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Information organizations
Description of Selected Informatics Organizations
In this paper, we will describe a selected number of informatics organizations dealing with the field of healthcare and medicine. We would assess the main purpose of these organizations and what they stand for in brief detail, also the main aim here is to focus on the major points which define these organizations.
American Medical Informatics Association
American Health Information Management Association
American Society of Health Informatics Managers
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
International Medical Informatics Association
Introduction to informatics organizations
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
AMIA is known to be a group of personals from many different disciplines whose purpose is to convey for the sole interest of bringing improvement in health informatics since it relates to different aspects of the main health care policy. This group has about four thousand members which include pharmacists, physicians, consultants, educators and government officials. AMIA alongside its associate college ACMI (American College of Medical Informatics) has provided more than thirty years of opinions and education that concerns the main policies of health care. "AMIA functions as the U.S. version of greater International Medical Informatics Association, whose existence helps in the improvement of the health care throughout the world" (Rees, 2003).
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
AHIMA is a professional organization which is dedicated towards helping health care professionals so that they can manage...
AHIMA was created in 1928 for the purpose of improving the quality and maintenance of medical records, it was then known as Association of Record Librarians of Northern America. Even though medical records have been in the form of paper documents for a long time AHIMA is working very hard to build and maintain a system of electronic health record so that more efficiency is bought in the process of moving patient information between different medical professionals. AHIMA currently has more than fifty five thousand members and fifty two affiliated state associations. "Members have the privilege of accessing different professional resources, certification credentials and continuing education programs" (Kulge, 2001).
American Society of Health Informatics Managers (ASHIM)
ASHIM is an association for I.T professionals which specializes in the field of Health I.T. ASHIM is known to be a non-governmental, non-profit organization which was formed in 2009, as a response to data and information from the United States Department of Education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many different independent studies which indicated that a shortfall of some fifty thousand qualified workers of Health I.T department between the years 2009-2015 is required in order to meet up with the needs of physicians and hospitals as they move in adopting the electronic health care systems. A credentialing exam is also sponsored by ASHIM in order to certify the knowledge of different working level professionals of I.T from the healthcare industry, this is known as Certified Health Informatics Systems Professional exam.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
HIMSS is a non-profit firm…
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