students like Josh, Katie and Sarah who obtain their CAHIMS certification before graduation from the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
“We would like to congratulate our students for earning this HIT certification and thank Vice President Klinedinst for her generous donation“ said Blash. “The students now enter their 4th year experiential classes with the CAHIMS certification under their belts, and now thanks to the society, with HIMSS backpacks as well.”
