2014 Conference: January Super Early-Bird Special

Healthcare Documentation Integrity Conference
July 23-26, 2014
The M Resort ♦ Las Vegas, NV

Unleash your passion for capturing America's healthcare stories.
Feed your desire to learn.
Ignite your confidence. Chase your dreams.

Think of attending AHDI’s Conference as your own mini sabbatical—carving out "me" time to nurture your mind, explore what’s changed, and learn what lies ahead. A place where great minds think alike, uniting you with fellow healthcare documentation specialists who share your commitment to excellence in documenting patient care.

7 Reasons to Attend

1. Learn about trends in healthcare documentation to augment your career planning.
2. Meet with recruiters about employment opportunities and gain insight into the changing dynamics of the job market.

3. Boost your job performance by strengthening your knowledge across the clinical medicine specialties.
4. Engage in discussions on important issues affecting MTs and formulate solutions by brainstorming with fellow attendees.
5. Visit with exhibitors to see the latest tools, technology, and services to improve your efficiency, grow your business, and spark your creativity.
6. Celebrate the profession and make new friends at social events during the conference.
7. Continue your commitment to lifelong learning and earn continuing education credits to support your certification.

Visit the website to see the schedule at a glance, current list of sponsors and exhibitors, and to download the justification kit.

Register by January 31 to save more than 20% off the regular registration rate.

AHDI and AHIMA Announce New Skills For a New Era

Survey Finds Electronic Health Records Key to Transcriptionists’ New Career Paths

New speech and language processing technologies have dramatically changed the traditional work of medical transcriptionists, the health information professionals who prepare the records of patients’ health stories from clinicians’ dictations.

“The skills of a transcriptionist—to listen and be detailed- and research-oriented, with a familiarity of medical terminology and disease process—are still in critical need in HIM departments during this time of healthcare transformation,” said AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, CAE, FACHE, FAHIMA. “The transcriptionists that can demonstrate agility by moving into a new position can carve out a valuable niche for themselves.” Read the full press release.