Colorado Health Information Management Association

**About Us****Mission Statement** Empowering people to impact health in Colorado. **Vision** Leading Colorado in empowering health professionals to transform trusted health information by connecting people, systems, and ideas. **Diversity and Inclusion Statement** The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Colorado Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) Enterprises are committed to embracing the diversity of our staff, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders, and support the need for equity and inclusiveness in our organization, our profession, and in advocating for improved healthcare that is broadly accessible and equitable to all individuals. AHIMA’s mission is Empowering People to Impact Health. To support this, AHIMA and CHIMA are committed to striving for equity for all patients and members. Equity for our patients means that everyone has access to healthcare without differences in access, treatments, or outcomes for certain populations. AHIMA is working across the healthcare landscape to educate, align, and advocate for purposeful and informed strategies that safeguard privacy, reduce cost, improve quality of care, and foster a patient-centered experience that is broadly accessible and equitable to the communities the health system serves. At AHIMA and CHIMA, a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is one where all staff, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders feel valued and respected, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, military/veteran status, sexual orientation or identity, education, or disability or on any other basis included in applicable state or federal laws. **Welcome to CHIMA** The Colorado Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) is a component association of the [American Health Information Management Association](http://www.ahima.org/) (AHIMA) with over 900 members. Our mission is Empowering people to impact health in Colorado. [AHIMA](http://www.ahima.org/) and CHIMA’s mission of empowering people to impact health drives our members and credentialed Health Information (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. Health Information professionals work in a variety of healthcare settings, from hospitals and physician’s offices to nursing homes, mental health facilities, health maintenance organizations (HMO), and other insurance companies. Many HI professionals have become independent consultants, who contract with healthcare providers, insurers, and other healthcare industry organizations. Some even work in law firms and information systems organizations.