by IFHIMA | Jun 12, 2020 | Eastern Mediterranean
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 outbreaks as a global pandemic on March 11th 2020, the number of COVID-19 cases continued to increase globally at an alarming rate. As of April 21st 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saudi...
by IFHIMA | Jun 12, 2020 | Africa
Research is an academic tool for the advancement of knowledge and practice in all human endeavors. Earl (2016) conceptualized research as a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, predict and control the observed phenomenon. Research brings about essential changes...
by IFHIMA | Jun 12, 2020 | The Americas
The impact of social determinants of health (SDH) on the health of Canadians is well documented [1,2]. Yet few health organizations routinely collect SDH and related interventions in electronic health records (EHRs) [3]. Even for those wanting to collect such data,...
by IFHIMA | Jun 12, 2020 | South-East Asia
MEDRECON 2020 – the 20th annual national conference of the Health Records Association of India (HERAI) organized and hosted by Health Informatics and Health Information Management Association (HIIM) Kerala State was held at Nihara Resort, Kochi, Kerala on...
by IFHIMA | Jun 12, 2020 | Western Pacific
Australia’s Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ) is the peer-reviewed international journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA). In January 2020, HIMJ released its very first ever Special Issue. Given clinical coders make up...
