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Let’s talk about AHIMA Strategy
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2016 Environmental Scan Report• Find it in the AHIMA
Body of Knowledgeody o o edge
• Important contribution of the House of Delegates
• Helps Board of Directorsset or modify strategy
• HIM issues and trends
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• HIM issues and trends affecting the profession and healthcare
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Highlights from the Environmental Scan
• Changes to healthcare systems (business/economic, technology) lead to changes in HIM roles
• Increasing demands from consumers
• New knowledge and skill competencies i d
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are required
• Education is changing, too
The Changing Workforce
Time to update our skills:
Leadership
Analysis
Technical
Communications
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AHIMA’s Strategy
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Getting Attention for IG
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Discussion–IG PrinciplesAccountability
TTransparency
Integrity
Protection
Compliance
Availability
Retention
Disposition
Information GovernanceAssess The Health of Your Organization
IGAdvisors.com
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Information Governance
Launched this Year:
• IGHealthRate™
• IGIQ blog posts www.IGIQ.com
• Journal column “The Road to Governance”
• IG Boot camps and more!
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Applied Informatics
Data Health Intelligence
Expanding Roles
Coming Soon
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Supporting Standards
Focus on HIT standards
to support interoperabilityPublic/private approach and collaboration:
• Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
• Health Level Seven (HL7)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
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• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Supporting Interoperability
Technical
ProcessSemantic
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CollaborationInteroperability & Standards
• Work with ISO/TC215, Office of the National Coordinator
• White paper “Health IT
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Standards for HIM Practices”
Innovation
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Global Initiatives
Why Go Global?• Puts HIM best practices
in the spotlight
• Raises the profession’s profile
in the spotlight
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• Elevates education and certifications
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Global Collaboration
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Leadership Development
Advancing the Workforce
The AHIMA Foundation is advancing the
workforce through education and training:
• Apprenticeship program
• Workforce and Leadership Institute
• HIM Awareness Campaign
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Supporting Students and Professionals
• Scholarship program• Veterans’ scholarships• Veterans scholarships• John Kloss Memorial
Veteran Scholarship• Global curriculum
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Public Good
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Talking about a Patient Identification Solution
AHIMA launches myHealthID campaign(March 20-April 19)
Seeking 100,000 signatures on petition to White House to lift the ban on discussion
of a voluntary patient safety identifierwww.ahima.org/myhealthID
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Spotlight on Patient Matching
Journal of AHIMA survey:• More than half of HIM professionals routinely
work on mitigating possible patient record duplicates at their facility
• Of those, 72 percent work on mitigating duplicate records weekly
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AHIMA is Here for YouBoK: bok.ahima.org
AHIMA is Here for You Practice Briefs
• Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice (2016 update)
• Information Governance Offers a Strategic Approach for Healthcare (2015 Update)
• Data Quality Management Model (2015 Update)
• HIM Best Practices for Engaging Consumers in
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HIM Best Practices for Engaging Consumers in Their Overall Healthcare
• Best Practices in the Art and Science of Clinical Documentation Improvement
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AHIMA is Here for You Toolkits• Physician Coding Toolkit
AHIMA I f ti G T lkit• AHIMA Information Governance Toolkit
• ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit
• Health Data Analysis Toolkit
• And more!
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