HealthIT Answers November 11, 2024
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By Beth Friedman, Sr. Partner, FINN Partners

AHIMA was founded in 1928 to improve the collection and organization of health information for medical professionals to improve public health. Fast forward nearly 100 years and the association’s new president, Dr. Kevin Klauer, modernized this vision to reiterate health information (HI) professionals’ essential roles: collect, analyze, share, and protect patient information.

Medical records are no longer paper, and patient information is now digitized. However, HI professionals’ valuable contribution is the same with a keen focus to:

  • Automate coding and clinical documentation
  • Facilitate safe and secure clinical data sharing and exchange
  • Support revenue cycle integrity
  • Integrate and optimize EHRs
  • Protect patient privacy, including new rules for reproductive health information

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