AHIMA experts are sought for interviews by journalists because they’re able to recognize and discuss the impact health information has throughout healthcare. Please see below for recent media coverage involving AHIMA experts. If you’re interested in interviewing an AHIMA expert, email AHIMAmedia@AHIMA.org.
Modern Healthcare
ONC and AHIMA released a companion guide with best practices and guidance for capturing and managing patient address data, as part of ONC's new technical specification.
January 11, 2022
Politico
Advocates of unique IDs to match patients to their health records may be close to lifting a decadeslong congressional ban on using federal funds to develop the system.
December 25, 2021
USA Today
This Kaiser Health News article published in USA Today quotes Sue Bowman, our senior director of coding policy and compliance.
November 4, 2021
Becker's Health IT
The definition of "electronic health information" will need to be standardized to ensure compliance with HHS' Cures Act Final Rule, according to a recent report by AHIMA, AMIA and EHRA.
September 22, 2021
Chicago Daily Herald
AHIMA CEO Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2021’s Top 25 Diversity Leaders, and is one of 10 people named 2021 Diversity Leaders to Watch by the publication.
September 21, 2021
Modern Healthcare
ONC released the first draft of Project US@, an effort to create an industrywide data standard for documenting patient addresses in healthcare.
June 16, 2021
mHealth Intelligence
The American Health Information Management Association is jumping on the mHealth bandwagon with a resource site and assessment standards for digital health companies.
April 30, 2021
EHR Intelligence
Patient ID Now, a national patient identifier coalition of over 40 healthcare organizations, has called on the federal government to collaborate with the private sector and public health organizations to create and implement a national strategy to enhance patient matching, according to a recently published framework.
April 27, 2021