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Dwan Thomas Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CCS

AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

AHIMA Board, 2nd year Director

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Let’s talk about AHIMA Strategy

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2016 Environmental Scan Report

• Found in the AHIMA

Body of Knowledge

• Important contribution of

the House of Delegates

• Helps Board of Directors

set or modify strategy

• HIM issues and trends

affecting the profession

and healthcare

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Highlights from the Environmental Scan

• Changes to healthcare systems

(business/economic, technology) lead to

changes in HIM roles

• Increasing demands from consumers

• New knowledge and skill competencies

are required

• Education is changing, too

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The Changing Workforce

Time to update our skills:

Leadership

Analysis

Technical

Communications

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AHIMA’s Strategy

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Information Governance

Launched this Year:

• IG HealthRate™

• IGIQ blog posts www.IGIQ.com

• Journal column “The Road to Governance”

• IG Boot camps and more!

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Getting Attention for IG

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Discussion

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Applied Informatics

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Supporting Standards

Focus on HIT standards

to support interoperability

Public/private approach and collaboration:

• Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

• Health Level Seven (HL7)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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Focus on Interoperability

• Work with ISO/TC215, Office of the

National Coordinator

• White paper “Health IT Standards

for HIM Practices”

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Innovation

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Benefits to Members

• Raises the

profession’s profile

• Puts HIM best practices

in the spotlight

• Elevates education and certifications

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IFHIMA Activities

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Advancing the Workforce

The AHIMA Foundation is advancing the

workforce through education and training:

• Apprenticeship program

• Workforce and Leadership Institute

• Global curriculum

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Supporting Students and Professionals

• Scholarship program

• Veterans’ scholarships

• John Kloss Memorial Veteran Scholarship

• HIM Awareness Campaign

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Public Good

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Talking about a Patient Safety Identification Solution

AHIMA launches myHealthID campaignSeeking 100,000 signatures on petition

to White House to lift the ban on discussion of a

voluntary patient safety identifier

http://www.ahima.org/myhealthID

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Spotlight on Patient Matching

Journal of AHIMA survey:

• More than half of HIM professionals routinely

work on mitigating possible patient record

duplicates at their facility

• Of those, 72 percent work on mitigating

duplicate records weekly

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AHIMA is Here for You

Did you know about these resources?Practice Briefs:

• Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice (2016 update)

• Information Governance Offers a Strategic Approach for Healthcare (2015 Update)

• Data Quality Management Model (2015 Update)

• HIM Best Practices for Engaging Consumers in Their Overall Healthcare

• Best Practices in the Art and Science of Clinical Documentation Improvement

Toolkits:

• Physician Coding Toolkit

• AHIMA Information Governance Toolkit

• ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit

• Health Data Analysis Toolkit

• And more!

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