On behalf of the Conference Scientific Committee, I would like to welcome you all to “The 2nd annual Health Information Management Association (SHIMA) Conference 2021” Our goal is to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of healthcare professionals interested in E-health, and value-based healthcare, and clinical coding.   The conference theme for this year will be Strengthen health care system with health information”. The first day of the conference will share insight into some of the recent E-health advancements, value-based healthcare, DRG, RCM, and professional developments in the field of health informatics and health information management. Our theme for the second day of the conference will be on ICD-11 in collaboration with the International Federation of Health Information Management Associations IFHIMA.   Once again, we welcome you to the 2nd annual SHIMA conference and we look forward to meeting you.   

Sincerely  
Abdulrahman Jabour. PhD 
Chair of SHIMA scientific committee 

Overview
The Saudi Health Information Managements Association SHIMA promote and advance the Health Information Management (HIM), and Health Informatics professions through advocacy, communications, education, and research. At SHIMA, we cover a broad range of topics related to HIM and Health Informatics professions such as clinical coding, clinical documentation improvements, analytics, Electronic Health Records, and consumer informatics.   The 2nd annual SHIMA conference Showcases the latest innovations in HIM, Health Informatics from experts both in Saudi, GCC, and internationally. The conference brings together a diverse audience including clinicians and healthcare professionals, policy makers, researchers, and students.   The 2nd annual SHIMA conference provides an opportunity for audience to learn about the latest updates in health information technologies and digital transformation, billing and reimbursements, career developments, and Clinical coding and ICD-11.

Objectives

Provide an overview of HIM and health informatics role during COVID-19 and Public Health Surveillance

Update on the recent advancement, developments, and updates in the HIM education, career developments, and research.

Explore the international experience and developments related to clinical coding and ICD-11 update.

Disseminate knowledge on the latest advancement of HIM in billing and Revenue Cycle Management.

Learn how ICD-11 can improve healthcare outcomes as it has implications for research, analytics, local and global care delivery.