By Kait Greer, MI, CHIM If you work in health care, chances are you’ve heard of the terms: quality improvement, quality management, or performance improvement. Essentially, these…
By Christina Francke, CHIM The Trauma Association of Canada (TAC) has two sub-groups: Trauma Registry Information Specialists of Canada (TRISC) and Interdisciplinary Trauma Network of…
By: Crystal Kearley, CHIM, Chair, NSPE Chapter As a student of Darlene MacEachern’s, my biggest takeaways from her instruction were: never stop trying; it’s OK…
By: Enza Di Pasquale, CHIM When the opportunity to participate in the 2021 Canada Health Infoway Partnership series presented itself this year, I registered without…
Rita Parmar, CHIMA’s Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) community facilitator, recently connected with three certified CDI specialists to talk about the key roles they play in…
Original author: Kathryn Fallah Edited by: Jie Zheng, CCDIS This article has been adapted from the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) It is…
Nova Scotia Health is pleased to host the next instalment of the Let’s Talk Informatics series on July 22, 2021. Nova Scotia Health Information Management…
For students of health information management and those working in the field, there are significant benefits to seeking experience and employment outside of Canada’s major…
Data is a precious resource. But, unlike other resources, when data is used, it doesn’t decrease in value—it increases. However, that fact is contingent upon…