Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: 2018

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: 2017

This annual scan of the healthcare environment aims to help stakeholders understand key issues and trends affecting the healthcare and health information management (HIM) industry.

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2017

HIM professionals are great planners. We love a well-defined process, a policy, a workflow. These are useful tools and they help us in the routines of daily work. When we’re planning our association’s direction, the big picture strategy is no less important. Accordingly, AHIMA....

Author: Martin, Melissa

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2016

Since I am halfway through my term as AHIMA’s President, I wanted to take some time this month to reflect on the work AHIMA’s Board of Directors has done thus far.


We hit the ground running in January at our first board meeting of the year, where we discussed our 2016 quar....

Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2015

Information governance (IG)—like so many concepts in health IT and health information management—can be hard to understand, visualize, and articulate. Fortunately, AHIMA has developed an infographic that helps with all three. From defining IG to demonstrating how and why it works, t....

Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2014

Standards development for health IT and healthcare has become an increasingly important part of AHIMA’s work over the last several years. Now, through the association’s recent work with both national and international standards groups, AHIMA staff and members are playing a deciding role i....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: December 2013

AHIMA 2013 Annual Report

Author: Brodnik, Melanie S.; Valerius, Joanne D; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2013

The push toward graduate education in health information management (HIM) is becoming a reality as more universities and colleges develop or explore launching HIM and informatics graduate curricula. Fundamental to offering these programs is the need for doctorally prepared HIM-credentialed....

Author: Frawley, Kathleen A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2013

The 17th General Assembly and World Congress of the Information Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA) was held May 12-15 in Montreal, Canada. There were over 500 attendees representing over 30 countries. Before the conference officially started, an all-day sessi....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: April 2013

With this strategic plan, AHIMA outlines five goals to guide the Association and HIM profession over the next three to five years and reasserts its belief in the necessity of building quality healthcare through quality information.