We hosted the Advocacy Summit, with hundreds of attendees meeting with members of Congress and their staffs to advocate for legislation that improves patient safety and health equity.

We announced that Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawai’i, has chosen to use the AHIMA library of physician query templates available in the mobile query platform from Artifact Health, an Iodine solution.

AHIMA CEO Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2022’s Top Women Leaders. This annual program recognizes top women executives who are influencing policy and care delivery models across the country.

2021 AHIMA President/Chair Katherine Lusk, MHSM, RHIA, FAHIMA, was named a DirectTrust Interoperability Hero. DirectTrust is a nonprofit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information.

Tim Keough, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, began his one-year term as president/chair of the AHIMA Board of Directors. He was joined by new members of the Board of Directors.

We collaborated with ONC to release a Companion Guide to accompany ONC’s Project US@ (‘Project USA’) Technical Specification Final Version 1.0. “AHIMA brings deep knowledge and expertise in patient identity management and record matching," ONC’s Carmen Smiley said. "Their real-world experience advancing best practices for health information professionals and passion for patient identity integrity made collaborating with them ideal for Project US@."