About Us

UHIMA is a component association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  AHIMA is a global nonprofit association of health information (HI) professionals with more than 71,000 members and more than 100,000 credentials in the field. The AHIMA mission of empowering people to impact health drives our members and credentialed HI professionals to ensure that health information is accurate, complete, and available to patients and providers. Our leaders work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and business and are found in data integrity and information privacy job functions worldwide.

Established in the 1950s as a non-profit association, Utah Health Information Management Association (UHIMA) is an affiliate of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  UHIMA serves as a forum to share and obtain knowledge to its members and other healthcare professionals for communicating state and national issues.

The UHIMA governing documents include the Mission Statement, Bylaws and a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that promote the art and science of health information management and improve the quality of comprehensive health services for the welfare of the public.

UHIMA members commit to excellence in health information management. HIM professionals collect, analyze and manage information driving the health care industry. They advocate patients’ rights to privacy, confidentiality, and security of their health information. UHIMA strives to keep HIM and other healthcare professionals abreast with the latest developments in health information systems, regulatory updates, and practice issues.

Mission Statement

As the Utah membership organization of health information management professionals, the UHIMA fosters the professional development of its members through education, certification, and life long learning to promote quality health information for the benefit of the public, health care consumers, providers and other users of healthcare data.

To be the State’s authoritative body on health records and health information systems and to be an advocate for the profession on government, academic, social or business issues that affect the management of health records or health information systems.

Values:

• Respects all members whom we serve and all individuals with whom we work and collaborate.
• Delivers high quality services and products.
• Promotes the public’s right to private and high quality health information.
• Embraces a code of ethical health information management practice.
• Advances the importance of health information to improve health care.