American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

The American Health information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional organisation dedicated to serving to health care professionals manage personal health information in their effort to provide quality health care to the general public. AHIMA was founded in 1928 as the Association of Record Librarians of North America with an initial goal of up the standard of medical records. Through the years, AHIMA has also been known as the American Association of medical record Librarians and the American case history Association. though medical records have historically been physical, paper documents, AHIMA is functioning toward the implementation of electronic health record (EHR) systems as an attempt to standardize and make more efficient the movement of patient information between medical professionals. The Chicago-based organization currently has quite 57,000 members and 52 related to state associations. Members receive access to professional resources, continued education programs and certification credentials.

AHIMA describes its foundation as a sister organization to Association for healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and states the foundation has a charitable and educational nature. The foundation's stated mission is to be the pre-eminent foundation recognized for excellence in health information leadership, policy and analysis for the aid business and the public. the inspiration formulates and problems opinions, supports education, conducts analysis and compiles its contributions into the AHIMA Book. to create an on the spot connection with quite 103,000 health info professionals and build opportunities. To belong to the premier association for health info management (HIM). To receive the guidance, resources, and experience to assist you develop and grow in your career. to achieve instant access to a relentless, authoritative flow of knowledge on vital topics such as privacy & security, coding, electronic health records, compensation, compliance, and most additional. AHIMA offers a variety of on-line programs and courses. Programs are a grouping of courses that once taken along manufacture a powerful level of information on a broad topic. Individual courses target specific topic segments. Please note that courses within programs also can be taken severally. The AHIMA Board of directors governs the association, whereas the House of Delegates governs the profession. AHIMA and its partners and affiliates are leading the future of HIM.