On this episode of HI Pitch, sponsored by Tableau, Jeannine Cain, MSHI, RHIA, CPHI, and Aurae Beidler, MHA, RHIA, CHC, CHPS, discuss the importance of health data analytics, where health data can be mined, its wide-reaching applications, and professional opportunities within the data analytics field. Additionally, hear from Sue Kraemer, Senior Data Skills Curriculum Strategy Manager with Tableau and creator of Tableau’s latest ready-made course, "Health and Healthcare Data Visualization."

On this episode of HI Pitch, hear from Melinda A. Wilkins, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, the 2021 recipient of AHIMA’s Distinguished Member Award. Dr. Wilkins discusses her career and achievements, opportunities for health information professionals to make a difference, and more.

Former AHIMA President Ginna Evans, MBA, RHIA, CPC, CRC, FAHIMA, and Dianna Foley, RHIA, CHPS, CCS, a coding specialist and AHIMA volunteer, discuss elected positions available to members interested in growing their careers and serving as leaders.

Dedicated, strategic, innovative members are invited to apply to be considered for five elected roles:

• AHIMA president/chair-elect of the Board of Directors

• Board directors

• Members of the Council for Excellence in Education

• Commissioner on the Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management

• Speaker-elect of the House of Delegates

Hear from Mary Beth Haugen, RHIA, MS, founder and CEO of Haugen Consulting Group, as she talks about her commitment to creating compelling educational content for health information professionals. She also discusses her experiences as an AHIMA volunteer.

Hear from Katherine Lusk, MHSM, RHIA, FAHIMA, 2021 president and chair of the AHIMA Board of Directors. On this episode, she reflects on her presidency, discusses highlights and surprises, and shares her expectations for the future of AHIMA.

On this episode of HI Pitch, hear from AHIMA Exam Program Managers Jill Khokhar and Wesley Rich about how you can earn CEUs by taking part in exciting, new certification volunteer opportunities, as well as how the AHIMA certifications team plans to make an impact in 2022.

Hear from Leigh Ann Braswell, RHIA, CHP, CCS, director of coding solutions at DeliverHealth. While AVP of coding services at ArdentHealth, Braswell was involved in adopting workflows in the electronic health record to automate simple coding and successfully bill out with minimal delays. We discuss lessons learned and challenges and take a broader look at automation in health information management.

On this episode of the HI Pitch podcast, Grace Cordovano, PhD, BCPA, takes up a topic she discussed at the AHIMA21 Virtual Conference on the panel “HI Professionals: Champions for Patients”: how health information might be taken bedside, to ease the health literacy challenges that patients and caregivers often face in navigating an illness. A noted patient advocate and the founder of Unblock Health, Cordovano asks what it would be like if “health experience literacy” that explains and demystifies the entire patient experience were taught in schools.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Mecredi Cruder, RHIA, CPC, program director in the Patient Administration Branch of the US Army Medical Center of Excellence, discusses how her military experience helped shape her career in health information. She also talks about why volunteering has been such a formative part of her experience.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Sue Nathe, RHIT, executive director of the Minnesota Health Information Management Association, discusses AHIMA's Patient Naming Policy Pledge, her association’s recent win of the Living the Pledge competition, and how health information professionals can honor the pledge in their work.