What it is best to know:

– The American Well being Data Administration Affiliation (AHIMA) has introduced the appointment of Mona Calhoun, PhD, MS, Med, RHIA, FAHIMA, as President/Chairman for 2024.

– With 35 years of expertise in well being info (HI), Calhoun brings a wealth of experience and fervour to guide AHIMA by means of this transformative time in healthcare.

A seasoned chief with a transparent imaginative and prescient

Calhoun's numerous background contains behavioral well being, rehabilitation, acute care and the outsourcing trade, giving her a holistic understanding of the HI panorama. Her dedication to AHIMA is clear in her longstanding involvement, serving on a number of committees and holding management positions throughout the Maryland Well being Data Administration Affiliation and AHIMA itself. She highlights the important position of HI professionals in balancing the potential of expertise with affected person privateness and knowledge administration, in the end main to higher well being outcomes.

“It’s an honor to guide AHIMA throughout this time of breathtaking evolution in healthcare,” mentioned Calhoun. “Our distinctive place permits us to steadiness the super energy and potential of expertise and knowledge with our accountability to every affected person because the steward of their well being info, in the end enhancing outcomes. I’m wanting to work with my esteemed colleagues on the Board of Administrators and our newly appointed AHIMA Chief Government Officer, Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, FACOEP, to form the way forward for the HI trade and advance the AHIMA mission to empower folks to affect well being® .

A spirit of cooperation for a dynamic future

• Calhoun expressed her pleasure to work with AHIMA's newly appointed CEO, Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, FACOEPand the esteemed Board of Administrators.
• Dr. Klauer echoed this sentiment, highlighting their shared dedication to inspiring innovation, attaining strategic objectives and navigating the ever-changing HI panorama.

Introducing the brand new board members

• Maria Caban Alizondo, PhD, RHIT, FAHIMA, President/Chair-elect brings a wealth of expertise in management and strategic change administration throughout the HI discipline.
• Tonya Bates, MSML, RHIA, provides precious experience in compliance and privateness, having held management positions on the Well being Data Administration Associations of Ohio and Northeast Ohio.
• Grissel Pabón, MS, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, brings a robust understanding of threat adjustment and coding, together with management expertise on the Puerto Rico Well being Data Administration Affiliation.
• Daniel Utech, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, FAHIMA, rounds out the brand new board with a concentrate on healthcare expertise innovation and a confirmed observe file in management positions at a number of well being info administration associations.

The brand new board joins current members, together with former President/Chairman Jennifer Mueller and Speaker of the Home Debra Boppre, to kind a sturdy and numerous management workforce. Collectively, they are going to drive AHIMA's mission to empower folks to affect well being® by means of the strategic use of well being info and expertise.