by nicole | Aug 16, 2024 | The Americas
Saint Lucia is an island – 238 square miles found in the West Indies, the eastern Caribbean. The island has a population of 180,775 people. The island’s health system includes public and private care – 32 Community Wellness Centers, 3 public hospitals and 1...
by nicole | Apr 3, 2024 | The Americas
With renewed interest and revitalizations efforts, the Barbados Health Information Management Association’s (BHIMA) new board; appointed at the beginning of 2023, launched a number of new activities aimed to re-engage and educate key stakeholders. These activities...
by IFHIMA | Dec 27, 2023 | The Americas
The Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Information Systems for Health (IS4H) is undertaking a very stringent approach to the implementation of an EHR System in 13 healthcare facilities across the...
by IFHIMA | Dec 27, 2023 | The Americas
Health information (HI) professionals are having a profound impact shaping the evolution of healthcare and their influence will only grow as data and technology drive health system transformation. That message was repeatedly emphasized during the AHIMA23 Conference on...
by IFHIMA | Aug 22, 2023 | The Americas
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Advocacy Summit was held March 20-21, 2023, in Washington, DC, USA. There were over 200 attendees for the educational sessions that were provided on March 20th, and approximately 150 AHIMA members who met...
by IFHIMA | Aug 22, 2023 | The Americas
Medical coders matter, and the Canadian College of Health Information Management (the College) is committed to advancing this practice. From 2018 to 2022, the College conducted extensive industry and academic consultations, which showed that the prevailing academic...
