Global Information

Did you know? AHIMA has led the field for more than 80 years and is committed to contributing to the advancement of the HIM profession and of health information professionals. AHIMA members and customers are found around the globe from Canada to South America, from Europe to Asia, from Australia to Africa in 62 different countries. There are no restrictions on geography to being a full member of AHIMA if you so choose. We hope you will join us. 

Now more than ever, AHIMA’s members, partners and colleagues are called to action to improve healthcare in the world though an enduring goal of quality healthcare through quality information.  We believe that viable health information management is necessary for the safe delivery of effective, quality healthcare, and that it should be recognised and practised around the world.  There is no longer any escaping the prime importance of the global implications of HIM and world health as directly tied to quality, cost and access to care, wherever you call home.

AHIMA President Bonnie S. Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS, spoke at HealthAchieve on November 7, 2011. Listen to the webcast here!