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SPRING Newsletter, 2010!

President’s LetterBy Lela Olilla, MBA, RHIA, CCS

Aloha everyone!Happy Valentines Day, Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Happy Easter! I hope thismessage is finding everyone well.

It has already been a busy year for me and I’m sure you are feeling the same. Ourannual meeting committee has also been busy preparing a wonderful schedule ofspeakers. We hope to send out the flyer very soon so stay tuned for that.Additionally, our education committee has put on some excellent programs this year,ICD-9 updates in September ’09, CPT updates in December ’09, MS-DRG’s/POA’s/Clinical Documentation in January ’10, I hope everyone was able toattend some of these education sessions. Thank you to Emma Thompson for all yourhard work!

I hope you get a chance to check out our new and improved website:http://www.himah.org. Patrice and Ed have been busy getting the new look andfunctionality launched. I must say it’s quite fabulous!

Finally, as we do every year, we are asking for volunteers to serve on our board ofdirectors this coming year. Terms start July 1, 2010 and we are seeking nominationsfor President Elect, Secretary, and 1st Year Director. If you have a candidate in mindor want to serve yourself please contact Gloria Brooks at gbrooksrhia@aol.com.

God Bless and I hope you see everyone at our annual meeting!

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HIMAH launches a new look.

HIMAH needs to acknowledge new member and HIM Graduate student,Eddie Schwarzinger. Mahalo Ed for putting together the HIMAH websitewith a fresh / dynamic look that really reflects Hawaii.

The url is himah.org – (and it works from the AHIMA Component StateAssociations site) it has it all, in a new fresh format. We hope you will go outand look around. In order to review newsletters you may have missed clickon the Resources link and then the News link. There is something foreveryone. Enjoy.

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Exam Prep Series: CHDA and RHIT

These Web-based courses will help prepare you for their corresponding AHIMA certificationexams. Each course consists of either 6 or 12 lessons, and covers the specific domain; youneed to know thoroughly to pass the exam.

Select a series title below to view course descriptions and objectives:

> Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) Exam Prep SeriesAs healthcare continues to be data-driven, the analysis of this data is vital to organizations.CHDA-certified professionals possess the knowledge to acquire, manage, analyze, interpret,and transform healthcare data into accurate, consistent, and timely information—balancingthe “big picture” with everyday details. They exhibit broad organizational knowledge and theability to communicate with individuals and groups at multiple levels, both internally andexternally. The CHDA Exam Prep Series covers data management, data analytics, and datareporting.

Course Description

This 6-lesson course will educate students primarily in data analysis. A review of qualitative and quantitative analysis and theirimportance to valid data analysis will be reviewed. Various organizational processes may changed based upon the analyzedresults. This course will identify specific examples that may be impacted.

> Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Exam Prep SeriesProfessionals holding the RHIT credential are health information technicians who ensure thequality of medical records by verifying their completeness, accuracy, and proper entry intocomputer systems. RHITs use computer applications to assemble and analyze patient data forthe purpose of improving patient care or controlling costs. They often specialize in codingdiagnoses and procedures in patient records for reimbursement and research. The RHIT ExamPrep Series covers health data management; health statistics, biomedical research, andquality; health services organization and delivery; information technology and systems; andorganizational resources.

Course Description

This 12-lesson course covers domain one of the RHIT domains, sub domains and tasks. This course will include informationthat will assist students in preparing for their RHIT certification exam. The course will provide information on each of the subdomains of the Health Data Management Section including: health data structures, content and standards, healthcareinformation requirements and standards, clinical classification systems; and reimbursement methodologies.

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Defining the Legal EHR—Simple or Complex?by Chris Dimick

Just how complicated is defining the legal electronic record for disclosure? There’s nothing new to the need for alegally sound record of care. HIM professionals have helped meet that requirement with paper-based records foryears. But just how new and complex is it to define the contents of an electronic record? There are variousschools of thought. Some experts say that by keeping it simple and relying on current practice based on paperrecords, one can ensure a legally sound electronic record minus the hassle. But others say the shift in healthcareto electronic systems complicates things enormously and requires in-depth analysis of just what constitutes a legalEHR. While not everyone agrees on how complicated the matter must be, there is one agreed-upon fact. The legalEHR is serious business and must be maintained correctly. Failure to do so could ruin a healthcare provider.

Keep It SimpleYou don’t have to reinvent the wheel when determining the legal EHR, according to Barry Herrin, FACHE, Esq.,a partner in the Atlanta law firm Smith Moore, LLP. Herrin heads the firm’s privacy and health informationmanagement practice. HIM professionals inherently know what needs to be included in a legal electronic record.This comes from years of working with the paper legal record and from knowledge of rules and regulations,Herrin says. Just because the format changes doesn’t mean the legal record has to significantly change.The discussion on what goes in the legal EHR shouldn’t focus on the change of document format, since thatchange doesn’t necessarily alter what records should be included in the legal record, he says.Yet the ability of electronic systems to capture more information than was ever possible in the paper worldconfuses the issue of what data are fit for the legal record. People get caught up in the “sex appeal oftechnology,” Herrin says. “They buy a system that has incredible functionality—it can manipulate and store allkinds of data that you found to be just cumbersome to do in paper form. And so now you have been suckedinto the vortex.” As a result, Herrin says people tend to complicate the issue by trying to whittle down the recordfrom this new universe of information. Instead, he suggests that organizations begin by considering their existinglegal health record, “then make deliberate, thoughtful choices about what you want to expand that to include.”As an example, Herrin says, consider Post-it notes in the paper world. A nurse might stick a Post-it on a chart tonotify the next shift that a patient is hard of hearing and needs special care. When the next shift arrives, a nursewill read the note and then choose to discard it without documentation or record the information with a notation inthe patient’s chart. In the electronic world, that Post-it note could be an e-mail or an online chat entry. Would thedifference in media have any impact on saving the message? No, says Herrin, because there is no compliancereason to do so. “Simply because it is available for storage doesn’t mean we have to store it,” he says. If it wasnecessary to save such notes, “we would have been keeping the Post-it note all along.” It’s possible that anorganization could just look at the content of its current paper legal record and apply those criteria to itselectronic legal record without making any changes, Herrin says. However, “you have to be 100 percent dead surethat the way you account for your paper record is compliant” with rules and regulations like those of the JointCommission and Medicare Conditions of Participation.

Not that Easy?Looking at the paper legal record gives a good base line for defining the contents of the legal EHR, says KeithOlenik, MA, RHIA, CHP, but the paper legal record can’t be used as a mold for the electronic legal record. Thereare too many differences between the EHR and the old paper record. That’s why Olenik, founder of the Olenik

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Consulting Group based in Kansas City, MO, says that HIM professionals cannot just rely on past experience withthe paper legal record when determining their legal electronic record. “While we may have thought it was simplein the paper world, I think we took a lot of things for granted and we weren’t asking a lot of questions about ourpaper record from a content standpoint,” Olenik says. Because people were comfortable in their processes, hesays, details were often missed and policies and procedures were not as accurate as necessary. Add to that thequestions in the industry about just what data should be included in the legal record, and Olenik believes you havea legitimately complex issue.

No Clear Requirements for Digital DataLack of clear requirements from the government and other agencies complicate matters, says Olenik. “Therealities of healthcare are that government regulations are not often what they appear to be,” he notes. There is noone neat list of what needs to be included in the electronic legal record. The rules and regulations for electronicrecords are changing, Olenik says, and it is up to HIM to keep compliant. Just because something wasn’t part ofthe paper record doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be included in the electronic legal record, Oleniksays. That’s because of the new ability to capture and reproduce digital media such as audio and video files. “Ithink that is the big unknown, and that is why the content question is not as simple as what used to be in the paperrecord,” he says. For example, in the paper world a radiologist would create a textual report detailing images suchas MRIs, which would be placed in the paper legal record. But now that diagnostic imaging of these procedurescan be placed in the electronic legal record with relative ease, some question if the textual report is good enoughor if the actual MRI images should also be included. These types of records never would have been considered inthe paper record, but now they must be considered for the legal EHR, Olenik says.

Deborah Kohn, MPH, RHIA, FACHE, CPHIMS, principal of Dak Systems Consulting, based in San Mateo, CA,says that HIM professionals now must think of the legal EHR as including all aspects of patient care such asdigital x-rays or other documents once generated using analog devices and stored in other departments. Thosedocuments are now electronic and need to be managed under one roof—the legal EHR, she says. In the past,perhaps an HIM professional responding to a subpoena for records would visit different departments such ascardiology and radiology to collect their analog videos and films relevant to the case. Today, those documents canbe electronic, but HIM professionals still need to be able to collect them, Kohn says. That adds to the complexityof managing legal EHRs. “You have to make a list of where every item that you want included in the legal recordis physically located,” she says, “and you have to figure out if the item is digital or analog—figure out where allthese things reside in a hybrid world.”

Rounding up the RecordHerrin believes that managing a legal EHR represents a greater concern to HIM professionals than determining itscontent. Producing a snapshot of current care is not enough, the history of care provided over time is needed totell the story. Presenting the chronology of care in each version of a document may not be easy to come by,depending on the EHR system in place and the processes that govern its use. Managing a legal EHR requires thatHIM professionals understand the system’s functionality and processes. Most healthcare facilities are not 100percent electronic, and operate a hybrid paper and electronic record. This causes issues when mapping out thecontent for a legal EHR. HIM professionals in this hybrid environment have to think about what documents in thelegal record will look like when they are reproduced, Olenik notes. Sometimes information that is recordedelectronically can be incomplete when a document is printed out. Procedures for how the legal EHR isreproduced in response to a subpoena must be determined as well, says Kohn. “Most of us are in that hybridworld, so we are faced with many questions like ‘what do we print, what do we not print, and what do weinclude?’”

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Keep Sight of Fundamental NeedsStill, don’t get lost in an electronic morass, Herrin warns. The legal EHR has to do three things: provide adequateclinical documentation, present that documentation in a way that tells the patient’s story of care, and capture allinformation that complies with external and internal mandates. Connecting those dots is up to each individualorganization, given the lack of universal standards for a legal electronic record. Determining a strong legal EHRdefinition and having strictly followed record retention and destruction policies will help organizations shouldlitigation present itself. “That is what the courts are looking for,” Kohn says.

Chris Dimick (chris.dimick@ahima.org) is staff writer at the Journal of AHIMA.

Article citation:Dimick, Chris. "Defining the Legal EHR: Simple or Complex?." Journal of AHIMA 79, no.1(January 2008): 60-61.

The HIM Role in Assisting Regional Extension CentersThe groundbreaking American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes a number of provisions thatoffer opportunities to HIM professionals. For example, health IT extension programs will be developed to helphealthcare providers adopt, implement, and effectively use certified electronic health record (EHR) technologythat allows for the electronic exchange and use of health information. The Office of the National Coordinator forHealth Information Technology (ONC) will establish an extension program to provide health IT assistanceservices to be carried out through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).iAHIMA and its members bring a unique set of qualifications to the table that would ensure and enable thesuccessful adoption of EHRs. With a national focus on health information and the need for comprehensive andinteroperable information technology across the country, AHIMA is qualified to shape and support the nationalagenda. AHIMA is involved in many initiatives to advance the role of HIM in informing clinical practice,developing best practices, improving data quality, facilitating information exchange, and helping healthcareorganizations migrate to the EHR.ii

How HIM Can HelpGiven the task that regional centers are trying to accomplish, HIM professionals can provide support in a numberof ways:

A. EHR and personal health record (PHR) knowledge and experience

Implementation – HIM professionals have expertise and experience with EHR implementation lifecyclefrom workflow analysis and impact assessment to go-live support and post go-live support.

Data use expertise – HIM professionals are experts in the use of electronic data for coding; billing;release of information; privacy, security and confidentiality of health information; providing data forresearch, quality measurement, public reporting; clinical documentation improvement programs; andcomputer-assisted coding. HIM professionals are also committed to data integrity, particularly as itimpacts patient care.

Record custodians – HIM professionals are trained to be and are considered to be the lawful “custodianof the record,” regardless of the media.

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Community education – AHIMA has an established community outreach program (www.myphr.com)designed to raise awareness and educate the public about the importance of PHRs, patients’ rightsregarding access to health information, and the benefits of EHRs.

Education programs – Schools accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informaticsand Information Management Education (CAHIIM) train HIM professionals to function in the “paperworld,” the electronic world, and the “hybrid world” (paper AND electronic data comprising the legalhealth record). AHIMA has developed a program called the “e-HIM virtual lab” that represents distanceeducation opportunities in areas such as physician practice EHR solutions, clinical terminology systems,and a migration path to the EHR. CAHIIM approved programs provide education for individuals whoseek to acquire nationally accepted HIA/HIT credentials. These programs exist in universities andcommunity colleges.

Advanced education – Master’s level HIM and medical informatics programs are increasing in number,with many programs available online. Work is under way to develop a “fast track” for individuals whohave experience in HIM but lack the formal education component. In addition, AHIMA’s Foundationsupports research to advance knowledge in key EHRrelated topics.

Credentials – AHIMA is committed to maintaining the quality education-based credential whilededicated to meeting the work force demands that will be necessary for the implementation of EHRs forall Americans.

B. Subject matter expertise at the regional centers

-HIM professionals possess the expertise to provide assistance through the regional centers. At a minimum, thisexpertise includes an understanding of how health information is created, maintained, and used throughout anoffice or organization; guidelines and quality control procedures for coded data; privacy and confidentialitypractices; and laws and regulations that impact the maintenance, use, and release of health information.-AHIMA, in partnership with the American Medical Informatics Association, developed an EHR corecompetencies matrix tool for use by various educational and training programs, healthcare organizations andprofessions.iiiThis tool can be used for several specific purposes, including:1. supporting the design of in-service and on-the-job training programs for the current work force who encounterand use the EHR2. serving as a reference for healthcare work force job descriptions3. planning professional development activities4. building specific professional competencies (after review and expansion by various health professions)5. developing new employee orientation programs6. improving formal health professional academic curricula.To encourage development of models for training and academic education based on the EHR core competenciesmatrix tool, government policymakers are urged to consider funding programs to disseminate this fundamentalinformation. AHIMA and its members are uniquely qualified to support regional centers. By employingexperienced HIM professionals, regional centers have the opportunity to access the profession’s robust knowledgeand real-life experience that will further enhance adoption and implementation of certified health informationtechnology.

Notesi Cassidy, Bonnie. "A Call for HIM Action." Journal of AHIMA, April 20, 2009. Available at http://journal.ahima.org/2009/04/20/acall-for-him-action/.ii AHIMA Web site. Available at http://www.ahima.org/about/about.asp.iii Joint Work Force Taskforce. Health Information Management and Informatics Core Competencies for Individuals Working withElectronic Health Records. 2008. Available at http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_040723.pdf

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, please contact:

Any HIMAH Board of Directors Member

Education and Collaboration to Protect Healthcare Consumers Highlighted During 2010Health Information Privacy and Security Week

As technology continues to shape the future of healthcare, it is important for healthcare

consumers to be aware of potential security and privacy risks. Continuing its commitment to

address these growing issues surrounding the privacy and security of health information, the

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) will sponsor (with the support

of Crowe Horwath) the seventh annual Health Information Privacy and Security Week, April 11

through 17. This year’s theme is “United in a Mission To Protect Information.”

AHIMA strives to cultivate a community of informed consumers and believes that quality

healthcare through quality information is the key to protection. This wisdom can be achieved

through collaboration amongst professionals and healthcare consumers to ensure readiness,

action, and a united response to privacy and security issues.

Health Information Privacy and Security Week promotes awareness of the critical need for

healthcare professionals, institutions, and consumers to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and

security of health information. As providers inch toward electronic record-keeping systems,

consumers must remain vigilant in monitoring their rights and evolving government regulations.

Knowledge, plus a complete, accurate personal health record (PHR), can both enhance quality

of care and empower an individual to remedy privacy violations. Visit www.myphr.com for

detailed consumer health information and consumer privacy rights.

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While the $440 billion Medicare system is the ultimate goldmine for some criminals, many

obtain their stolen rewards by hacking into individual health records. According to CNN, stolen

medical information and the resulting fraud costs US taxpayers $100 billion annually. Louis

Saccoccio, executive director of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, said that

healthcare identity theft dominated all other health sector crimes in 2009. Victimized patients

must pick up the pieces, challenging fraudulent bills and inaccurate medical information. An

MIT Response Checklist developed by AHIMA provides free response guidance for victims of

this crime. To access the checklist, visit www.myphr.com, click on the “Privacy + PHRs” button,

then “Avoiding Medical Identity Theft.” A link to the checklist appears at the bottom of the page.

The health information management (HIM) professionals at <INSERT LOCAL CSA OR

HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION> can provide educational assistance for the protection and

confidentiality of your personal health information. A free educational kit is also available at

www.ahima.org/hipsweek. Educational materials in the kit include:

Suggested activities

Article and quiz for healthcare professionals

Article and quiz for consumers

PowerPoint presentation

About AHIMA

AHIMA is America’s leading professional society whose mission is to “improve

healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information

management (HIM) and [serve as] the trusted source for education, research and

professional credentialing.” AHIMA represents more than 56,000 specially educated

HIM professionals who serve healthcare and the public by managing, analyzing and

utilizing data vital for health system management. www.ahima.org

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If you are interested in joining the HIMAH Education Committee contact Emma Thompson at EThompson65@aol.com.

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HIMAH’s cookbooks are still available, if you have not purchased our very first HIMAH cookbookplease contact Debra New, (c) 781-1549, (b) 433-2533 or by email: groovygirl55_1@lycos.com.Cookbooks make great gifts, door prizes, and items to have for those “just in case” situations. Sostock up!

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Carol Lum and Kathy Tsumura

2010 ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITSHIMAH’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibits committee is putting the finishing touches on the agenda. Thisyear’s meeting will be held at the Pacific Beach Hotel, Waikiki, on May 5, 6 and 7. Despite inflation, HIMAH ishappy to announce that the fees will not be increasing this year. An exciting program is in store.

The convention starts on Wednesday, May 5, with Michelle Dougherty sharing her expertise on LongTerm Care Topics. On Thursday, May 6, topics such as RAC, ZPIC, MIC, MAC and ICD-10 will bepresented by Rose Dunn. Cassi Birnbaum will be presenting the AHIMA Update and Document Integrity BestPractices. Our annual business meeting will take place during lunch. Friday is our “Coding Day”, which willinclude topics such as Revenue Cycle, CDI Implementation Experiences Retrospective, and presentation onclinical foundation topics.

We will be sending a flyer very soon, so save the dates, May 5, 6 and 7, 2010. This year, you may charge yourregistration. More information will follow. If you need more information prior to flyer mailout, contact CarolLum clum1007@yahoo.com (808) 735-8871 or Kathy Tsumura katsu914@gmail.com (808) 285-5506.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM UPDATES!

April 2010 HIT Graduates!!!!

Back Row: Noralyn Fernando, Karen Lawrence, Gail Stephens, Kathleen Cashman, Jackie SuaavaFront Row: Cathlyne Giron, Annie Dela Cruz, Melissa Huerbana

EXTERN SITES:The externship purpose is a crucial component of the Health Information Technology Program. Externshipprovides an opportunity for students to gain work experience through on-the-job training situations in thehealth information management department. Health Information Technology externship give students theopportunity to put theory into practice and to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned at Heald toactual work situations. Externships are taken in the final quarter of the degree program. We applaud all HIMDirectors who have taken the opportunity to share their HIM knowledge with one of our HIT students. .Thanks to the following externship sites that are hosting HIT students for the this quarter: Tripler ArmyMedical Center, Hawaii Medical Center East and West, and the Spark Matsunaga Veteran’s AdministrationClinics. Mahalo!!!!

AHIMA members who have worked directly with HIT extern students during the extern qualifies to earn 1CEU from AHIMA Mahalo!

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Congratulations to the December HIT graduates. Josephine Aznar, StellaTuaifaiva, Jonnalyn Bautista IMUA Heald College!

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Lela Ollila, MBA, RHIA, CCS, - PresidentDirector of HIM/Privacy OfficerCastle Medical Center640 Ulukahiki Street Kailua, HI 96734Office (808) 263-5156Email: OllilaLE@ah.org

Deanna O’Neil, RHIA – President ElectDirector of Health Information ManagementKauai Veterans Memorial HospitalP.O. 337 Waimea, Hawaii 96796808-338-9416Email: DO`Neil@hhsc.org

Patrice M L Jackson, RHIT, CHP, CCS— Past - PresidentDirector/Chief Medical Records Admin/Privacy OfficerTripler Army Medical Center1 Jarrett White RoadHonolulu, Hawaii 96859-5000Office (808) 433-5397Email: Patrice.Jackson@us.army.mi

John Nagamine, RHIA (2nd Year Director)Corporate Director, HPH888 S. King StreetHonolulu, HI 96818E-mail: JohnNa@kapiolani.org

Jocelyne Chun, RHIT, CCS (1st Year Director)DRG CoordinatorTripler Army Medical Center1 Jarrett White RoadHonolulu, Hawaii 96859-5000Office (808) 433-5397Email: Jocelyne.Chun@us.army.mi

Chris Sato, RHIA(Secretary) Appointed by the BoardRehab of the Pacific226 North Kuakini St.Honolulu, HI 96817Office (808) 544-3390fax: (808) 566-3744E-mail: CSato@rehabhospital.org

Carla Haas, RHIA, CCS, CTR (Treasurer) Appointed by the BoardHealth Information AdministratorKona Community Hospital79-1019 Haukapila StreetKealakekua, HI 96750808-322-5836808-322-0845 fax

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HIMAH EVENTS

April 1, 2010 – 9:00 am – Noon

Kelly McLendon, HITECH and ARRA

April 9, 2010 - 6:30 pm

Heald College, The HIT Pinning

May 5,6, and 7, 2010

Annual Meeting and Exhibits

AHIMA Events

Health Information Privacy and Security Week is April 11-17

April 1 Virtual Team Talks

April 12–13 2010 ICD-10 Summit: A Strategic Approach to Challenges and OpportunitiesWashington, DC

April 13–14 Computer-Assisted Coding Summit | Washington, DC

April 24–25 AHIMA Academy for ICD-10:Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis Coding | Scottsdale, AZ

May 3ARRA/HITECH: The New Relationship Between Covered Entities and Business Associates

Virtual Meeting

May 5–6 Data Analyst Institute | Chicago, IL

May 10–11 ARRA Workshop: Demonstrating Organizational Success | Atlanta, GA

June 7–8Long-Term & Post Acute Care HIT Summit | Baltimore, MD

June 17–19 AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding | Boston, MA

July 15–18 AHIMA Summer Meetings | Chicago, ILFeaturing the following meetings

Personal Health Record (PHR)Community Education Campaign - July 15

Summer Team Talks - July 16

CSA Leadership Conference - July 17-18

Coding Roundtable - July 18

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July 24–28Assembly on Education and Faculty Development Institute | New Orleans, LA

July 29–31AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding | New Orleans, LA

August 14–15 ARRA Workshop: Demonstrating Organizational Success | Chicago, IL

August 16–172010 Legal EHR Summit | Chicago, IL

August 18–20AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding | Chicago, IL

September 25Privacy and Security Institute | Orlando, FL

(Prior to the AHIMA Convention and Exhibit --Registration opens May 3)

September 25–26Annual Clinical Coding Meeting | Orlando, FL

(Prior to the AHIMA Convention and Exhibit--Registration opens May 3)

September 25–30 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit | Orlando, FL(Registration opens May 3)

September 30– October 1Data Analyst Institute | Orlando, FL

(In conjunction with the AHIMA Convention and Exhibit--Registration opens May 3)

September 30–October 2

AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding | Orlando, FL

October 13Clarifying HITECH: Accounting of Disclosures and Other Compliance Challenges | Virtual Meeting

November 10ICD-10-CM/PCS Transition: Fundamentals of General Equivalence Mapping (GEM) | Virtual Meeting

November8–9 AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis Coding | Chicago, IL

November18–20 AHIMA Academy for ICD-10: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding | Denver, CO

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