I trust you have settled into 2022 and had a safe and relaxing break over the festive season.
Our office was closed from 23 December 2021 to 6 January 2022. Some of the staff took the opportunity (including me) to take extra time, but we are all back as of late January and raring to go!
The 2022 HIMAA Conference will held at the Hilton Adelaide from 26 to 28 October 2022. Mark these dates in your diary! The theme is Health Information Management: Keeping Health Information Human. Paper submissions are now open HERE, closing Monday 2 May 2022. We encourage you to put your paper forward. Please feel free to view past Conference Proceeding papers. If you have questions or require guidance about your proposed paper, please contact me and I will put you in touch with Joan Henderson, our Program Lead.
2022 HIMAA Conference Committee members are:
Chair – Jae Redden
Deputy Chair – Cheens Lee, President
Board Representative – Catherine Garvey
Responsibility: Program Development
Program Development Lead & Scientific Chair, Academic – Joan Henderson
Scientific Chair, Industry – Kathleen Rogers
Senior HIM, Coding Stream – Lesley Ward, Naomi Johnson (TBC)
Senior HIM, HIM Stream – Tanya Reid (TBC)
Branch Representative – Terry Seery
HIMAA Representative – Lyn Williams
Responsibility: Marketing & Sponsorship
Marketing & Sponsorship Lead – Jae Redden
Marketing & Sponsorship Lead Deputy – Louise Edmond
Sponsorship Deputy – Andrea Gall
Marketing Deputy – Ivan Lam
HIMAA Representatives (as required) – Philida Chew, Brenda Chamroeun, Pat Verma
We have also formed the 2023 HIMAA Conference Committee. I am in discussion with Lorraine Fernandes, IFHIMA President as representatives from IFHIMA will be joining the Committee. They are excited to work with us and we are looking forward to kicking off the 2023 HIMAA Conference preparations in May 2022.
The 2023 HIMAA Conference Committee members are:
Chair – Jae Redden
Deputy Chair – President
Board Representative – Grant Duffill
Responsibility: Program Development
Program Development Lead & Scientific Chair, Academic – Joan Henderson
Scientific Chair, Industry – Kathleen Rogers
Senior HIM, Coding Stream – Cassie Rupnik
Senior HIM, HIM Stream – Trixie Kemp
Branch Representative – Danica Jong
HIMAA Representative – Lyn Williams
Responsibility: Marketing & Sponsorship
Marketing & Sponsorship Lead – Jae Redden
Sponsorship Deputy – Andrea Gall
Marketing Deputy – Tammy Kang
HIMAA Representatives (as required) – Philida Chew, Brenda Chamroeun, Pat Verma
I am thrilled to have the esteemed knowledge and enthusiasm from the Conference Committee members and confident we will bring you a program and experience that is not to be missed!
In this HIMAA Matters issue, you will see there is an Expression of Interest to join the HIM Week Taskforce. We have dropped Awareness from this annual fair because we would like to create more than an awareness for what our members and the profession contribute. The Taskforce will be led by members for members to generate ideas on what activities would be relevant and effective. The National Office will organise and implement these. I hope you will sign up and enjoy brainstorming fun ideas!
In the meantime, our Special Interest Group (renamed as Community of Practice) convenors have been working together reviewing and updating the Terms of Reference. They are a force to be reckoned with and I am looking forward to supporting and engaging with them through 2022. The KSA Clinical Coding CoP is also now up and running as well and it is wonderful to have our KSA members and colleagues working closer with HIMAA.
HLT50321 Diploma of Clinical Coding, which replaces 22274VIC Certificate IV in Clinical Classification, is open for enrolments, which close on 25 March 2022. Further details and the enrolment form can be found here.
Please keep a lookout for our announcements on HIMAA webinars. We are committed to bringing you two webinars and one free podcast a month. The podcasts are also housed in your membership portal. We will email the podcast to members as soon as it is available (first week of the month).
My key project and focus for 2022 is to implement a new membership software. I am looking to integrate systems to increase our efficiency while adding features and usability for members. I will provide more information as the project progresses. Needless to say, I am very excited about this project!
I remain keen to work with you in leading HIMAA to serve the health information management profession. Please feel free to reach out to me to chat.
Keep safe. Be well.
Jae Redden
Chief Executive Officer
ceo@himaa.org.au
