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On Oct 4, 2009, WVHIMA was
represented at the AHIMA
House of Delegate (HoD) by
four delegates, Debbie
Parenti, RHIT – President,
Brett Randolph, RHIT, CCS –
Present Elect, Beverly
Ellis, RHIT, CCS – Vice
President, and Melissa
Maston, RHIA, CCS – 2nd
Year Past President (filling
in for Savithri Kamath, MS,
RHIT, CCS – 1st
Year Past President) in
Grapevine Texas.
Volunteer leadership, e-HIM
best practices, bolstering
the HIM workforce, and
facilitating the
implementation of the EHR
were just a few of the
industry issues on the minds
of members of the AHIMA HoD.
The
House approved two
resolutions
- A resolution for professional guidelines/best practices for electronic
documentation, submitted by the Tennessee HIMA (attachment A)
- A resolution on volunteer and leadership development submitted by the HoD Team
on volunteer Leadership Development (attachment B)
In addition, a proposed amendment by the HoD Operations Team to change the
provisions of the AHIMA bylaws related to delegate apportionment proposed was
referred back to committee.
The proposed amendment to
change the delegate
apportionment was the one
that had the most discussion
during the HoD and HoD
breakout sessions.
Several of the other state
delegates felt that they
were not informed early
enough that this was going
to be brought up for vote at
this years HoD and that they
didn’t have sufficient time
to discuss with their state
membership. As you
know from the WVHIMA website
this was not the case for
us. Debbie Parenti and
Bev Ellis had already
brought this to the WVHIMA
Board and this was put out
for vote on the WVHIMA
website (We should all thank
Debbie and Bev for always
making sure we are a step
ahead of the other states).
During the HoD it was
proposed that this be sent
back to committee and this
was voted and agreed upon by
the HoD.
With the above amendment being sent back to committee there will be more
discussion on how this amendment should be handled. One of the new proposals is
for the HoD to adopt the “Senate Model” for delegates to the HoD. This would
mean that every state would be equally represented at the HoD with 2 delegates.
With that said there will be another vote put out on the WVHIMA website for all
members to vote. Please make sure you vote so we will be able to represent all
of the WV members when this is brought up again.
This
was my first time attending
the HoD and I was so glad to
have Debbie, Bev, and
Melissa with me. They have
attended these meetings for
several years and were very
seasoned on how the process
works. The HoD is a very
formal process following
Parliamentary Procedures and
Robert’s Rules of Order. If
you ever have the chance to
attend the HoD as an
observer or attend as a
Delegate you should. It is
a very eye opening
experience.
In
addition to attending the
HoD the representatives
attended several informative
meetings during the
convention, but made a
special effort to attend the
presentation on Home Sweet
Home: Home-based Program
That’s More than Coding and
Transcription. This was
presented by fellow WVHIMA
member Christine Metheny,
RHIT. Chris did an
excellent job with her
presentation and was a great
representative of WVHIMA.
Thanks Chris for your
continued dedication to the
HIM profession.
Brett
Randolph, RHIT, CCS
President Elect |
