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Composition: The Task Force is composed of at least eight (8) members chosen from members of the Board of Directors and Governance Committee, House of Delegates, and Component Association (CA) central office, and one Board liaison.聽 Members will serve for a one-year term.聽 The Task Force Chair will serve a one-year term and will assist the Governance & Board Operations team with setting agendas, facilitating the work of the Task Force, and ensuring completion of deliverables.聽 pd探花 Governance & Board Operations staff and General Counsel will provide support for the Task Force. Staff will consult outside legal counsel experienced in nonprofit governance, as needed.

Roles & Responsibilities: The purpose of the Governance Agility Task Force is to review the pd探花 Bylaws and identify possible revisions to enhance the Association鈥檚 governance agility to position it for the future and support its strategic plan.聽 In addition, the Task Force is responsible for:聽

1. Reviewing the current pd探花 Bylaws to identify language that, if revised, would promote optimal governance agility and sustainability within the Association.
2. Determining the suggested amendments that require the House of Delegates鈥� review and approval.
3. Leading the support of the recommendations for governance agility.
4. Working with delegates to solicit opinions and comments (subject to confidentiality considerations) that are relevant to the amendments under review.
5. Supporting efforts to obtain buy-in from delegates and other key stakeholders on proposed Bylaws amendments prior to House review and approval.
6. Maintaining the confidentiality of the task force鈥檚 work until information is approved for release and comment.

*This is an ad-hoc Task Force created by the pd探花 Board of Directors.

The President/Chair-elect shall annually appoint members to serve on a Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) to consider and take action as appropriate on formal complaints filed against pd探花 Members and/or pd探花 certificants, for reasons including, but not limited to, violation of pd探花鈥檚 Bylaws, the Code of Ethics, the Standards for Initial Certification, or the Standards for Maintenance of Certification. The Committee shall be comprised of from five (5) to seven (7) Professional Members in good standing. The President/Chair-elect shall appoint the Chair of the Committee, with the approval of the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of one (1) year. The PEC can also include a co-chair if needed. In addition, the committee includes one Board liaison.

Composition: The Awards Committee is composed of 8-10 pd探花 Professional members who serve a staggered two-year term, and one Board liaison.聽 The Chair or co-chairs will also serve for a two-year term, with an optional, additional one-year term as past co-chair for continuity purposes.聽 A staff liaison provides staff support to the Committee.

Roles & Responsibilities:聽 The Awards Committee honors and recognizes the excellence, dedication, and service of those professionals or groups whose steadfast efforts have enriched the HI profession by selecting and acknowledging these individuals, organizations, Component Associations, or groups for award recognition.聽 This includes:

1. Reviewing eligibility and nominations for awards and selecting recipients for the Triumph Award, Grace Awards, and Distinguished Member Award.
2. Promoting the opportunity for recognition.
3. Increasing the number of nominations from previous years.
4. Supporting recognition efforts through digital media, events, and ahima.org.

Scope: Serve as the faculty-led engine for competency-to-curriculum alignment and stewardship of educator-facing curricular assets, including CourseShare.

• Key Focus Areas: Competency development (certification post-exam), Competency-to-curriculum mapping templates, Curriculum augmentation for high-demand topics (AI, cybersecurity, CDI, privacy), CourseShare purpose, scope, and modernization recommendations, Academic feedback loops via AOE and faculty forums

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• Ensures academic programs remain current, flexible, and aligned with industry standards.
• Strengthens workforce readiness by embedding practical and technological competencies.
• Supports long-term academic progression pathways, including advanced research and practice degrees.
• Improves utilization for academic programs using CourseShare.

Key Deliverables

• Peer review competencies
• Credential-aligned competency-to-curriculum templates
• Educator-facing curriculum guidance documents
• Curriculum augmentation packs for emerging topics
• CourseShare content strategy and use-case definition
• Faculty-reviewed CourseShare content and recommendations (update, migrate, archive, or sunset)

Qualifications

• All members must be pd探花 Professional during their terms of office.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and ideas in a constructive way, respects diversity, and fosters inclusion.
• Possesses openness, transparency, honesty, is optimistic yet realistic.

Scope: Builds awareness of health information/informatics careers among youth and non-traditional audiences. Drives student involvement through scalable, CA-enabled student engagement strategies.

• Key Focus Areas: High school, CTE, and early college outreach, HOSA competition support and resources, CA student symposium tracks and toolkits, Career discovery messaging and pipeline awareness

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• Increases visibility of HI careers among high school and college students.
• Strengthens the student-to-professional pipeline through engagement and recognition.
• Reinforces pd探花鈥檚 leadership role in advancing student pathways into the profession.

Key Deliverables

• Standardized HOSA competition guidelines and test resources
• CA Student Engagement Toolkits (entry, intermediate, advanced)
• 鈥淗I Career Discovery鈥� package for high schools and CTE
• Annual early pathway impact summary

Qualifications

• All members must be pd探花 Professional or Student Members during their terms of office.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and ideas in a constructive way, respects diversity, and fosters inclusion.
• Possesses openness, transparency, honesty, is optimistic yet realistic.

Scope: Support faculty and academic leaders across career stages through professional development, leadership pathways, and educator programming.

• Key Focus Areas: Tiered faculty development pathways (new, mid-career, senior), AOE programming and educator engagement, and academic leadership recognition and awards

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• Builds a strong, knowledgeable educator base capable of delivering highquality instruction.
• Enhances dissemination of current practices across the academic community.
• Promotes excellence in education through recognition and awards.

Key Deliverables

• Annual faculty development calendar with webinars and training sessions.
• Educator Town Hall content and facilitation support
• Abstract review rubrics and speaker guidelines
• Faculty resource toolkits and recognition summaries

Qualifications

• All members must be pd探花 Professional or Student Members during their terms of office.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and ideas in a constructive way, respects diversity, and fosters inclusion.
• Possesses openness, transparency, honesty, is optimistic yet realistic.

Scope: Equip students and emerging professionals with tools and connections needed to transition successfully from education into the workforce.聽

• Key Focus Areas: This includes career readiness (resume, interview, job search, professionalism), Mentorship and networking via Component Associations, Employer-aligned entry-level role expectations, Student-to-CA and student-to-industry engagement

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• Ensures students are equipped with the practical tools and knowledge needed to successfully enter the workforce.
• Strengthens alignment between academic preparation and employer expectations for entry-level roles.
• Expands opportunities for students to engage with practitioners and mentors through CA networking, bridging the academic-to-industry gap.
• Expands opportunities for students to engage with practitioners and mentors through CA networking, bridging the academic-to-industry gap.
• Increases visibility of HI career pathways, fostering smoother student-toprofessional transitions.

Key Deliverables

• Student Career Readiness Toolkit
• Mentorship & Networking Playbook for CAs
• Entry-Level Competency Checklist aligned to credentials
• Career readiness workshops and webinars

Qualifications

• All members must be pd探花 Professional or Student Members during their terms of office.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and ideas in a constructive way, respects diversity, and fosters inclusion.
• Possesses openness, transparency, honesty, is optimistic yet realistic.

Scope: Identifies areas where pd探花 and the overall HI profession might benefit from additional quantitative and qualitative research that yields insight to facilitate understanding of HI鈥檚 impact among current practitioners, prospective students, industry vendors, hospital executives, and other stakeholders.

• Key Focus Areas: Core HI research questions and study methodology recommendations, potential relationships and partnerships for data access, opportunities for showcasing research (and AHISP, pd探花鈥檚 peer-reviewed scholarly journal) within existing products and services, recruiting and vetting ideas for student-led research projects to be promoted among pd探花 membership

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• Provides foundational framework and expert feedback on central research initiatives in which pd探花 might decide to participate (or sponsor)
• Creates a new space for staff and member collaboration on identifying research opportunities and priorities
• Elevates research to a greater level of awareness among pd探花 members at every professional stage

Key Deliverables

• A prioritized list of 5-10 key research questions about the HI profession that could/should be investigated in the next 3-5 years, the answers to which would make a material difference in recruitment, retention, general understanding of the field, positioning in the age of AI, development of relevant products/services, or other meaningful contributions to HI鈥檚 centrality in healthcare
• Recommendations for study methodology, participant pool and/or sources of data, study duration, and other relevant variables for each of the 5-10 study questions
• A draft or suggested list of ideas for making research (conducting, publishing, and reading) more interesting to pd探花鈥檚 members by integrating it more meaningfully into regular activities, including the annual meeting
• A plan and rubric for vetting research ideas submitted by students who are requesting promotion by pd探花 for their upcoming studies (hoping to
  recruit participants), along with ideas for how best to encourage participation by pd探花 members
• Upon request, supporting, promoting, participating in, or contributing to sessions/workshops for students with members of the AHISP staff and editorial board to increase understanding about research methodology and publication best practices

Qualifications

• All members must be pd探花 Professional or Student Members during their terms of office.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and ideas in a constructive way, respects diversity, and fosters inclusion.
• Possesses openness, transparency, honesty, is optimistic yet realistic.

Composition:聽 The Council is composed of the following positions:

• Central office staff/executive director (Paid Staff) 鈥� CA over 1,500 members.
• Central office staff/executive director (Paid Staff) 鈥� CA under 1,500 members.
• Central office staff/executive director (Paid Staff) 鈥� CA under 500 members.
• Previous CA Board President (Volunteer) 鈥� CA over 1,500 members.
• Previous CA Board President (Volunteer) 鈥� CA under 1,500 members.
• Previous CA Board President (Volunteer) 鈥� CA under 500 members.
• Current volunteer 鈥揅A over 1,500 members.
• Current volunteer 鈥� CA under 1,500 members.
• Current volunteer 鈥� CA under 500 members.
• For 2025, up to 3 additional at-large positions from a CA not currently represented on the Council.
• All members must be pd探花 Professional Members during their terms of office.
• The council will be led by two co-chairs and those individuals and council members will serve up to two years.
• For 2025, a co-chair elect will be identified from the current Council members.
• One Board liaison.

Roles & Responsibilities:聽 This Council facilitates good communication, collaboration, and cooperation among pd探花 CAs, supports CA leadership as a resource and liaison to pd探花, better enabling CAs to meet their objective of delivering core member services at the local level, and partners in the development and delivery of pd探花 strategies impacting CA operations.

This Council constructs superior professional development offerings that are market-driven, align with pd探花 strategic initiatives, and utilize evolving technology to enhance audience engagement and learning, allowing for this event to launch successful, professional, and lifelong learning journeys. In addition, this group:

1. Provides input on strategic educational sessions for the annual conference that are informed by best practices across healthcare settings.
2. Provides input on interactive session ideas on impactful and emerging topics that address the future needs of HI professionals.
3. Promotes event and learning journeys to potential attendees.
4. Assists pd探花 in identifying and recruiting healthcare executives, innovators, thought leaders, and key HI professionals/stakeholders to the conference whose alignment is consistent with the current pd探花 strategy.
5. Participates in the abstract grading/selection process as well as duties related to the speaker management process.

The Committee is composed of three chair positions (Current, Vice/Incoming, and Past). The Vice Chair is appointed by the pd探花 President/Chair-elect to serve in the upcoming year and then will move directly into the Chair role. All members must be pd探花 Professional Members during their terms of office. Volunteers are appointed by the pd探花 President/Chair-elect to serve a staggered three-year term on the Committee. Up to 14 members (with at least one member who resides in the conference host city or state if possible) can serve on the Council; one Board liaison also serves on the Council. Members of the pd探花 Conference planning team serve as staff liaisons providing support and coordinating efforts of pd探花 staff to support committee efforts.

Access online community facilitators are the key in making each digital community successful. Facilitators serve as community champions and subject matter experts in seeding the communities with fresh, relevant content. They influence and drive engagement to support the overall needs of the community and its members.聽 Please note: pd探花 is in the process of implementing a new online platform scheduled to launch in early 2025.聽 This group鈥檚 scope is still currently being defined.

The EPAC advises pd探花 on strategic membership recruitment and value opportunities for emerging professionals (under seven years of work experience), current students, and new graduates. In addition, the EPAC:

1. Provides input on what attracts (or would attract) today鈥檚 emerging professionals to join a professional membership association.
2. Provides input on opportunities and services that are meaningful (and not meaningful) to this group.
3. Assists pd探花 in identifying opportunities for students to engage in information sharing, networking, and career development offered by pd探花.
4. Participates and supports an emerging professionals-focused community in pd探花 digital communities.

The EPAC is composed of 10-12 members who can serve for up to two years (two one-year terms), and one Board liaison. All members must be pd探花 Professional or Student Members during their terms of office. Staff in the Membership Department will serve as the liaison to provide support to the Committee.

Exam Development Committees (EDCs) are experienced, credential-specific subject matter experts, representing HIIM leaders, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders. EDCs are responsible for the oversight of their respective credential鈥檚 certification examination.

Composition: This committee is composed of at least six (6) members who hold the Fpd探花 designation to serve a two-year term (with the ability to be invited to serve one additional year after the two-year term ends). All members must be pd探花 Professional Members during their terms of office.聽 A staff liaison provides staff support to the Committee.

Roles & Responsibilities: This committee recognizes significant and sustained contributions to advance the profession through meritorious service, excellence in professional practice, and through innovation and knowledge sharing.聽 In addition, the Committee:

1. Secures the application and scoring for candidacy and Fellow status.
2. Reviews and scores the Fellow applications and awards Fellowship status.
3. Develops opportunities where Fellows can share their expertise.
4. Increases visibility of the Fellows and Fellowship program.
5. Oversees the Fellowship application process.

Item writers and reviewers serve as subject matter experts to create and modify items for pd探花 certification exams. Item Writers will create items for blueprint accuracy (Domain & Task) as well as cognitive complexity.聽 Item Reviewers will analyze and modify items based on content expertise to find potential flaws and ways to improve items.

Composition: The Journal of pd探花 Editorial Advisory Council includes a chair, up to three pd探花 subject matter experts, up to 12 pd探花 Professional Members, one pd探花 staff liaison, and one Journal editor. Council members should represent a cross-section of pd探花 membership and job types.聽 Council members serve renewable, one-year terms. All council members, including the chair, can serve no more than three consecutive terms.聽 After at least a one-year hiatus, previous council members can rejoin for renewable, one-year terms again not to exceed three consecutive terms.聽

Roles & Responsibilities: The Journal of pd探花 is the official publication of pd探花. It delivers best practices in health information management and keeps readers current on emerging issues that affect the accuracy, timeliness, privacy, and security of patient health information.

The Journal of pd探花 Editorial Advisory Council is tasked with advising on the direction of the Journal鈥檚 content and overall themes. The council鈥檚 goals are in line with the pd探花 mission, which includes:

• Ensuring the quality and integrity of health information that supports accurate and timely decisions about patients鈥櫬爃ealth and healthcare.
• Empowering patients and their caregivers聽with the ability to access and share health information with the confidence that it is private and secure no matter where that information lives.
• Identifying and supporting efforts to address underlying causes in healthcare that keep patients from being at the center of care.

In addition, the Council:

1. Develops content ideas and identifies subject matter experts who could serve as authors.
2. Contributes to the direction and growth of pd探花鈥檚 editorial presence.
3. Serves as an advocate and moderator of the Journal鈥檚 content.
4. Ensures that the content鈥檚 relevancy and applicability remain a top priority.
5. Monitors trending discussions and topics on related online/mobile pd探花 member communities/platforms.

The Knowledge and Practice Advisory Council (KPAC) creates interdisciplinary communities of practice that will drive best practices in the healthcare industry. The Council also defines a small set of interdisciplinary communities of practice (CoP) that align with the pd探花 Advocacy Agenda, defines the problem(s) pd探花 is trying to solve for each CoP, and identifies the key aspects of the problem(s) that pd探花 can address effectively, and what stakeholders need to be involved in order to solve the problem(s). It is intended that each CoP will be interdisciplinary, considering all sites of care and payment methodologies and will draw from the broader healthcare industry.

The Knowledge and Practice Advisory Council is composed of up to 20 members to serve a two-year term, including a designated chair and vice chair, and one Board liaison. The Knowledge and Practice Advisory Council鈥檚 membership structure may change due to need. The Council Chair and Vice Chair will serve a two-year term and assist pd探花鈥檚 Knowledge and Practice team in setting agendas, facilitating the work of the Knowledge and Practice Advisory Council, and providing direction for the Communities of Practice (CoP). The pd探花 Knowledge and Practice team provides staff liaison support and oversight to the Council and Communities of Practice.

This Council provides input on membership value drivers to attract health information professionals, innovators, thought leaders, and a broader group of HI professionals/stakeholders. In addition, the Council provides input on membership growth, retention, and satisfaction strategies for this identified set of stakeholders, identifies need(s) for different member benefits, and utilizes pd探花鈥檚 market research regarding member needs to identify new, valued-added member benefits and engagement opportunities.

This Council is composed of 8-12 Professional Members, one chair and/or co-chairs, who serve for a one-year term (with option to renew), and one Board liaison. Of these members, three (3) must be pd探花 credential holders, and the remainder will come from the stakeholder groups identified in the Council鈥檚 Purpose statement. Staff from the Membership Department will assist the chair with scheduling meetings, organizing agendas, etc.

pd探花 Professional Certificate Approval Program (PCAP)

The pd探花 PCAP sets the national benchmark for non-degree coding and health information certificate programs. Designed to ensure quality and workforce readiness, PCAP recognizes programs that meet rigorous standards in curriculum, instruction, and faculty qualifications. PCAP-approved programs offer real-world learning, access to industry professionals, and eligibility for pd探花鈥檚 premier coding certifications (CCA, CCS, CCS-P). These programs empower students with in-demand skills, promote lifelong learning, and support a future-ready health information workforce.

Purpose

PCAP Reviewers evaluate submitted PCAP applications and make recommendations to the PCAP Council regarding program approval.

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• PCAP reviewers must be pd探花 Professional Members who hold an RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CCS-P credential.

Term and Responsibilities聽

• Serve a two-year term.
• Perform evaluations of program applications.