PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE I AND

PORTFOLIO

Competency 730.7.1: Adapting to Healthcare Delivery

Environment – The graduate evaluates how operational

components within healthcare organizations

demonstrate adherence to government regulatory

standards, accreditation guidelines, and quality

improvement initiatives.
Competency 730.7.3: Professionalism, Confidentiality,

and Ethical Behavior – The graduate displays the

qualities and demeanor of professionalism, practices

reflection, recognizes the need for and adheres to

requirements for confidentiality, and engages in ethical

behaviors as an independently functioning health

informatics professional.
Introduction:
In this task, you will submit a completed portfolio that

provides an overall view of your first professional

practice experience (PPE). Your portfolio should focus

on the following three areas:
• The operation of the healthcare organization and its

environment
• Your application of health information management

(HIM) skills
• Your demonstration of professionalism and your

observation of others’ professional qualities at the site
Task:
Note: To illustrate components in your portfolio, you

may include pie charts, graphs, tables, or other visual

aids.
A. Illustrate how the organization’s mission statement

is exemplified in the services provided for its patients or

for the community.
Note: Include all of the services provided by the

organization (e.g., hospital services listed, ambulatory

care, day surgery, behavioral health).
B. Illustrate the breakdown of how the organization’s

services are reimbursed among the different delivery

systems of the organization (e.g., acute care,

ambulatory care, and long term care).
1. Analyze what the organization’s payer mix illustrates

about the healthcare organization.
C. Create a table in which you do the following:
1. Illustrate the connections among three

recommendations made by a recent accreditation visit

and resulting changes made in the organization (e.g., in

a process or a policy).
2. Evaluate how the organization responded to

accreditation guidelines or other external requirements

by implementing quality initiatives and patient care.

D. Illustrate the organization’s approach to

professional development by doing the following:
1. Discuss HIM professional development benefits for

employees (e.g., amount provided to each staff

member or to departments for sharing and distribution).
2. Discuss the training services provided by the

organization in the past six months.
3. Discuss professional development activities the

HIM staff has engaged in during the past year.
4. Reflect on the HIM department staff’s

professionalism (e.g., ethical behaviors, adherence to

confidentiality, attitude of teamwork).
E. Reflect on how your experiences at the

organization helped you develop professionally.
F. When you use sources, include all in-text citations

and references in APA format.