Resources
The Association and College offer a wide range of resources for health information professionals. Our resource collection includes primers, professional practice briefs, white papers, and more.
Browse our available resources below.

2018–2021 strategic plan

Association & College accountability reports
Primers
Guides, textbooks, reports, white papers, toolkits
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Release of information (ROI) toolkit & guide$119.00
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Fundamentals of Health Information Management 2nd Edition
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The Study Guide for the Fundamentals of Health Information Management, 2nd edition
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An Essential Guide to Clinical Documentation Improvement$0.00
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Information Governance for Canadian Healthcare
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The Canadian Health Information Management Lifecycle
Professional practice briefs
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0001 Checklist for HIM Readiness PPB resource$29.00
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0002 Delving into Computer-Assisted Coding PPB resource$29.00
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0003 Health Data Access, Use, and Control for Secondary Uses PPB resource$29.00
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0004 Visioning eHIM: A Process for Imagining & Anticipating HIM’s Future PPB resource$29.00
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0005 Data Standards, Quality & Interoperability PPB resource$29.00
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0006 Electronic Health Record Career Opportunities for Health Information Management Professionals PPB resource$29.00
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0007 Speech Recognition in the Electronic Health Record PPB resource$29.00
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0008 Electronic Document Management as a Component of the EHR PPB resource$29.00
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0009 Essential People Skills for EHR Implementation Success PPB resource$29.00
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0010 Facsimile Transmission of Health Information PPB resource$29.00
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0011 The RHIO Landscape: A Description of Current Models with a Focus on Person Identification PPB resource$29.00
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0012 Identity Theft: The Impact on HIM Operations PPB resource$29.00
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0013 Wireless Communication: Safeguarding Privacy & Security PPB resource$29.00
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0014 Guidelines for Developing a Data Dictionary PPB resource$29.00
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0015 Data for Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Documentation PPB resource$29.00
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0016 Privacy & Security in a Health Information Exchange (HIE) PPB resource$29.00
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0017 Disaster Planning for Health Information Services PPB resource$29.00
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0018 Accessing & Improving EHR Data Quality PPB resource$29.00
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0019 Guidelines for EPR Documentation to Prevent Fraud PPB resource$29.00
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0020 Writing a Business Case PPB resource$29.00
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0021 Building an Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) PPB resource$29.00
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0022 Limiting Disclosure: The ‘Lock Box’ PPB resource$29.00
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0023 Email as a Provider-Patient Communication Medium and the EHR PPB resource$29.00
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0024 HIM & Health Information Technology (IT) PPB resource$29.00
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0025 Personal Health Record in the EHR PPB resource$29.00
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0026 An IT Primer for Interoperable Health Information PPB resource$29.00
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0027 Health Level 7 PPB resource$29.00
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0028 Health Standards Councils PPB resource$29.00
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0029 Principles of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) PPB resource$29.00
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0030 The HIM Profession in Telemedicine PPB resource$29.00
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0031 HIM Role in Patient Safety and Quality of Care PPB resource$29.00
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0032 Research: A Brief Overview PPB resource$29.00
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0033 The Role of the HIM Professional in Primary Care PPB$29.00
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0034 Incident Management PPB resource$29.00
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0035 Mobile Computing PPB$29.00
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0036 Value of the HIM Practicum Experience PPB resource$29.00
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0037 Naming Clinical Forms PPB resource$29.00
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0038 Privacy Impact Assessment PPB resource$29.00
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0039 Utilization Management PPB resource$29.00
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0040 Mentorship PPB resource$29.00
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0041 Big Data and Data Analytics PPB resource$29.00
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0042 Cloud Computing PPB resource$29.00
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0043 Balanced Scorecard PPB resource$29.00
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0044 Re-designing Clinical Workflow to Enable EHR Implementation PPB resource$29.00
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0045 Cybersecurity PPB resource$29.00
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0046 Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) PPB resource$29.00
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0047 The Use of New Technologies (IM/texting) in Supporting Provider-Patient Communications PPB resource$29.00
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0048 Impact of Registration Errors in Acute Care PPB resource$49.00
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0049 Artificial Intelligence in Health Care PPB resource$49.00