Health Management Technology February 27, 2018
As healthcare organizations come to understand the strategic value of data and information throughout their organization, information governance (IG) is no longer viewed as a “buzzword,” but recognized as a business imperative, according to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) white paper, The Pulse on Information Governance in Healthcare.
This trend in IG and the barriers and benefits behind its success in the industry are the focus of AHIMA’s new white paper, tracking responses from more than 1,500 healthcare professionals, AHIMA’s largest survey response to date, about their familiarity, experience and progress with IG programs. In addition, the document highlights recommendations for starting or staying on track with IG implementation.
In the survey, 85% of respondents agreed IG had...