Articles from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

Chicago, April 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Since taking office in January, the Trump-Vance Administration has signaled a new government approach to artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing a “forward leaning” and “pro innovation” approach to the implementation and use of AI, including within the healthcare space. To guide these ongoing policy discussions, the Health IT End-Users Alliance (HITEU Alliance)—an alliance of health information professionals, providers and organizations that use health IT in the provision of care—has released a Consensus Statement on AI in Healthcare. This statement calls for the adoption of a set of common principles to ensure a proper balance between fostering AI innovation while ensuring there are appropriate guardrails and appropriate regulatory oversights as the use and adoption of AI accelerates in healthcare. 

Chicago, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations, applauds the reintroduction of H.R.2002, the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2025 by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL), cosponsored by Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), in the US House of Representatives.

CHICAGO, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During Patient ID Week, May 13-17, the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) and the Patient ID Now coalition are amplifying the critical issue of patient misidentification and its profound impact on patient safety, privacy, healthcare costs, and healthcare interoperability.

CHICAGO, Feb. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations, including the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA®), applauds the introduction of the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (Match IT) Act of 2024 by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) today in the US House of Representatives.  

A new white paper explores non-clinical AI use in healthcare

CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Members of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) elected Mona Calhoun, PhD, MS, Med, RHIA, FAHIMA, as president/chair of the 2024 AHIMA Board of Directors. Her one-year term began on January 1.

CHICAGO, Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, FACOEP, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 8, 2024. Dr. Klauer's broad background in healthcare delivery and association leadership uniquely positions him to guide AHIMA into a future of growth and innovation.

CHICAGO, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) has unveiled findings from a recent survey shedding light on the ongoing workforce challenges in the health information (HI) profession. A critical 66 percent of HI professionals reported experiencing persistent staffing shortages within their workplaces over the past two years. The survey found notable shortages in the areas of data quality, consumer health information, and revenue cycle management, as well as privacy, risk and compliance, and data analytics. 

CHICAGO, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) proudly unveiled a groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™, at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD.

Acquisition furthers vision to create a world where trusted information transforms health and healthcare by connecting people, systems, and ideas

CHICAGO, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is proud to announce the launch of six innovative microcredentials specifically designed for health information (HI) professionals. The first of their kind in the HI field, AHIMA Microcredentials are a flexible, time-efficient, and cost-effective solution for individuals seeking to enhance their skills and gain a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry. 

Washington, DC, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WASHINGTON, DC – May 11, 2023 – The Health IT End-Users Alliance (the Alliance), a group focused on ensuring that policy and standards development activities reflect the complex clinical and operational realities facing healthcare technology users, released its second consensus statement regarding the collection and use of data to support equity. The statement calls for additional efforts to standardize and increase the uniform collection and reporting of relevant social drivers of health data, increased training in how to collect this data, better use of appropriate tools and processes to collect and share social drivers of health, and ongoing research to support these efforts.  

Chicago, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA®), today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Amy Mosser as interim chief executive officer, effective June 9. Mosser currently serves as chief growth officer for AHIMA. This appointment follows Wylecia Wiggs Harris’s, PhD, CAE, decision to resign after serving as CEO since 2018. The AHIMA Board of Directors has started a search process for a permanent CEO.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) survey of health information (HI) professionals found that nearly eight in 10 healthcare organizations currently collect social determinants of health (SDOH) data but still face challenges related to the collection, coding, and use of this clinically relevant data.