ACT NOW: AHIMA Patient Policy Pledge
Show you agree to support, encourage, and educate your fellow health information professionals about the importance of adopting and implementing the naming policy. Take the Naming Policy Pledge!
ACT NOW: Repeal Section 510 in Labor-HHS appropriations bill and support patient identification
Contact your Members of Congress and urge them to Repeal Section 510 from the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill and Support Patient Identification.
Patient ID Now Coalition
The Impact of Patient Misidentification
AHIMA and CHIME members have shared several real-life examples of issues that have resulted from patient misidentification. Their stories are collected here.
Advocacy Resources
From AHIMA
Under the Dome: Advocacy-focused column in the Journal of AHIMA
HIM Body of Knowledge: All comment letters and additional advocacy resources
From U.S. Government
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
