AHIMA accepting Best Practices’ for awards
Although the deadline is near, health information management (HIM) professionals may still have time to submit their best practices to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in Chicago.
The Best Practice Awards, funded through AHIMA’s Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) recognizes HIM professionals who strive to develop new and innovative, or best, practices. Best practices are the policies, processes, and procedures that lead to exceptional performance in HIM.
Best practices have a broad impact on management, operations, and clinical practice in health care organizations. Plus, they enhance the quality of care, increase efficiency, and lower costs. (For information about a former Best Practice, see story, p. 76.)
Applicants for a Best Practice Award must be an active, associate, or student AHIMA member in the HIM field. Submissions require details of how and why the best practice was developed, how it was implemented and assessed for effectiveness, and how it improved the management of health information.
A panel of HIM experts will judge the submissions. Multiple submissions from individual participants are allowed. The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2000. Prizes include $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, and $1,000 for third place.
For an application, visit the FORE page of the AHIMA Web site at http://www.ahima.org/ fore/index.html. AHIMA members can also call the association’s FaxLink service at (888) 424-4040 and request document #762. For more information contact Alison Feinberg at (312) 233-1168 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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