Improving the Quality of Medical Records
Phase 2 Discussion Board 1
Diane Riggs
HIT103-1101A-01
Colorado Technical University Online
1/15/11
Improving the quality of medical records sense 1928, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has been involved in the medical industry. The mission of AHIMA is to be the professional community that improves healthcare by advancing its practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research and professional credentials. The vision is quality healthcare through quality information; members of AIHMA are dedicated to the management of the public’s health information which goes along with delivering quality healthcare to the public. AHIMA is a professional organization for the field of medical record management Traditionally practicing in hospitals and to referring paper files and records, the field presently refers to all healthcare systems and types of media.
The American health Information Management Association is made up of both volunteers and staff. As of today there are more than 60,000 members who are devoted to the operational management of personal health information required to deliver quality healthcare to the public. The volunteers come from the health information management (HIM) they are also and they are responsible for setting up the mission and goals, they are also accountable for improving the policy and overseeing the procedures of the AIMHA. The staff of AHIMA is responsible for carrying out operational tasks that are essential to back up the mission and goals and to work with the guidelines that the volunteers have set up.
AHIMA’s Board of Directors is made up of 13 members who volunteer on the board, these members consist of a CEO who is also the secretary and treasurer, the House of Delegates is in charge of the AHIMA Bylaws. The House of Delegates is organized into six teams and each team has a Delegate assigned to it. The six teams are Best Practice and
Diane Riggs
HIT103-1101A-01
Colorado Technical University Online
1/15/11
Improving the quality of medical records sense 1928, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has been involved in the medical industry. The mission of AHIMA is to be the professional community that improves healthcare by advancing its practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research and professional credentials. The vision is quality healthcare through quality information; members of AIHMA are dedicated to the management of the public’s health information which goes along with delivering quality healthcare to the public. AHIMA is a professional organization for the field of medical record management Traditionally practicing in hospitals and to referring paper files and records, the field presently refers to all healthcare systems and types of media.
The American health Information Management Association is made up of both volunteers and staff. As of today there are more than 60,000 members who are devoted to the operational management of personal health information required to deliver quality healthcare to the public. The volunteers come from the health information management (HIM) they are also and they are responsible for setting up the mission and goals, they are also accountable for improving the policy and overseeing the procedures of the AIMHA. The staff of AHIMA is responsible for carrying out operational tasks that are essential to back up the mission and goals and to work with the guidelines that the volunteers have set up.
AHIMA’s Board of Directors is made up of 13 members who volunteer on the board, these members consist of a CEO who is also the secretary and treasurer, the House of Delegates is in charge of the AHIMA Bylaws. The House of Delegates is organized into six teams and each team has a Delegate assigned to it. The six teams are Best Practice and