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Ann Chenoweth, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMAChair/President-Elect, AHIMA

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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 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 WorkforceTime to update our skills: Leadership Analysis Technical Communications

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AHIMA’s Strategy

Information Governance - 2015

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Information Governance - 2016Launched this Year:• IGHealthRate™ • 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

Applied Informatics

Data Health Intelligence

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Supporting StandardsFocus on HIT standardsto support interoperabilityPublic/private approach and collaboration:• Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)• Health Level Seven (HL7)• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)• Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)

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Innovation

Global Initiatives

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Why Go Global?

• Raises the profession’s profile

• Puts HIM best practices in the spotlight

• Elevates education and certifications

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Global Collaboration

Leadership Development

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Advancing the WorkforceThe AHIMA Foundation is advancing theworkforce through education and training:• Workforce and Leadership Institute• Apprenticeship program• HIM Awareness Campaign

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Supporting Students and Professionals

• Scholarship program

• Veterans’ scholarships

• John Kloss Memorial Veteran Scholarship

• Global curriculum

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AHIMA Comments• HIPAA fee guidance for copies of health information

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration proposed rule regarding confidentialityof substance use disorder patient records

• Up next: MACRA implementation proposed rule

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Public Good

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Spotlight on Patient Matching• Launched myHealthID Campaign• 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

AHIMA is Here for YouBoK: bok.ahima.org

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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

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 Information Governance Toolkit• ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit• Health Data Analysis Toolkit• And more!

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