AHIMA launches global workforce group
A new international council will focus on the alignment and advancement of workforce training curriculum in health information management and health IT.
The American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA's) Global Health Workforce Council (GHWC) convened for the first time this week at AHIMA's offices in Chicago.
The GHWC comprises 13 appointed members from 12 different countries: Nigeria, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, India, Australia, Germany, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Qatar and the U.S. A draft of the workforce curricula will be distributed for comment later this year, according to the association.
"The standard will be developed through an open and transparent process that seeks input and consensus from country-level workgroups and stakeholders," said William Rudman, PhD, RHIA, co-chair of the GHWC, executive director of the AHIMA Foundation and AHIMA vice president of education visioning.
“The standard will be developed through an open and transparent process that seeks input andconsensus from country-level workgroups and stakeholders,” saidWilliamRudman,PhD, RHIA,co-chair of the GHWC,executive director of the AHIMA Foundation and AHIMA vice presidentof education visioning.“The standard will be developed through an open and transparent process that seeks input andconsensus from country-level workgroups and stakeholders,” saidWilliamRudman,PhD, RHIA,co-chair of the GHWC,executive director of the AHIMA Foundation and AHIMA vice presidentof education visioning."The curricula standard will guide educational programming and workforce training, and contribute to an increase in the quality and number of highly trained professionals around the world with expertise in health information management, health informatics and health information technology," AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon said in a statement.
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