This episode we speak with Linda C. Kampe, Director of Health Information Management at Cermak Health Services of Cook County, which provides healthcare to detainees at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Linda shares what it's like to care for prisoners and their health information, and the challenges of working at a correctional facility. Send your thoughts and comments to [email protected]!

Last July, HI Pitch interviewed several component state association (CSA) leaders at the annual CSA Leadership Symposium, asking them for their views on AHIMA's new Mission and Vision statements and the Association's future. We gathered plenty of interesting thoughts and inspiring words!

Recently, the AMA issued a statement calling for inclusivity in electronic health records (EHRs) for transgender patients, and AHIMA has offered its full support. In this episode, host Dan Kelly speaks with HIM Director of Practice Excellence Julie Pursley Dooling about her recent Journal of AHIMA article, "How Inclusive Is Your Data?"; the AMA statement; SO/GI; the work done by AHIMA's LGBTQ Volunteer Workgroup; and more. Read the article here: https://journal.ahima.org/how-inclusive-is-your-data/

Host Dan Kelly speaks with Journal of AHIMA Legal E-Speaking columnist Ronald J. Hedges, JD, about the legal and regulatory aspects of making websites accessible to the disabled, and recent actions by the US Supreme Court regarding the ADA. Read the original column here: https://journal.ahima.org/2019/11/13/the-uncertainty-of-website-accessibility.

Host Dan Kelly speaks with Director of HIM and Privacy Officer Katherine Andersen of San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation about record-keeping and retrieval, HIM department operation, AHIMA's apprenticeship program, and more on a Native American reservation in Arizona.

In this episode we speak with Jodi Kaftan and Amy Hoaglund of Hospital Sisters Health System—Eastern Wisconsin Division about the work that earned them the AHIMA Grace Award at the 2019 AHIMA Health Data and Information Conference.

Happy Halloween! In this episode Dan Kelly talks with coding experts Gina Sanvik and Donna Rugg and Journal of AHIMA associate editor Mary Butler about their recent Journal article "Halloween Movies and Codes That Go Bump in the Night". From The Shining to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, find out the codes for everything from hypothermia in a garden maze to injuries induced by pulling away a football.

Read the article here! https://journal.ahima.org/2019/10/28/halloween-movies-and-codes-that-go-bump-in-the-night.

In this episode, host Dan Kelly interviews Professors Pamela Greenstone and Janette Kelly about the new edition of their book Management for the Health Information Professional. The authors discuss budgeting, recruitment, training, social media, the hiring process, and more.

Learn more about the book here: https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=65886

In this episode, AHIMA Distinguished Member Triumph Award winner Cassi L. Birnbaum shares her speech from AHIMA's 2019 conference, followed by a Q&A session.

Dan Kelly speaks with Dianna Foley about her soon-to-be-released book Health Information Management Case Studies, a collection of case studies, discussion questions, and assignments designed to give students practice applying their knowledge. Find out more here: www.ahimastore.org