Leadership and Training
Health information professionals process the data produced through an individual's interaction with a healthcare provider - through hospital visits, outpatient procedures, or the more than one billion patient visits each year.
Equiping the health information workforce
The technologies for processing health information evolve quickly, and the AHIMA Foundation equips the health information workforce with the tools necessary to drive the field forward. We provide unemployed and underemployed professionals with opportunities to increase their skills and expand their career trajectories. Our leadership and training efforts make sure health information professionals have the knowledge base necessary to process health information and make sure health consumers and providers have the information they need to make critical healthcare decisions.
Leadership and Training:
Our Impact
"The apprenticeship program proved to be a great employee development opportunity for both the employees/apprentices and the managers/mentors."
- Shalina Richie, RHIA, HIM Coordinator & Privacy Officer
"I am a first-generation college student and I am incredibly grateful to be receiving this scholarship."
- Allie Marttila, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
"I plan on pursuing a Masters Degree in Health Administration. This award will help me continue to succeed in my career in HIM."
- Alyssa E. Spiteri, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
"It is my promise that I will continue to learn and gain knowledge to aid me in being a great HIM professional."
- Mariah Hilton, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
"I have accepted a full-time position at Michigan Health Information Network as an Operations Analyst."
- Maegen Myers, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
"Your generous support is of great help as I pursue my dream of returning to school to attain my first college degree."
- laine Ahmed, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
"I am so grateful. This money will help me pay for textbooks for the upcoming semesters."
- Alyssa Dugan, AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship
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Provide Greater Financial Security
Health data is a vital element of health care, including efforts to curb the pandemic.
By doing their jobs effectively, health Information professionals, enable providers more time to focus on patient care. Health Information professionals are making a tremendous difference as our world tries to curb COVID-19.