Industry Activities & Emerging Issues

AHIMA Reports and Tool Kits

Health Information Exchange

Health Information Exchange (HIE) Resource Tool Kit

AHIMA has developed a Web-based tool kit as a resource to assist individuals and organizations interested in participating in health information exchange initiatives.

"Vision 2016: A Blueprint for Quality Education in Health Information Management" is now available.

HIPAA Privacy and Security Tools

More than 130 articles on HIPAA Privacy and Security are available by clicking here.

In addition, for AHIMA members there are an additional 270 articles in the FORE Library: HIM Body of Knowledge.

If you are not an AHIMA member you can join here.

AHIMA Surveys

AHIMA conducts industry surveys to bring light to various issues. Often they are co-sponsored by partners who bring value to research.

Employers Value Credentials in Healthcare: An AHIMA Survey (PDF)	Mapping a Changing Landscape: Results of a Regional Health Organization Survey (PDF)
State of HIPAA Report	Scenarios and Solutions for the Future of Transcription
White Papers Long term care summit reports now available.	New! Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation
Coding Professionals, Today, Tomorrow and the Future: A Workforce Study. Click here to read the September Journal article (PDF). Click here to purchase a printed copy of the full survey. Or for a downloadable version go here.	On the Front Lines of Healthcare Privacy: An AHIMA Roundtable
Healthcare Terminologies and Classifications: Essential Keys to Interoperability	"Vision 2016: A Blueprint for Quality Education in Health Information Management"
Online, On Message, On Duty: Privacy Experts Share Their Challenges.
For more white papers, click here.

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