AHIMA International is collaborating with King Abdulaziz University (KAU) to review, update, and enhance the university’s current Medical Coding and Billing program. Two coding courses in ICD-10-AM are being developed by AHIMA International’s Andrea Faber, RHIA, CCS, and Karen Carr, MS, BSN, RN, CDIP, CCDS, and May Al Khunaizi, MD, MBBS, FABP, and Robyn Stambaugh, MS, RHIA, CHPS, are establishing a course on healthcare ethics. The international team will be training and assisting the medical coding faculty as KAU develops the next generation of health information (HI) professionals.

Meet Lynda (Miki) Mikalauskas, RN, BScN, MBA, CPHQ. Based in Coconut Creek, Florida, Miki joins the AHIMA International team of healthcare experts with more than 30 years of experience in nursing, executive healthcare administration, and consulting. Her career spans the globe from Canada to the United Arab Emirates to France to Turkey. In this interview she discusses her passion for patient safety and improving organizational outcomes.

Meet Kornelia Fiausch, MAS. Based in Austria, she joins the AHIMA International team of healthcare experts with over 40 years of experience in the field. Her expertise comes from multiple roles as a chief nursing officer, quality manager, and consultant working across the globe. In an interview on our blog, Fiausch talks about what’s driven her unique career.

Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) initiatives validate that the clinical documentation within the health record has reached the highest level of integrity and specificity that is supported by the clinical evidence. This process is vital to the healthcare industry, CDI professionals ensure that documentation accurately tells the patient’s story.

The accelerated use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has been critical to keep patients and providers connected. However, with the rapid adoption of this technology, issues with privacy and security, documentation requirements, and information integrity have arisen

Dr. Haleema Yezdani, Mbbs, FICM, PGDM, is a physician residing in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India with 20 years of experience in medicine. She has used telemedicine to treat patients for more than eight years.

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, we sat down with Dr. Osama Elhassan, PhD, M.Sc., who is the co-founder and vice-chair of Emirates Health Informatics Society. Dr. Osama sheds light on the current focus and initiatives in the Gulf...

In the continuation of AHIMA International's leadership series we were joined by Dr. Siniša Varga, Member of Croatian Parliament and former Minister of Health who discusses health information and the future in Croatia.

We recently caught up with Atif Al Braiki, CEO of Abu Dhabi Data Services LLC (Malaffi) and member of the AHIMA International Strategic Advisory Council. In this interview, we asked about the impact of COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi and insight into the future.