Industry Resources

The 2026 AHIMA Patient Naming Framework sets the national standard for how healthcare organizations capture, manage, and exchange the demographic data that connects every person to their health information. Serving as an update to the 2023 version, this reflects an expanded scope, deeper operational guidance, and tighter aligntment with national interoperability standards.

This AHIMA Decision Tree is to support the Reproductive Healthcare Final Rule and will assist HI professionals comply with the complex requirements in the rule by outlining the recommended process for releasing reproductive healthcare PHI.

Addresses the lack of standardization in naming policies across the healthcare ecosystem. This standardization is crucial for efficient and accurate identification and matching of person(s) to their health records, as well as for large data set migrations.

The ethical obligations of the health information management (HI) professional include the safeguarding of privacy and security of health information; appropriate disclosure of health information; development, use, and maintenance of health information systems and health information; and ensuring the accessibility and integrity of health information.

This Practice Brief reviews the types of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare and identifies the key motivators and drivers for mergers and acquisitions and the different issues organizations should be aware of during the merger and acquisition process.

This Practice Brief identifies the policies, procedures, and best practices essential for successful HIE management and operations. It serves as a resource and reference guide for HIM professionals and subject matter experts involved with HIEs.

This Practice Brief outlines the factors driving EHR adoption in LTC facilities, how EHRs affect LTC facilities, and the value HIM professionals can bring to LTC facilities in the process of transitioning to EHRs.