American Health Information Management Association

Health Information Workforce Shortages Persist as AI Shows Promise: AHIMA Survey Reveals

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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CHICAGO, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association ® (AHIMA) has unveiled findings from a recent survey shedding light on the ongoing workforce challenges in the health information (HI) profession.

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  • CHICAGO, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association ® (AHIMA) has unveiled findings from a recent survey shedding light on the ongoing workforce challenges in the health information (HI) profession.
  • The survey found notable shortages in the areas of data quality, consumer health information, and revenue cycle management, as well as privacy, risk and compliance, and data analytics.
  • Despite workforce shortages, HI professionals indicated artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) showed promise in alleviating some of the workforce burden while increasing the need for upskilling within the profession.
  • The Biden-Harris Administration and US Congress are actively exploring the implications of AI and emerging technologies on the US workforce.

AHIMA Announces Launch of Data for Better Health™ Initiative

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Monday, October 9, 2023
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CHICAGO, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) proudly unveiled a groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™ , at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD.

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  • CHICAGO, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) proudly unveiled a groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™ , at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD.
  • The Data for Better Health initiative is poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by enhancing awareness of the transformative potential of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve health outcomes.
  • This AHIMA initiative will empower healthcare professionals working with SDOH data, thought leaders, policymakers, and the public with the knowledge and resources necessary to harness SDOH data to improve individual and community health.
  • The goals of the AHIMA Data for Better Health initiative include:
    Engaging healthcare professionals working with SDOH to understand the business case for collecting, using, and sharing SDOH data and to offer strategies for success.

Omega Healthcare Launches Technology-Enabled Solutions to Improve Revenue Cycle Outcomes as Healthcare Organizations Face Mounting Financial Pressures

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Monday, October 9, 2023
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Omega Healthcare announced today the launch of its Omega Digital Platform (ODP), designed to help healthcare organizations reduce administrative burdens while improving financial performance.

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  • These capabilities help reduce human intervention across critical revenue cycle functions, allowing clients to redeploy staff, increase employee and patient satisfaction, and improve financial outcomes.
  • The ODP enables end-to-end Revenue Cycle Management Solutions across Patient Access, Mid-Revenue Cycle, and Business Office functions to help clients reduce revenue leakage.
  • Effective revenue cycle management (RCM) is critical for provider organizations today, where increasing denials and compliance rules can challenge the financial viability of even the most advanced organizations.
  • Omega Healthcare is exhibiting at AHIMA23 (Booth 311) and will co-present how it used its technology to engage with physicians at a prominent regional hospital to improve coding compliance and financial outcomes.

AHIMA Acquires HCPro

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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CHICAGO, Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) today announced that it acquired HCPro and its associated brands from Simplify Compliance.

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  • CHICAGO, Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) today announced that it acquired HCPro and its associated brands from Simplify Compliance.
  • HCPro is an industry leader in integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in healthcare compliance and revenue cycle management.
  • This acquisition truly complements our vision as both AHIMA and HCPro are focused on improving healthcare through knowledge,” said AHIMA President/Chair of the Board Jennifer Mueller, MBA, RHIA, SHIMSS, FACHE, FAHIMA.
  • “Adding HCPro to the AHIMA family deepens our expertise, gives us greater agility, and enables us to bring new solutions and services to the healthcare market more quickly.”
    AHIMA will operate HCPro as a for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary, enabling the organization to remain focused on caring for its clients.

Melissa’s Data Tools Fuel Healthcare Data Integrity Foundational to Next-Gen Patient Care

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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Melissa’s comprehensive data quality tools and services recognize that data integrity is at the core of healthcare services, including clinical and patient data that is complete, accurate, enhanced, and secure.

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  • Melissa’s comprehensive data quality tools and services recognize that data integrity is at the core of healthcare services, including clinical and patient data that is complete, accurate, enhanced, and secure.
  • Health systems require accurate patient data, location, and medical history, yet complexities are common at every step of healthcare administration and service.
  • Melissa’s diverse domain expertise empowers the preventative data care essential to true interoperability of research, collaboration, and patient care – spanning patient onboarding, records hygiene, patient communications, risk and compliance, population analysis, and big data analytics.
  • Melissa’s healthcare data quality tools are HIPAA/HITECH and SOC2 compliant and are available as developer tools, enterprise software plugins, and service bureau options.

Inaugural Data Usability Summit Supports Nationwide Movement for Enhanced Quality of Electronic Health Information

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Friday, September 8, 2023
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The summit is part of the nonprofit’s Data Usability Taking Root initiative launched earlier this year.

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  • The summit is part of the nonprofit’s Data Usability Taking Root initiative launched earlier this year.
  • Summit attendees from healthcare and health IT organizations across the country convened to discuss how they intend to implement the data usability guidance published by The Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters Data Usability Workgroup.
  • The guidance targets improvements necessary for semantic interoperability of health information, beginning with the quality of clinical data shared between healthcare providers.
  • “Data usability at its root is about the availability, completeness, clarity, and portability of information,” said Duncan Weatherston, CEO of Smile Digital Health, co-sponsor of the summit.

Koha Health and aiHealth Announce Partnership to Bring Autonomous Medical Coding Solution to Orthopedic Practices

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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MERRIMACK, N.H., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Koha Health a provider of revenue cycle management services, specializing in orthopedic and MSK-aligned practices and ambulatory surgical centers, and aiHealth, an industry leading autonomous medical coding platform utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), have announced a partnership designed to revolutionize traditional coding workflows and deliver productivity-enhancing solutions to orthopedic aligned practices nationwide.  The partnership empowers practices to leverage AI to eliminate administrative burdens, improve data quality, and drive financial performance.

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  • MERRIMACK, N.H., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Koha Health a provider of revenue cycle management services, specializing in orthopedic and MSK-aligned practices and ambulatory surgical centers, and aiHealth , an industry leading autonomous medical coding platform utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), have announced a partnership designed to revolutionize traditional coding workflows and deliver productivity-enhancing solutions to orthopedic aligned practices nationwide.
  • Applying aiHealth's autonomous coding with its other rules-based technologies allows Koha Health to reimagine manual and inefficient coding processes.
  • aiHealth's autonomous coding accuracy coupled with Koha's coding expertise leads to increased coding production and compliance as well as reduction in coding-related denials.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with Koha Health bringing our industry-leading autonomous coding platform to their clients within the Orthopedic/MSK and ASC market.

AHIMA Microcredentials Empower Health Information Professionals to Thrive in a Skills-Based Job Market

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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CHICAGO, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is proud to announce the launch of six innovative microcredentials specifically designed for health information (HI) professionals.

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  • CHICAGO, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is proud to announce the launch of six innovative microcredentials specifically designed for health information (HI) professionals.
  • "The launch of AHIMA Microcredentials is a game changer for the HI profession," said AHIMA Board Secretary Thea Campbell, MBA, RHIA.
  • "These specialized credentials provide a unique pathway for individuals to validate their skills, stand out in a competitive job market, and accelerate their career growth.
  • AHIMA is offering six AHIMA Microcredentials now and will deploy more in the coming months:

Data Usability Takes Root Nationwide Through a Joint Project Between The Sequoia Project and AHIMA

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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Taking Root participants are building a community of practice committed to implementing data usability guidance published by The Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters Data Usability Workgroup.

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  • Taking Root participants are building a community of practice committed to implementing data usability guidance published by The Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters Data Usability Workgroup.
  • “It’s time to put this guidance into action for the public good.”
    The Data Usability Taking Root initiative will improve the usability of data received by end users within their workflows by making data more computable and actionable.
  • The Sequoia Project will provide technical assistance, testing support, and facilitation of the data usability community of practice to support implementation.
  • A series of virtual events this summer will culminate in a Data Usability Taking Root Summit on September 6, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Health IT End-Users Alliance Members Unite Around Data Collection and Use to Support Health Equity

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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The statement calls for additional efforts to standardize and increase the uniform collection and reporting of relevant social drivers of health data, increased training in how to collect this data, better use of appropriate tools and processes to collect and share social drivers of health, and ongoing research to support these efforts.

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  • The statement calls for additional efforts to standardize and increase the uniform collection and reporting of relevant social drivers of health data, increased training in how to collect this data, better use of appropriate tools and processes to collect and share social drivers of health, and ongoing research to support these efforts.
  • “To succeed in improving health equity, we must focus on data collection and translation in the context of policy and standard development for improved patient engagement, better care, and more equitable outcomes.”
    The consensus statement offers 11 principles to guide the public and private sectors in data collection and use to achieve health equity goals.
  • As policymakers and private stakeholders continue collaborating to advance a health equity roadmap, the Alliance urges them to strike the right balance between practical requirements for data collection and using that data to promote improved health outcomes.
  • “OCHIN is proud to join our Alliance partners in demonstrating the collective commitment of our organizations to advancing health equity,” said Jennifer Stoll, executive vice president of external affairs at OCHIN.