Resources
CHIMA and the Canadian College of Health Information Management offer a wide range of resources for health information professionals. Our resource collection includes primers, professional practice briefs, position papers, and more.
Browse our available resources below.
2018–2023 strategic plan
The Association and College’s board of directors is pleased to present the 2018–2023 strategic plan. This plan outlines our renewed mission, vision, values, and goals as a national professional association.
CHIMA & Canadian College of Health Information Management accountability reports
Our board of directors present an accountability report to membership each year at an annual general meeting.
Primers
Guides, books, textbooks, reports, position papers, toolkits
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Release of information (ROI) toolkit & guide$119.00 -
Fundamentals of Health Information Management 2nd Edition$119.95 -
The Study Guide for the Fundamentals of Health Information Management, 2nd edition$49.95 -
An Essential Guide to Clinical Documentation Improvement$0.00 -
Information Governance for Canadian Healthcare -
The Canadian Health Information Management Lifecycle$54.95
Professional practice briefs
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0119 Health Level 7, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7® FHIR®) PPB resource$49.00 -
0118 International Patient Summary PPB resource$49.00 -
0106 Strategies for Quality Clinical Coding PPB resource$49.00 -
0120 How to Write an Effective Briefing Note PPB resource$49.00 -
0104 An Introduction to Case Costing PPB resource$49.00 -
0105 An Introduction to Computer-Assisted Coding PPB resource$49.00 -
0050 Management Strategies to Improve Coding Productivity PPB Resource$49.00 -
0049 Artificial Intelligence in Health Care PPB resource$49.00 -
0048 Impact of Registration Errors in Acute Care PPB resource$29.00 -
0047 The Use of New Technologies (IM/texting) in Supporting Provider-Patient Communications PPB resource$29.00 -
0046 Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) PPB resource$29.00 -
0045 Cybersecurity PPB resource$29.00 -
0044 Re-designing Clinical Workflow to Enable EHR Implementation PPB resource$29.00 -
0043 Balanced Scorecard PPB resource$29.00 -
0042 Cloud Computing PPB resource$29.00 -
0041 Big Data and Data Analytics PPB resource$29.00 -
0040 Mentorship PPB resource$29.00 -
0039 Utilization Management PPB resource$29.00 -
0038 Privacy Impact Assessment PPB resource$29.00 -
0037 Naming Clinical Forms PPB resource$29.00 -
0036 Value of the HIM Practicum Experience PPB resource$29.00 -
0035 Mobile Computing PPB$29.00 -
0034 Incident Management PPB resource$29.00 -
0033 The Role of the HIM Professional in Primary Care PPB$29.00 -
0032 Research: A Brief Overview PPB resource$29.00 -
0031 HIM Role in Patient Safety and Quality of Care PPB resource$29.00 -
0030 The HIM Profession in Telemedicine PPB resource$29.00 -
0029 Principles of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) PPB resource$29.00 -
0028 Health Standards Councils PPB resource$29.00 -
0027 Health Level 7 PPB resource$29.00 -
0026 An IT Primer for Interoperable Health Information PPB resource$29.00 -
0025 Personal Health Record in the EHR PPB resource$29.00 -
0024 HIM & Health Information Technology (IT) PPB resource$29.00 -
0023 Email as a Provider-Patient Communication Medium and the EHR PPB resource$29.00 -
0022 Limiting Disclosure: The ‘Lock Box’ PPB resource$29.00 -
0021 Building an Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) PPB resource$29.00 -
0020 Writing a Business Case PPB resource$29.00 -
0019 Guidelines for EPR Documentation to Prevent Fraud PPB resource$29.00 -
0018 Accessing & Improving EHR Data Quality PPB resource$29.00 -
0017 Disaster Planning for Health Information Services PPB resource$29.00 -
0016 Privacy & Security in a Health Information Exchange (HIE) PPB resource$29.00 -
0015 Data for Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Documentation PPB resource$29.00 -
0014 Guidelines for Developing a Data Dictionary PPB resource$29.00 -
0013 Wireless Communication: Safeguarding Privacy & Security PPB resource$29.00 -
0012 Identity Theft: The Impact on HIM Operations PPB resource$29.00 -
0011 The RHIO Landscape: A Description of Current Models with a Focus on Person Identification PPB resource$29.00 -
0010 Facsimile Transmission of Health Information PPB resource$29.00 -
0009 Essential People Skills for EHR Implementation Success PPB resource$29.00 -
0008 Electronic Document Management as a Component of the EHR PPB resource$29.00 -
0007 Speech Recognition in the Electronic Health Record PPB resource$29.00 -
0006 Electronic Health Record Career Opportunities for Health Information Management Professionals PPB resource$29.00 -
0005 Data Standards, Quality & Interoperability PPB resource$29.00 -
0004 Visioning eHIM: A Process for Imagining & Anticipating HIM’s Future PPB resource$29.00 -
0003 Health Data Access, Use, and Control for Secondary Uses PPB resource$29.00 -
0002 Delving into Computer-Assisted Coding PPB resource$29.00 -
0001 Checklist for HIM Readiness PPB resource$29.00
