Mark your calendars for the 2009 GHIMA Annual Meeting to be held in Savannah, GA at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center on August 5-7, 2009.  The host hotel is the The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa.

Registration is now open!

Resume Review/Critique Service

Are you an HIM student, recent graduate, or new HIM professional engaged, or about to become engaged, in a job search for your first HIM position?  Are you interested in pursuing a new direction in your HIM career or ready to pursue opportunities at the next rung on the career ladder?  GHIMA can help.  Let us assist in your preparation by reviewing your resume and providing feedback directly to you. 

GHIMA will accept the resumes of the first 50 applicants, from among its regular and student members, to be reviewed by a panel of HIM and HIM recruiting professionals.  On completion of the review, applicants will be furnished a written critique of their resume, including recommendations for improvements, and scheduled for a 15-20 minute face-to-face meeting with 2-3 members of the review panel to discuss those recommendations.  These face-to-face meetings will be held in Savannah, GA, during the course of the 2009 Annual Meeting. 

Application Process:  Apply in the form of an e-mail to be sent to Barbara Jett (centraloffice@ghima.org).  The e-mail message must indicate whether you would like to participate in the face-to-face interview process, during the 2009 annual meeting, or if you prefer to receive the written critique only.  Also, please include the following information:

• A description of your next career objective,

• E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address, and

• A copy of your current resume (in Microsoft Word format).

Deadline:  Applications, and information listed above, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, June 5, 2009.  A written review/critique of the applicant’s resume will be mailed to him/her no later than midnight, July 10, 2009.  Applicants will be notified by e-mail of the date, time, and location for their fact-to-face interview with members of the review panel by June 30, 2009. 

Student Poster Competition

2009 Undergraduate and Graduate Student
Project/Research Poster Competition

Health Information Management

The Georgia Health Information Management Association (GHIMA) is seeking undergraduate and graduate student projects and/or research for a poster competition to be displayed and presented at the GHIMA Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia, August 5-7, 2009. 

Student and active GHIMA members (enrolled in an academic program expected to culminate in the award of an HIM-related degree) may compete for a prize of $500 for the best undergraduate poster or $500 for the best graduate poster.  Prize money may be used to defer travel expenses to attend the GHIMA annual meeting where the winning posters will be displayed and presented, fees to take the appropriate AHIMA registry examination, and/or other purposes related to the competitors’ academic program or professional development.  Up to four honorable mentions will also be displayed.  Those competitors awarded honorable mention will receive a prize equivalent to $250.  For undergraduate competitors, this prize money must be used to pay the application fee for the appropriate AHIMA registry examination.  It is expected that the winners will be able to attend the annual meeting to present their projects/research to interested attendees.

Application Process:  Apply in the form of a letter to be sent, as an attachment, by e-mail to Barbara Jett (centraloffice@ghima.org).  Please include the following information: 

• A title and a completed PowerPoint template (see below) for the poster,

• E-mail address, phone number, and mailing address (i.e., number, street, city, state, Zip code) of the poster author,

• Name of school, department, and degree program in which enrolled, and

• A letter of support from a faculty member associated with the project/research.  (The letter of support must accompany the application letter.  It can be scanned and sent as an attachment.)

Poster Template:  GHIMA Poster Template 

Project/Poster Topics:  Students may choose a presentation from among those projects and/or research they have completed in the course of their academic program.

Judging Criteria:  Judges will evaluate posters submitted for:

Visual presentation

• Organization (Introduction, objectives, approach, results, conclusions),

• Creativity (Use of color, eye catching, etc…),

• Clarity (Not overcrowded, legible lettering, contrast between components and background, grammar, spelling),

Technical content

• Subject matter (General vs. technical)

• Contribution (Demonstrates appropriate/classic use of established methodology, demonstrates new/innovative approach)

• Information (Use of graphs, tables, schematics, pictures, etc…)

• Conclusions (Definitive, follow from results obtained, etc…)

• Applicability (Wide/broad, very limited/niche-specific).

Judges:  The Executive Board of GHIMA will serve as the panel of judges.

Deadline:  All application materials must be received by June 16, 2009.  Poster review and scoring will take place during the period June 17-22, 2009.  Applicants will be notified, by e-mail, by June 30, 2009 if they have won the competition or have been awarded honorable mention. 

Logistics for Winners and Those Awarded Honorable Mention:  GHIMA will print the winning posters.  Those who will display posters will provide a PowerPoint according to the appropriate specifications to the sign making company designated by GHIMA.  GHIMA will pay for printing and shipping the winning posters to the annual meeting.  GHIMA staff will mount the posters at the annual meeting.  Poster winners will be available during poster/lunch session to talk with interested attendees.

Format:  Poster size will be 36”x 60”.
 

Learning Portal

GHIMA is collaborating with other AHIMA Component State Associations (CSAs) to share information about educational offerings!

 Visit the Learning Portal to find the following information:

• A schedule of upcoming live audio conferences/webinars

• A schedule of upcoming “face-to-face” meetings offered around the country

• A roster of online education opportunities

• An online speaker bureau if you are interested in speaking for a meeting or audio conference

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GHIMA Proposed Bylaw Revisions

On Demand Audio Conference:  ARRA Creates Opportunities for HIM 

Did you miss the live call on April 23rd?  If so, no problem!  We have recorded it so you can access it on demand!

The new Economic Stimulus legislation, formally known as The American Recovery and Re-investment Act  (ARRA) is broad, comprehensive and complex in healthcare impacts. There are EHR incentives, HIPAA strengthening and Education expansion along with funding for Medicare, Medicaid, COBRA extension as well as other directives. The Act makes clear that although many of the regulations and directives within ARRA do not take effect for months or years that the time is now to begin learning and preparing for the coming changes this legislation fosters. HIM professionals have a rare opportunity to become leaders within their organizations and to get more deeply involved in the leadership of electronic health record management.

This teleconference will provide an overview of the Act from an HIM perspective. Topics include:

• HIPAA expansion of Accounting of Disclosures (AOD), Business Associate Agreements (BAA) and out to Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Personal Health Records (PHR)
   

• EHR adoption and incentive payments to hospitals and physicians are detailed as well as increased monies for education of HIM and IT professionals will all be discussed.

Please dial into this important conference to get a well founded HIM view of ARRA and the opportunities for HIM growth it contains.

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Sponsored by:

		Current	Effective July 1, 2008
Search, Retrieval, and Other Direct Administrative Cost	Up To:	$24.86	No Change in Existing Rate Structure
Certification Fee	Up to per record	$9.32
Copying Cost for Records in Paper Form	Per page for pages 1 - 20	$0.93
	Per page for pages 21 - 100	$0.80
	Per page for pages over 100	$0.63
Note – Rate do not apply to records requests necessary to make or complete an application for a disability benefits program

The Georgia Health Information Management Association has developed a GHIMA Library (distance education program).

Educational CDs may be checked out by Regional Presidents, Vice Presidents and Educational Chairpersons. Regions may check out the CDs no earlier than 2 weeks prior to the educational session and must return the CDs to the Central Office no later than one week after educational session.

When returning the CDs, the region will need to send a list of attendees and a check for the reimbursement. The charge for each rental CD is $10.00 per person. The region may keep 50% of the fees ($5.00), the other 50% ($5.00) is sent to GHIMA.

Once the program is complete, the participants will be directed to AHIMA’s website to complete a survey and get their CEU form.

Contact Barbara Jett, GHIMA Central Office Coordinator at centraloffice@ghima.org or (770) 926-0769 to check out an educational CD.