AHIMA Appointed Positions

If you are interested in any of the following units, please complete the Application to Serve and submit your resume with the form.

• Annual Convention Program Committee - Develop the annual convention program.
• Community of Practice Advisory Task Force - Establishes and oversees policy for community of practice operations.
• CSA Advisory Task Force - Strengthen the federation model, ensure succession of volunteer leadership and implement CSA profile and next affiliation agreement.
• FORE Board of Directors - Facilitates the gift program, corporate donations, and research initiatives.
• FORE Research Committee - Defines the Association research agenda and determines available grants and scholarships.
• FORE Triumph Awards Committee - Members are appointed during the Winter Team Talks (selects the recipients of the Triumph Awards)
• HIM Education Strategy Committee - Recommends strategic direction to further the goal of a strong academic base in HIM
• Practice Council Clinical Terminology and Classification - Monitor the changes related to clinical terminology and classification that are going on in today’s healthcare industry.
• Practice Council Electronic Health Record - Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise related to health information practices in an electronic environment.
• Practice Council Health Information Exchange (HIE) – Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise related to best practice of health information exchange.
• Practice Council Long Term Care - Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise related to best practices of health information management roles and functions in long term care environment.
• Practice Council Personal Health Record - Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise related to best practices of health information management roles and functions in personal health record.
• Practice Council Physician Practice - Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise related to best practices of health information management roles and functions in physician practices.
• Practice Council Privacy and Security - Advise and provide AHIMA with expertise in the areas of privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information.
• Practice Council Quality Initiatives and Secondary Data – Advise AHIMA of the issues and HIM best practices and functions in the quality domain.
• Professional Ethics Committee - Interprets the Code of Ethics and reviews ethic complaints against credentialed members.
• State Advocacy Workgroup – To address ways that AHIMA and its Component State Associations can enhance the CSA ability to advocate at the state and local level.
• Virtual Lab Strategic Advisory Committee - Responsible for overseeing the development and ongoing maintenance of the AHIMA Virtual Lab as a strategic resource for HIM education and a valuable capital asset of the AHIMA.

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