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© 2016 American Health Information Management Association
Dwan Thomas Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CCS
AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
AHIMA Board, 2nd year Director
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Let’s talk about AHIMA Strategy
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2016 Environmental Scan Report
• Found in the AHIMA
Body of Knowledge
• Important contribution of
the House of Delegates
• Helps Board of Directors
set or modify strategy
• 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
are required
• Education is changing, too
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The Changing Workforce
Time to update our skills:
Leadership
Analysis
Technical
Communications
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AHIMA’s Strategy
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Information Governance
Launched this Year:
• IG HealthRate™
• IGIQ blog posts www.IGIQ.com
• Journal column “The Road to Governance”
• IG Boot camps and more!
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Getting Attention for IG
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Discussion
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Applied Informatics
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Supporting Standards
Focus on HIT standards
to support interoperability
Public/private approach and collaboration:
• Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
• Health Level Seven (HL7)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
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Focus on Interoperability
• Work with ISO/TC215, Office of the
National Coordinator
• White paper “Health IT Standards
for HIM Practices”
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Innovation
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Benefits to Members
• Raises the
profession’s profile
• Puts HIM best practices
in the spotlight
• Elevates education and certifications
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IFHIMA Activities
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Advancing the Workforce
The AHIMA Foundation is advancing the
workforce through education and training:
• Apprenticeship program
• Workforce and Leadership Institute
• Global curriculum
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Supporting Students and Professionals
• Scholarship program
• Veterans’ scholarships
• John Kloss Memorial Veteran Scholarship
• HIM Awareness Campaign
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Public Good
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Talking about a Patient Safety Identification Solution
AHIMA launches myHealthID campaignSeeking 100,000 signatures on petition
to White House to lift the ban on discussion of a
voluntary patient safety identifier
http://www.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 You
Did you know about these resources?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 Their Overall Healthcare
• Best Practices in the Art and Science of Clinical Documentation Improvement
Toolkits:
• Physician Coding Toolkit
• AHIMA Information Governance Toolkit
• ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit
• Health Data Analysis Toolkit
• And more!
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