Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: September 30, 2012

Intent:

Privacy and security breaches today dominate healthcare media headlines. The magnitude and severity of these breaches encompass incidents ranging from the unauthorized access, use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI) to the lack of administrative, physical and tech....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: September 30, 2012

Intent:

This resolution is intended to emphasize the importance of accurate identification of individuals contained in a master patient (person) index (MPI) in a healthcare environment.i An MPI may be found at the single electronic system level, facility level, enterprise or health inform....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

Intent:

The intent is for health information management (HIM) professionals to effectively manage the quality and integrity of health data to ensure the quality of patient care. Preamble:

Whereas, the healthcare industry is in transition to electronic health records (EHRs....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

Submitted by Diversity CoP members: Dwayne M. Lewis, RHIT, CCS, Vera Rulon, RHIT, CCS, Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, LHRM, RCC & 2010-2011 Best Practices/Standards House Team

Supported by the Board of Directors
Intent:

This resolution is intended to advance AHIMA's commi....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: June 18, 2010

Preamble

Whereas, October 1, 2013, has been set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as the date for adopting the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (ICD-10-CM/PCS);
Whereas, ICD-10-CM/PCS provides significant improvements in reporting diagnostic and procedural data an....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 04, 2009

Submitted By the Tennessee Health Information Management Association
Endorsed By the Missouri Health Information Management Association and Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association
Background

AHIMA has a long history and established role in promoting docume....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 04, 2009

Preamble

Whereas, strong volunteers in leadership roles and a leadership model are critical and necessary to the success of the AHIMA federation, which includes the American Health Information Management Association and the AHIMA Foundation boards and committees, the Commission on Certif....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 12, 2008

In 2007 and 2008 a number of patient privacy breaches have made the headlines. From the many highly publicized breaches of celebrities' health information to the 3000 electronic patient records on a laptop stolen from the trunk of a car, it is obvious that the privacy and security standards a....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 07, 2007

ubmitted by AHIMA's Physician Practice Council Preamble

Whereas, the healthcare industry is in transition to electronic health records (EHRs) and EHRs need to yield quality documentation and data in order to support patient care, health information exchange, quality management, compliance....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: October 07, 2007

Intent

This resolution is intended to advance AHIMA's commitment to being a leader in the management of health information for patient care, quality measures, reimbursement, and all other uses. While standards are being developed and adopted that address the technology of health informati....