Quality Healthcare Through Quality Information
The Washington State Health Information Association (WSHIMA) is the professional organization of specialists in the field of Health Information Management. Read more.
A Good Time Was Had By All
We were very fortunate to get to have our first in-person WSHIMA Annual Conference in 2019. It all went very well. We had some great speakers, great exhibitors, good access to CEUs, and the opportunity to network and see each other in person.
Here are our WSHIMA Board members at the Business Meeting:
Melody Draper-Hnatovic, President • Lisa Woodley, Director of Education/Delegate • Sunni Borghi, incoming President-Elect • Jacque DeCoster, President-Elect • Brandon Nettlekiss, Secretary • Luis Amezcua, Treasurer • Tracy Stanley, Director of Public Relations/Delegate
In Memory of Char Gore
Dear Colleagues,
It is with deep sadness we share that Charlene Gore, M.Ed, RHIA, CCS, a WSHIMA member since 1996 passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
As a Professor and Program Chair at TCC, Char taught and mentored hundreds of students in the Health Information programs.
She led the development of TCCs Bachelor of Applied Science degrees and other student-focused, college-wide initiatives.
Char was a role model and a beacon of kindness who was full of spark and drive. It was her passion to help others succeed and we will miss her dearly.
Please keep Char’s family in your thoughts.
Career Profile – Minute with a Member
Journal of AHIMA
HIM Lessons from the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Outbreak
The Journal of AHIMA first talked to Sally Beahan, MHA, RHIA, senior director of enterprise records and health information at UW Medicine in Seattle, WA, in early March, when Washington state had the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Beahan was joined by colleagues Lenny Sanchez, UW Medicine’s HIPAA/privacy director, and Beth DeLair, UW Medicine’s interim chief compliance officer, for a follow-up interview last week to discuss lessons learned during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak there. Read more.
Update coming in the Fall of 2021 as we assess the impact of the Cures Act
Access our publication: Management of Health Information in Washington State Federal and State Regulations (Formerly called the WSHIMA Legislative Manual)
This is a completely new, up-to-date look at the changes the legislation of the last several years has complicated how health care providers and health information managers document and manage health information.