Our Members
Sharing Knowledge and Perspectives from Around the World
IFHIMA brings together health information managers from every corner of the globe. Together, we strive to raise the profile and professionalism of the health information management profession while supporting healthcare transformation.
View our current members below, then submit your application to join your colleagues. For inquiries about membership, please contact Marci MacDonald, Membership Chair.
Membership Categories
- Associate/Individual
- Corporate
- Educational Institution
- National & Regional Island Networks
- Honorary Members
Join your HIM colleagues as we share knowledge and best practices and strive to foster initiatives that can improve health around the world. Individuals from any country can join us and get involved with our events, workgroups, and committees. Fees are just USD $35 for a year (January 1 – December 31), or USD $100 for a three-year membership.
Individual member privileges include:
- Serving on regional task groups, a unique personal and professional development opportunity.
- Discounted registration fees for IFHIMA Congresses.
- Networking informally with Health Information/Health Records Management professionals and experts around the world.
- Receiving regular copies of IFHIMA’s Global News, which provides worldwide updates on the HIM profession.
- Certificate of Associate Membership of IFHIMA is issued upon dues payment.
ASHO, as a leading company in healthcare coding and Artificial Intelligence, currently manages more than 140 projects throughout Spain and codifies around 1,000,000 registrations per year, with a 47% market share. The company specializes in offering value-added services in NLP, automatic outpatient coding and technological hospital information systems that facilitate the management and work of clinical professionals. Since its inception 30 years ago, it has encoded more than 8 million registrations, concentrating 2.5 million in the last five years.
As a global health technology company, Beamtree empowers organisations to deliver exceptional patient care. They strive to create a better future for health by turning data into insights and action through automation. Their innovative solutions and services aim to improve the delivery of care and solve real-world problems in healthcare. Beamtree believes it starts with better data and ends in better care – and that better has no limit.
Our Team plays a pivotal role in enabling your teams to deliver better care. We effectively record patients’ journeys through the healthcare system, while ensuring the quality and accuracy of their data, and implementing optimized systems and workflows to enhance care delivery and reimbursement. We’re often asked to tackle our clients’ most challenging problems to improve the health of their ogranizations – and we deliver.
Haugen Consulting Group provides healthcare consulting, education, and auditing services. We provide affordable quality education that is designed by our team of experts. We offer interactive online courses and webinars that cover CM, PCS, CPT, and Revenue Cycle. Education is pre-approved for AHIMA & AAPC CEUs. Custom education upon request.
Primeau Consulting Group is a health information management consulting company providing high quality health information services to our clients. We do this through the deployment of HIM best practices developed through extensive experience and knowledge of the health information industry. We offer a variety of customizable, scalable solutions with unparalleled customer service, delivered by high quality HIM professionals for best results. Our services include Cures Act & Information Blocking Assessments and Consulting, Information Governance Assessments and Consulting, Interim Management, Privacy and Security Risk Analyses and HIPAA Training, HIM Department and Revenue Cycle Assessments, and CDI/Coding Audits.
Enabling better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. We are relentless in our pursuit of evidence-based solutions, solving problems that transform outcomes and lives.
Transform and impact lives through careers in healthcare.
With more than 15 associate, bachelor’s and master’s health care degrees and certificate programs, Davenport offers many paths to launch or advance your health professions career. By earning a health care degree, you’ll see why Davenport has a nearly 100% graduate satisfaction rate — and why our graduates are in high demand in careers in health care. Visit our website
Expert-led Degrees for High Demand Careers
As the United States’ first health information management (HIM) program on record, we’ve been helping the industry move forward since 1935. Our faculty continues to evolve this field. We now offer a suite of health informatics and information management degrees and certificates, all 100% online. Visit our website to see all our programs.
Gain real-world experience to guide strategic decision-making in health care.
Our online Health Informatics programs bring Pitt’s industry-leading faculty to you—no matter where you live. Don’t wait to learn from experts at the forefront of health care technology and innovation. Both online and on-campus options are available.
The School of Global Health Management and Informatics at UCF offers health informatics and information management programs that boast industry experienced faculty dedicated to providing skills and training for a variety of careers in the healthcare field. The programs offer dynamic curriculum that incorporate business management, system analysis, medical coding and computer application in the healthcare industry. With on-campus and fully online programs to provide education, training, and networking resources, students can prepare for a variety of careers in healthcare including project management, information technology, revenue management, coding, compliance and more! Visit us today to find out how you can join the future of healthcare.
The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston,
is the only free-standing school in the nation dedicated exclusively to graduate programs in biomedical informatics; offering graduate certificates, masters and doctoral degrees. Our newly created Doctorate of Health Informatics is the first applied terminal degree in this specialized area of study. SBMI’s mission is to educate future scientists and professionals in biomedical informatics and health information technology. Transforming Data to Power Human Health™ is our vision – an inspiration for all of us to lead the future of health and healthcare. Visit our website here.
IFHIMA Welcomes Our Newest National Member – India!
Please welcome the Indian Health Information Management and Health Informatics Association (IHIIM) as a National Member of the Federation.
We are pleased to have IHIIM as our newest national member, led by Dr. Sabu Karakka Mandapam, the IFHIMA National Director, and Mr. Mujeeb Kandy, the IFHIMA National Deputy Director.
The entire IFHIMA team welcomes IHIIM and looks forward to working with you in enhancing and furthering the goals of our HIM profession!
Submitted by:
Marci MacDonald, C.H.I.M.
IFHIMA Membership Chair
CANADA
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Information by Country and National Member Association for the 2022 – 2025 Term of Office
A Very Special Honorary Member
Dr Boga Skrinjar – July 2021
Munich 1996
Two years ago, I wrote a short note about Boga Skrinjar Nerima after she celebrated her 99th Birthday. Today I write to inform members that Dr Boga Skrinjar Nerima passed away on the 5th December 2022, aged 101.
Dr Skrinjar Nerima is remembered as Chief of the Development of Health Statistical Services at the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. I met Dr Skrinjar for the first time in 1968, and was impressed, not only with her knowledge about the work of medical record librarians, as we were known at that time, but also her passion for the work we did, and how we could help WHO with their work in preparing meaningful and accurate statistics on mortality and morbidity world-wide.
In 1968, along with Elsie Royale Mansell from the UK, Dr Skrinjar urged members to form an international organization. This was the beginning of a strong liaison between WHO and IFHIMA, which is still with us today. Dr Skrinjar encouraged medical record professionals to work towards improving medical record services, particularly clinical coding and healthcare statistics, and using the medical record to its full capacity. She also asked that we give particular attention to health records outside hospitals, and stressed the importance of education for medical record personnel.
She strongly supported IFHIMA and particularly encouraged the Executive Board to work towards assisting members and non-members in developing countries. In 1984 she was the second person to be awarded Honorary Membership of IFHIMA, which she was pleased to accept. She continued to work with the Federation during our early development, and continued this support over many years. We last met when she was a special guest at the 1996 International Congress in Munich, Germany. Many of us were privileged to know her and work with her. I am particularly grateful for the knowledge I gained from her, and the help she gave me over so many years.
Professor Phyllis J Watson AM
IFHIMA Past President, IFHIMA Honourary Member
2019
Lorraine Nicholson
United Kingdom
Europe
2019
Yukiko Yokobori
Japan
Western Pacific
2016
Joon-Hyun Hong
Republic of Korea
Western Pacific
2010
Carol Lewis, MPH, RHIA
United States of America
Americas
2010
Ulli Hoffman*
Germany
Europe
1993
Prof. Dr. Phyllis J. Watson AM
Australia
Western Pacific
1988
Ruth Zwick (+1995)
Germany
Europe
1994
Dr. Boga Skrinjar*
WHO
1979
Elsie Royle Mansell
United Kingdom, Europe
| Year Awarded | Individual | Country | WHO Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Lorraine Nicholson | United Kingdom | Europe |
| 2019 | Yukiko Yokobori | Japan | Western Pacific |
| 2016 | Joon-Hyun Hong | Republic of Korea | Western Pacific |
| 2010 | Carlo Lewis, MPH, RHIA | United States | Americas |
| 2010 | Ulli Hoffman* | Germany | Europe |
| 1993 | Dr. Phyllis A. Watson | Australia | Western Pacific |
| 1988 | Ruth Zwick* | Germany | Europe |
| 1984 | Dr. Boga Skrinjar* | Switzerland | WHO |
| 1979 | Elsie Royle Mansell* | United Kingdom | Europe |
| *Deceased | |||
IFHIMA awards Honorary Member status per our Constitution. An Honorary Member is “An individual who has earned exceptional merit in furthering the goals and interests of the Federation.” We congratulate these individuals on their commitment and service to the Federation.
Lorraine Nicholson and Yukiko Yokobori, 2019 Honorary Members.