title: ORYX: opportunity gained or lost?
abstract: For HIM practitioners willing to extend their knowledge and scope of responsibility, the Joint Commission's ORYX initiative will provide new and exciting opportunities. Your level of involvement will depend on your willingness to expand your knowledge base and accept a leadership role within your organization. For those willing to change the way they think about data analysis/outcomes, ORYX will provide some of the most important and unlimited career opportunities that will be, or have ever been, offered to HIM professionals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, University of Mississippi, Jackson, USA. brudman@shrp.umsmed.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rudman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hewitt
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007857:Leadership; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D012984:Software; D014481:United States