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AHIMA & Advocacy

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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!

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ACT NOW: Budget for patient identification innovation

Reach out to your U.S. Senators today as they work to pass the Fiscal Year 2021 budget bills that still include a ban that stifles innovation around patient identification!

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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.

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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

HHS Office for Civil Rights

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Questions?

If you have questions about AHIMA’s advocacy activities or would like to know more about opportunities to get involved, contact AHIMA’s Policy & Government Affairs team: advocacy@ahima.org.