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HIPAA COLLABORATIVE OF WISCONSIN (HIPAA COW)
Receives AHIMA Triumph Award
ATLANTA – Oct. 28, 2013 –HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin (HIPAA COW) was honored with the Champion Advocacy and Public Policy, a Triumph Award, as part of theAmerican Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) 85th Annual Convention and Exhibit in Atlanta. The Triumph Awards recognize excellence, dedication and service of health information management (HIM) professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the field.Nancy Davis, Sturgeon Bay, and Chrisann Lemery, Janesville, accepted the award as HPAA COW Board members and AHIMA members.
HIPAA COW has become the “go-to” HIPAA resource in Wisconsin for educational programs. It is recognized on the national level for creating a foundation for healthcare entities as they work to provide consistent practices for patients regardless of where they are treated. This has been done via semi-annual conferences, ongoing networking group efforts, webinars, and the publication of numerous documents and deliverables on its website. The vast array of professions attending educational sessions, numerous participants in workgroups, and returning nationally-recognized speakers at meetings (i.e., OCR) substantiate how effective this collaboration has become, allowing these healthcare entitiesto develop and implement strong policy.
HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin (HIPAA COW) was one of 12 honored by AHIMA.
“It’s with great pride that we honor these professionals who serve as inspiration for all our members and who have made the HIM industry the critically important one it is today,” said AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, CAE, FACHE, FAHIMA. “Each of our award recipients is advancing us toward our goal of making health information available where and when it’s needed.”
About AHIMA
Celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) represents more than 67,000 educated health information management professionals in the United States and around the world. AHIMA is committed to promoting and advocating for high quality research, best practices and effective standards in health information and to actively contributing to the development and advancement of health information professionals worldwide. AHIMA’s enduring goal is quality healthcare through quality information.
About HIPAA COW
For eleven years, the HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin has assisted healthcare organizations and other interested parties to partner and collaborate in implementing HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and EDI Standard Transaction provisions, as amended over time. .