President's Message (Latest HOT topics)

Other HOT topics to watch for…  

• WHIMA won 1^st place for its Legislative and Advocacy work! Way to go!! Chrisann Lemery accepted the award on behalf of WHIMA.
• The ACE Challenge: Action Community for e-HIM Excellence
• Learn what ACE is all about. Go to www.ahima.org/ace
• ACE members lead and influence e-HIM, making a difference in their organizations, communities, states and on the national level.
• Watch for my interview in the August AHIMA Journal!
• Brand extension: AHIMA will be building a better brand
• To differentiate ourselves in the market
• Strengthen health information management role in healthcare industry
• Collaborate with the state associations to present a consistent image (HIM and non-HIM)
• To find ways to better serve a diverse membership
• Student Recruitment campaign
• Check out www.healthinformationcareers.com
• Aims to recruit more students to HIM academic programs
• myPHR Campaign
• Won the ASAE Award of Excellence for its contribution to American society! Awesome!
• The campaign has been revised and shortened
• AHIMA has a huge public awareness campaign planned involving communication through the media (local and national), advocacy (one on one with media) and through grassroots education (members out presenting at clubs and fairs)
• Theme is “IT is HI Time” (means IT: information technology meets HI: health information)
• HI technology
• HI quality
• HI security
• HI standards
• Two Proposed resolutions going to the House of Delegates
•  “Proposed Resolution on Diversity”
• The diversity resolution is intended to advance AHIMA's commitment to a culture that respects diversity throughout its organization, the federation, and the HIM profession at large. To achieve this end, this resolution calls upon AHIMA and its affiliates to:

·         Adopt meaningful, actionable, and durable diversity practices to expand the real opportunities available to all HIM professionals, including opportunities to fully participate in AHIMA

·         Engage the AHIMA community in advancing the goals of enhanced professional opportunities for all and improved value of the membership experience

·         Respect the individual sensibilities, personal beliefs, differences, and privacy and other rights of all HIM professionals and AHIMA members

·         Monitor the impact of these practices to improve and strengthen them over time.

• “Proposed Resolution on HIM Adoption of the Personal Health Record.”

§         The PHR resolution charges HIM professionals with the responsibility of creating and maintaining their own personal health record. HIM professionals are ideally suited through their education and professional capabilities to inform consumers and healthcare providers about the benefits of the PHR.

The complete text of the resolutions can be found in the AHIMA Community of Practice at http://www.ahima.org under the Resources section. Members can review the proposals and provide their comments to their CSA delegate. For a listing of your delegates, see the State Leaders and HOD CoP.

Enjoy the rest of your summer! I look forward to seeing everyone at the Fall Conference in the WI Dells!

Respectfully submitted by: Jennifer Laughlin, MBA, RHIA (WHIMA President)