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This week should have marked the 31st Annual Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week; however, with many of our valued HIM professionals focused on work involving COVID-19, AHIMA has decided to postpone HIP week. The MMP team would still like to acknowledge and celebrate health information professionals at your facility, no matter when your celebration takes place.

This year’s theme, “Connecting People, Systems, and Ideas,” highlights the unique skills, abilities, experiences, and actions at the heart of the health information profession. Health Information Management (HIM), an allied health profession, leads efforts to ensure the availability, accuracy, integrity, and security of all data related to patient healthcare encounters, thus achieving better clinical and business decisions that enhance healthcare quality. HIM professionals work in multiple settings, including hospitals, clinics, physician offices, government and health insurance agencies, and other organizations. They play a key role in the effective management of health data to deliver quality healthcare to the public.

“As our healthcare ecosystem continues to evolve, health information professionals remain committed to the principles of delivering the best in patient care through the use of high-quality data that transforms health and healthcare,” said AHIMA CEO Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE. “HIP Week is an opportunity to celebrate the HIM profession and the dedicated HIM professionals who carry out AHIMA’s mission -- empowering people to impact health.”

Resource: AHIMA.org