Hyland Software
In Record Time
IOD Incorporated
J.A. Thomas & Associates
Just Associates
M*Modal Technologies
Maxim Health Information
Services
MedQuist
Medwrite
Meta Health Technology
MRO
National American University
LEADING THROUGH TRUST
Monday’s general session speaker
Stephen M.R. Covey described how
things get done faster, cheaper, and
better when trust is high.
“The effect of trust is there,
whether we can see it or not,”
Covey said. “We all know it, because
we’ve all been there.”
Covey covered principles from
his best-selling book, The Speed
of Trust, and shared tools and
behaviors for increasing trust.
Additional resources based
on Covey’s presentation are on
a special AHIMA page on the
FranklinCovey Web site,
www.myspeedoftrust.com/ahima.
New England Medical
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Nuance
On Call Consulting
Optimum CDI Consultants
Optum
Perry Johnson & Associates
Precyse Solutions
Pyramid Healthcare Solutions
Roberts Wesleyan College
SAINCE
Silent Type
Sourcecorp LexiCode
Stat Solutions
Textware Solutions
Transcend Services
TruScript Solutions
University of Illinois at
Chicago
University of Maryland
AHIMA ANNOUNCES HIM
JOBS INITIATIVE
At a press conference on Monday,
AHIMA announced its “HIM Jobs
for America” Initiative, a sustained
effort to support American
employment and help improve
the healthcare of underserved
Americans in communities across
the country.
The initiative includes a legislative
platform that addresses:
•;A tax credit that provides
incentives for employers that
provide training to prepare
credentialed HIM practitioners
with the core job skills
demanded by an integrated electronic health information system.
•;A tax credit that provides incentives for employers that provide retraining and/or
additional training to current HIM workers that prepares them to contribute to the
development and operation of an electronic health information environment.
•;HIT Pro competency exams, which confirm that workers’ experiences and skills satisfy
the nation’s need for health IT. Employers would receive equal credit for all their HIM
professionals who pass the exam in lieu of formal training.
•;Expanding and funding baccalaureate and graduate-level curricula to further educate
the next generation of HIM professionals through incentives to accredited state and land-grant colleges and universities as well as scholarships for students who pursue an HIM
degree at or beyond a baccalaureate degree.
AHIMA’s new initiative will be bolstered by its partnership with the Department of Health
and Human Services and North Shore Medical Labs to provide free health IT training to
providers and staff in underserved communities. North Shore will donate electronic health
record software and services through Nortec Software. The demonstration program will assist
physicians in small practices in Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
