Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: June 2006

What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....

Author: Lane, Laura

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2001

In recent years, distance learning has become an increasingly viable option, and HIM students have benefitted. How does this new way of learning work, and is it working for students? Some instructors and students tell their success stories.
Five years ago, the concept of dista....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: April 2015

As health information management (HIM) professionals find themselves constantly inundated with more data, they will need to update their skills to stay on top of it. And one of the best ways to do just that is by earning AHIMA’s Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential.

Author: Wallace, Susan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2000

Healthcare organization accreditation is a fact of life. But did you know that HIM educational programs get accredited, too? Here's how the educational accreditation process is streamlining with the times.
HIM professionals are well aware of the process of accr....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: April 2002

What will the profession look like in 20 years? Where will new HIM professionals come from? Where will they gain knowledge and get education? Answering these questions is key to the survival of the profession. To help get the answers, AHIMA is building a number of activities to position the pro....

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

The AHIMA archives contain a few examples of long-ago medical records, including a sample admission slip from 1916—nearly a century ago. As fascinating as these artifacts are, we know that the tools we use to do our jobs today will seem just as outdated some day.


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Author: Nicholson, Lorraine

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Historical Background

This history of the formal education of health records professionals in the United Kingdom commences relatively late in history (that is, in the 20 th century) although we know that medical records were kept for hundreds of years prior to this.

In the 193....

Author: Eichenwald, Shirley

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 1998

Vision 2006 is pointing the way to the transformation of HIM practice. But without individual action, the vision will not bear fruit. Education and professional development are the keys to making the transition to HIM professionals' roles and responsibilities in the next century....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: April 2009

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates

Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA HoD Resolution

Publication Date: January 1998

[Note: an updated House of Delegates resolution on lifelong learning was passed in 2004 and is available here.]
Background Information

In 1996, AHIMA's House of Delegates adopted Vision 2006 as the strategic direction for the profession:

"Resolved, That....