Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2015

Data are the lifeblood of our healthcare ecosystem, with the potential of enabling organizations to improve care, manage chronically ill patients, lower costs, achieve compliance, support research, increase patient safety, and meet operational and strategic initiatives. Although health inf....

Author: Sayles, Nanette Burchfield

Source: External - used with permission | AHIMA Foundation

Publication Date: 2003

This study focuses on the impact of technology on HIM roles and will determine motivations and deterrents to HIM professionals preparing for new roles created by changes in healthcare.

Author: Russell, Lynda A.; Patena, Karen

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2004

Dramatic change in HIM demands new thinking about how we educate tomorrow’s professionals. Redefining roles, competencies, and educational progression is the first stage in AHIMA’s new framework for HIM education.
When tomorrow’s graduates enter the HIM workplace, will....

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2006

Today, Susan Parker, MEd, RHIA, owns Seagate Consulting, an HIM recruiting firm in Wrightsville Beach, NC, but years ago she was a newly minted HIM graduate with a job that involved quality assurance. Parker liked the position but found more satisfaction in the night class she was teaching. It....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

For senior HIM students, a professional practice internship offers real-life experience and a firsthand look at future careers. But PPEs require sites that volunteer as hosts and HIM professionals to serve as mentors.

Author: Brodnik, Melanie S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 1997

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: February 2015

The technical, legal, and collaborative aspects of information governance had always appealed to Kristi Lundgren, MS, RHIA. Although Lundgren, a former graduate student at the College of St. Scholastica, had studied about the importance of governing data in an electronic environment, she c....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: March 2002

Six years ago, AHIMA's Vision 2006 described information privacy and security management as two emerging new roles for HIM professionals. Today, as increasing numbers of AHIMA members move into the roles of privacy or security officer, the vision has become a reality--and it's time for the Asso....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2003

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

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Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: 1998

To be eligible to sit for RHIA (formerly RRA) certification under the Proviso passed by AHIMA's House of Delegates in 1998, one must:
have received RHIT (formerly ART) certification on or before December 31, 1999; AND


have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institu....