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HIMAA
eNewsletter No. 245 (June 2008) |
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Subscription Information for HIMAA Members
The HIMAA Board is pleased to advise that membership subscriptions that fall due in the Financial Year 2005/2006 remain unchanged, except for:
The HIMAA Board is also pleased to advise that a scheme of discounts on membership subscriptions for Full, Associate and Organisational members will take effect as of 1 July 2005. The scheme provides discounts based on years of continuous membership and the advance payment of membership subscriptions. The discounts offered are as per the table below:
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explaining your membership subscription options and asking you to
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| NEW For information on Clinical Coder Certification click here or visit the HIMAA Education page here. |
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Online: Health
Information management Journal of Australia Vol. 37 No.1. Click here to view the HIMJ Contents Page |
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HIMAA Code of Ethics (Revision draft) The HIMAA Code of Ethics had been adopted in 1992. This has been reviewed by Angela Randall and Sue Joseph. The draft revision is open to consultation and feedback. Please email all comments to Angela Randall, Senior Vice President at Angela.Randall@bigpond.com |
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FOR HIMAA MEMBERS - Free e-Books & Publications In the HIMAA Members Area we have created a convenient page with links to downloads of FREE HIMAA Publications as well as links to other FREE Resource information and publications for members to download and/or read. These resources include free medical e-Books, free Health Informatics publications, Health Online downloadable publications and links to the valuable NCCH web site and their publications. HIMAA Members may gain access to the new page HERE |
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ARCHIVE (Previous Print Editions). To complement the growing archive of the electronic editions of the Journal, we are endeavouring to make available through the HIMAA Member Area - Journal Archive the annotations for previous print editions of the journal and viewable or downloadable electronic copies of the articles. We would like to thank Alida Minchella, one of our members for the time and effort she has put into preparing the annotations - great job Alida! We held back putting it up on the web hoping to have electronic articles available, but that will take a bit longer, so we have put up the annotations as an initial reference. You can see them in the Member Area at http://www.himaa.org.au/members/JournalArchives/HIMJArchives2000.htm Your HIMAA Membership helps support making this information available and maintain our successful web site. It's Official -
HIMAA WEB SITE IS NOW HON Certified. The HIMAA e-Newsletter is archived in the HIMAA Member Area of our web site at http://www.himaa.org.au/Members/enewsletter.asp All HIMAA Members receive the e-Newsletter every fortnight and other e-Bulletins each week. Helping HIMAA members keep in touch and up to date. |
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HIMAA Web Area Features Exclusive to HIMAA Members - Many new features and additional information added to the members-only (password protected) areas. These include:
For more information
about e-Forums click HERE |
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Web Site Milestone - Over 1.8 Million Hits in a year This was yet another great year the HIMAA website with a over 1.8 million hits! Our audience is much greater than our membership. Less than 4% of hits to our site comes from search engines. This indicates that we have a direct health industry audience. HIMAA's role as a leader in the region is reinforced as evidenced by the fact that 50% of our audience is international. If you are dealing with commercial vendors, you might like to let them know of the success of the HIMAA web site and that we are now accepting commercial advertising by way of banners linking back to their companies web sites. Advertising inquiries should be forwarded to Ross at rossf@himaa.org.au. Special advertising discounts do apply for bulk buyers of brand building and product launch campaigns and/or other market specific promotions. Commercial advertising provides a convenient contact point to the products and services available for members and their Health Services. If you are a vendor, ask yourself - does your web site receive one million (plus) hits - does it give your product or service the level of exposure we can provide (both locally and internationally)? Boost your market presence now by placing your banner on and by sponsoring our HIMAA e-Newsletter. This is the most focussed form of advertising in our market sector - don't miss out on this very valuable opportunity. |
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AVAILABLE FROM HIMAA Introduction to Coding with ICD-10-AM 3rd Edition: A Self-learning Text for Clinical Coders. The HIMAA Introductory Coding Self-learning Text Book has been up-dated for the ICD-10-AM 3rd Edition and is now available. This is the recommended text used at Curtin University (WA), Queensland University of Technology and La Trobe University (Vic). Stock now available ready for immediate shipping. Over 100 sold in the couple of days since release. Further information, pricing and order form for this publication is available on the HIMAA web site by clicking here. |
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Education Services: If you are interested in studying a comprehensive distance education course in Medical Terminology and/or Clinical Coding in ICD-10-AM 3rd Edition, more information is available by clicking HERE |
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ICD-10-AM 3rd Edition Manuals Now Available and in stock The National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) today announced the publication of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) Third Edition. The classification will be implemented in all Australian acute care hospitals from July 1 2002. ICD-10-AM is produced by Australia's National Centre for Classification in Health for the Department of Health and Aging in collaboration with the Australian institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ICD-10-AM is the Australian Modification of the World Health Organization's ICD-10. ICD-10-AM classifies all possible diseases, symptoms, signs, causes of injury and types of neoplasm. It also contains a detailed classification of surgical procedures and other medical and allied health investigations. It provides a way to collate accurate de-identified data about health care in Australia from records. ICD-10-AM standardises representations of diseases, injuries and other states of health and procedures to allow statistical and other interpretations of health data. When attached to an inpatient episode of care, ICD-10-AM codes can be used to describe a hospital's Casemix for clinical management and funding purposes. Check the NCCH website for prices and ordering information at http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ncch/ |
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| HIMAA
Honour Roll Now on-line. See this years HIMAA Awards recipients by clicking here. |
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| HIMAA Distance Education Courses now enrolling. Should any of your staff or colleagues be interested in completing these courses please phone or e-mail Denise on 02-9887-5898 or denisej@himaa.org.au Click here for information on HIMAA Courses. |
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