AHIMA released the following statement about Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week: With many health information management (HIM) professionals focused on work involving COVID-19, AHIMA has made the difficult decision to…
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AHIMA Transitioning to Remote Operations as COVID-19 Precaution
To keep our community safe, AHIMA will transition to remote operations, beginning Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, March 27. At the end of this period, we will assess whether our…
Organizations Developing New Codes for COVID-19, and a Primer on the Virus
In this column, Sue Bowman discusses several new codes in development for tracking COVID-19 and offers a primer on understanding the virus. On January 31, Health and Human Services Secretary…
AHIMA Cancels Advocacy Summit Due to COVID-19 Spread
AHIMA leadership has made the decision to cancel the 2020 Advocacy Summit based on continued reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO)…