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Table 4.

Skill Sets Requirements with Their Descriptions and HIM Competency (n=170)

Skill Set Total of Jobs Requiring the Skills Description Competency
Soft Skills 40 Communication, collaboration, teamwork, teams, initiative, oral or written communication, verbal skills, flexibility, adaptability, interpersonal skills, influence, lead, leading, leadership, relationship building Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership

Problem Solving 17 Decision making, critical thinking, problem solving Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership

Reports 17 Develop, write, compile, analyze, prepare, preparation, run, produce reports Domain I Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance

Spreadsheets 17 Excel Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Workflow 16 Apply workflow knowledge, test, refine, create and maintain, document, support, implementation of workflow Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Project Management 13 Project management experience, tools, agile, project management skills, project management frameworks Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership

Research 13 Research, quantitative, conduct research Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Data Analysis/Visualization 12 Tableau, Power BI, Business Intelligence, Qlik, SAS, Python, R, data analysis software Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Electronic Medical Record 11 EMR, EHR, electronic medical record systems, PMS, electronic medical records Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Database 8 SQL, MYSQL, Oracle, DB, DBM, data base, SQL server, Access Domain III Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

Classification Systems 6 ICD, CPT, HCC, HCPC Domain IV. Revenue Cycle Management