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Community Education
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Increase public
awareness and
understanding of the
issues surrounding
personal health
information and health
records.
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Provide individuals with
the information they
need to encourage them
to maintain a personal
health record (PHR) in
order to help improve
the quality of care they
receive.
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Create greater industry
and public awareness of
the HIM profession and
the important role HIM
professionals play in
effective management of
personal health
information needed to
deliver quality
healthcare to the
public.
Data and Reimbursement
- Provide avenues of
education for coding skills
via, workshops,
roundtables and internet
access.
- Communicate regulatory
changes to all those
involved in the coding of
health information.
- Serve as a liaison for
other organizations that
affect coding and
organizations that use the
coded data.
- Serve as a conduit from
our membership for the flow
of information facilitating
regulatory changes.
- Represent the diversity
of our membership.
Committee Member Roles:
- Share educational or informative that may be shared with our peers.
- Help research coding question presented to our committee via
coding roundtables.
- Help with the preparations of the Annual Coding Workshop.
Finance Committee
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The
Finance committee shall
devise and direct committee
programs for managing the
financial assets of MeHIMA.
Legislative Committee
We try
to meet monthly, usually by
teleconferencing, to keep in
touch and to keep the
committee work progressing.
Meeting Minutes
2002-2004
2009
The Legislative Committee goals are:
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To keep the
MeHIMA membership informed of current legislation which has a bearing on HIM in
Maine healthcare facilities, and which may have an overall impact on the
procedures of information management and healthcare delivery statewide.
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To
serve as a liaison for legislative issues, including communicating MeHIMA
membership concerns to legislators, regulators and others.
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To update and
improve the MeHIMA Guide to Medicolegal Information as a service to MeHIMA
members, and as a knowledge based resource for management of information, to
include the review and update of the remaining six chapters and to see that they
are posted in the Communities of Practice website.
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Serve as a resource for
MeHIMA memberships legal inquires on legal and regulatory issues.
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Provide info
for the “Legislative Corner”.
Nominating Committee
The committee shall be responsible for preparation of the ballots to the active
membership of the corporation. In even-numbered years the committee shall
prepare ballots for nominees with summaries of the qualifications for the
state’s nomination for the Nominating Committee of AHIMA.
Program Committee
This committee shall prepare and arrange the educational programs for all state
meetings, subject to approval of the Board of Directors.
Public Relations and
Recruitment Committee
This committee strives to promote the health information management profession,
to recruit new members to the organization, and provide support to current
members through member recognition programs and promotional materials
Scholarship Committee
The Committee assists members with the cost of AHIMA’s certification
examinations (RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CHP and CHPS). Communicate to all Health
Information Management professionals, who may be potential recipients, the
scholarship funds available.
Technology Committee
- Oversee the design and
ongoing maintenance of
MeHIMA's Website
- Oversee the ongoing
maintenance of MeHIMA
Community of Practice
- Develop and maintain
timely communication through
the E-Maineliner.
- Recommend hardware and
software purchases for
MeHIMA
- Provide a central
repository for database
files and software licenses
The County Connection
Committee
The committee serves as a viable networking avenue for the four county hospitals
at a minimum, but striving to be a networking avenue for all Health Information
Management professionals in Aroostook County. In addition, the committee
strives for higher participation within the region from all hospitals and to
invite other accredited and non-accredited Health Information Management
professionals to the meetings.
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