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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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AHIMA19 Celebrated Innovation and Global Impact At the Annual Conference

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Wylecia Wiggs Harris, CEO, American Health Information Management Association. The annual meeting for the American Health Information […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Healthcare IT Today

Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. This naturally made it a hot topic at the recent Civitas Conference. How are health data utilities evolving? Michael Gagnon, Executive Director at HealtHIE Nevada – I see HIEs really evolving to be health data utilities.

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Xealth

It was great seeing the Oracle Health Conference in a new location (and a location that us on the conference circuit are very familiar with!).The His wife Jordan was then responsible for communicating all of his pertinent health information at the most stressful point in her life.