I think the evolutions of technology in the health industry is
continuing to grow along with the role of the HIM professional. The
role has already morphed into a more technology driven role working
with IT to build electronic health record systems and helping to
shape standards, data vocabularies and nomenclature. I envision the
role of the HIM professional to continue to evolve as new
technology is implemented into the health care system and HIEs,
with smart devices having more and more apps to track your
personal health that is a major resource of information that should be
incorporated into the patients’ health records. Natural language
continues to grow and get better, artificial learning is continuing to
grow and improve and because of Covid telehealth medicine
increased and who know in the future even holograms could be a
new way for patients to be seen. The future of technology is
growing at a rapid pace and the HIM profession needs to keep up.
