Leading, Managing, and Empowering
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM)
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) is an example of a healthcare organization majorly focused in healthcare administrative management. Its mission is to provide certification, education, networking, and advocacy in regard to the healthcare revenue professional cycles. These provisions cover areas of data management, reimbursement, registration and admitting, patient relations and medical records. The organization was formed to help solve the interests of patients and mostly how they should be treated and managed. The organization’s vision is to keep its members updated on all the issues affecting them as they work closely with the executive board to design solutions. The mission and vision statements act as the pillars of the organization’s success regarding delivering proper healthcare services as well as management of patients.
The values of AAHAM have been reflected in their vision and mission statement. For instance, the organization recognizes that it is essential to correctly manage patient data and record it in private. It is an aspect which has helped the organization to attract more clients since most of them would like to receive patient information and data confidentiality whenever they visit for healthcare services. Another value, as stated in the vision is to ensure that the executive board works in conjunction with the employees in making the best decisions regarding the kind of healthcare services to be provided. Such initiatives have kept the organization to remain quite valuable, which most of its clients appreciate.
Regarding my professional journey, I have undergone professional mentorship, which played a massive role in my professional growth, professional engagement, and advancement in my career. Today, I am proud to share a mentorship experience whereby a few months ago I was able to work with one of the most successful and renowned administrative managers in AAHAM. One thing that outstood in my mentorship program was how they kept on encouraging me to continue advancing my education as the world expects more skills and knowledge in the healthcare industry. I was able to attend some training sessions regarding how to best attain patient confidentiality aspect when working in any healthcare institution. Today I am more confident to continue advancing my skills since I believe that one time I will be able to make it in my career life.
The experience offered me more benefits such as gaining confidence to tackle more advanced healthcare administrative management roles without much difficulty. It was a way that I would comfortably interact with the rest of the healthcare officers and be able to sit on the same platform as them and be valuable. I also gained new instincts on how I should approach my career journey. I learned to be more patient and consistently work towards making progress in every career step that I take.
I might mentor other providers seeking to advance in my discipline by encouraging them to first never give up. The road is tough and all they need is continued effort towards managing their knowledge and skills and transforming them to be valuable and useful to the healthcare industry. It would be an honor to advise them more on the importance of setting career goals and objectives. It is because these help one to have a focus in which they can work towards and continue looking forward to making something better out of them.