HealthIT Answers October 25, 2023
I’ve attended over two decades of American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) conferences in my career. But this year’s event was remarkably different.
At AHIMA23, the association’s legacy of ensuring data quality and protecting patient privacy met face-to-face with today’s most important healthcare issues—interoperability, workforce, and social determinants of health (SDOH). The association’s recent acquisition of HCPro was another harbinger of exciting progress to come. Congratulations to both groups!
Keynote speakers, education sessions, and exhibit hall attendees at the AHIMA23 Conference left me inspired and excited to see where health information (HI) professionals go next! These are certainly not your grandmother’s medical record professionals. They are health information experts engaged and directly involved in ensuring cleaner healthcare data and better...